Storytime with Santa

For the past few weeks, library staff has been hanging out with Santa on Wednesday mornings at Sierra Vista Mall for Storytime with Santa.

 
Santa has been kind enough to take a break from his hectic holiday schedule to give a storytime for mall-goers.  As it turns out, Santa is not only good at listening to what kids want for Christmas and posing for adorable pictures; he's also good at reading stories!  After Santa read a couple of books to a captivated audience, we invited everyone to do a holiday craft with us.

Along with the craft, we brought a pop-up library of winter and holiday books for people to check out, and we made library cards for those who didn't have one yet.

Children's Librarian Anna gives instructions on the  craft

WoW! Librarian Annika assists with the glue

 It was so fun to decorate popsicle-stick snowflakes and paper-plate Santas with everyone, and help parents pick out some books to take home.  Storytime with Santa was a success!

If you're looking for an opportunity to take a picture with Santa, check out this flyer to see when he may be coming to a library branch near you.

Coming to California

The Fresno County Public Library is hosting a Story Jam on October 21 at the Bitwise theater at 2:00 PM. The theme of this Story Jam is coming to California. You are invited to come tell your personal story about your journey to California. For more information or to register to tell your story please click here.

California the Journey Story Jam - Until You Walk a Mile is the final event in the California the Journey series. The other events in this series were Taste the World - Community Potluck, Tell Us Your Story, and The Art of the Journey.

Come join us, October 21 at 2:00 PM in the John W. Dodson Theater at Bitwise 700 Van Ness Ave, to tell your story or to hear the stories of others . We hope to see you there.

Summer Challenge Fun Finale

The Summer Challenge is over and Fae's Fresno Skyline is complete. Throughout the summer Fae has blogged about her fun experiences, from visiting Sequoia National Park to eating a chocolate covered cricket, on the Fresno Teen blog. For her final blog post, she wrote a book review of Stephen King's IT.

Summer Challenge Fun Part 8

The Summer Challenge is over and Fae's adventures are coming to a close. Last week, Fae played board games, spray painted her patio furniture, volunteered to help her family, and visited Art Hop.

Throughout the summer, Fae has blogged about reading Stephen King's IT and she will finish off her Summer Challenge with a book review. What does she think of IT? Was she hiding under the bed covers while she was reading? Will Fae ever be able to sleep again? Visit the Fresno Teen blog next week to find out.