Over 300 people attended this year’s annual Science Day event, celebrated at Central Library on March 30, 2013. Now in its 8th year, the theme of Dinosaurs made this our BIGGEST success yet.
For librarians and teachers and anyone who loves children’s literature, early March is always a little bittersweet, because March 2 is Dr.
FOCAL (Friends of Children and Literature) has been a force for good and a generous supporter of the Children’s Literature Department since 1979. And from the beginning they have honored books that enrich a child’s appreciation and understanding of California, through the FOCAL
If the year 2012 were a car, it would have long ago been pulled over for speeding. Here in the Children’s Literature Department, we are all convinced that the entire twelve months went by in about six weeks. No surprise, I guess, given that it was a very VERY busy and exciting year.
Are you looking for fun things to do with the kids this holiday season? Look no further than Central Library and the Children’s Literature Department. Besides the over 235,000 items (books, DVDs, recorded books, music CDs, magazines, comic books, and more) in our amazing collec