PPL Staff Gets Ready for the Big Read!

Good Monday, young Pomonans! This afternoon found some of our staff posing with our favorite books. Behind us you can see the posters for our Big Read: Fahrenheit 451. All of Pomona are reading this book for the month of October and into November. You can also participate in the Big Read by reading your favorite book or reading about fire fighters.

Tuesday October 12th at preschool story time we will be doing stories about fire or fire fighters.
On November 9th our own Pomona firefighters will come to story time and talk about what they do. Cool!

Joke of the day: What lies on the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
Answer: A nervous wreck! ;)

Big Read Banners

Good Saturday, young Pomonans! We now house two of the banners that were made for our big read last fall.

The large banner titled "Buck's Journey" was made by teens at the Kennedy Teen Center which is located at 1150 Fairplex in Pomona. The smaller banner was made at La Casita Teen Center which is located at 449 E. Arrow Hwy. in Pomona.

Good job teens!

Joke of the day: Why does a stork stand on one leg?
Answer: Because it would fall over if it lifted the other one. ;)

An Afternoon With Buster Balloon

As you can see, we had a great time with Buster Balloon yesterday. He made incredible balloon figures and had children laughing out loud. He put himself in a straight jacket and still made balloon figures with one hand!

Our recreation department was here and made snow cones which was a big hit with all of you. It was a great afternoon and a perfect way to end our Summer Reading Program. Our next big event is the Big Read. All of Pomona will be reading "Call of the Wild". We will be having wildlife programs and crafts.

Have a great rest of the summer. I will be on vacation for the next two weeks but I'll be back in time before school starts.

Our homework help center will re-open in September.

Joke of the day: Did the drum win the contest?
Answer: No it got beat! ;)

Pomona Public Library's Book Cart Entries

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These are the different book carts the various departments have decorated in honor of our big read, "To Kill A Mockingbird". All of the departments have been really creative and it would be worth your while to come in and see them! I especially like the picture of most of the staff.

Another joke of the day: What do little ghosts wear on their feet?
Answer: Boo-ties. :)

The Big Read, Week 5

This week's cart was ours. Our theme was "radio and music in the 1930's". Ms. Nissa and Grandma Sue had all the ideas. I helped cut and paste to the board. My talents do not lie in the crafting area!

We have no intentions that our cart will win. Reference definitely outdid themselves and our hats are off to them! However ours does have music. Under the cart we have an mp3 player playing actual radio songs from the 1930's. We even have a copy of "War of the Worlds" playing. Now that's cool!

Come in and see all of our book carts. All of the library staff did a great job in thinking "all things 1930." The big read and reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been a great experience!

Joke of the day: What did the little vampire say when they handed it the prize?
Answer: "Fang you very much!"

Week 5 of the Big Read

Today was our fifth week in our big read. Our theme this week is friendship and tolerance. We had stories on these themes and then the kids made friendship cards. Our Cal Poly students have been wonderful in their hard work on this project. They are always on time and are very friendly with us all. We really appreciate it!

This weekend I will be in Spencer, Iowa to meet Dewey Readmore Books' Mom. In my previous post on Dewey I shared Dewey's story. When I get back I'll have pictures and more to tell you!

Another joke of the day: What does Tuffy the cat sit on all night?
Answer: Defense. :)

Mary Badham at the Pomona Public Library

We had a Mary Badham sighting in the library today! For those of you who don't know, she is the actress that played "Scout" in the movie of "To Kill a Mockingbird." She will be speaking this evening at the Pomona Ebell Museum of History tonight at 7:00pm.
They are standing by our tree in our children's room. From left to right are:
Pat Lambert, supervisor of our reference department, Mary Badham, actress, Jonnie Owens from our Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, Ms. Nissa, children's supervisor, and Grandma Sue, children's library specialist. It was a real treat to meet her and I'm sure all of you who go to the Ebell Museum will have a great time.

Joke of the day: What would you call an expert in mud wrestling?
Answer: The Wizard of Ooze. :)

The Big Read Book Carts

For the five weeks of the Big Read, individual departments in the library decorated book carts for the era of the 1930's. This particular book cart was put together by the Reference department. As you can see this was a spectacular effort. Their theme was the movies of the 1930's. They have pictures of movie stars, movies that came out in the 1930's. If you look under the cart you can see witch's feet with ruby slippers on from the Wizard of Oz that came out in the 1930's. There is a replica of an Oscar sitting in the center and of course you have to have a red carpet with names of the movie stars. This is really a fabulous effort. Kudos to our friends in Reference!

(Our cart is due out next Wednesday. Our theme is radio and music in the 1930's. Got any ideas????)

Joke of the day: How is a movie like a broken leg?
Answer: They both need a cast. :)

The Big Read, Week Three

Hidee ho young Pomonans! Week three of our big read went well. The stories were GREAT and so was the craft. It's so nice to have our Cal Poly Pomona students here working with the kids. They just love it. Today the kids made birds to add to the tree they made last week. You can see in the picture that the birds look 3D. If you haven't seen the tree yet please come in. It looks awesome! We have it arched over the entrance to the children's reading area.

If you haven't read "To Kill a Mockingbird", read it or have someone read it to you. It's a great book.

Joke of the day:

Wacky Horror Books
Trade-In Body Parts by Frank N. Stein
Halloween Pumpkin Carving by Jack O. Lantern
How I Scared Goldilocks by Ted. E. Bayer
Where is Little Red Riding Hood? by I.M. Dewolf
UFO's Are Real! by A. Lee N. Bean
How to Dig a Grave by Barry D. Boddy
Night of the Werewolf by Harry Bakk
Tarantulas on the Loose by Isadore Open
I Died of Fright by Terry Fide

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This is giving me a headache

This is giving me a headach
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Everyone knows how this feels. I got my share of it today. Big bad headache. I guess I'll have to get my eyes checked again. Anyway, I missed all of you today and I wanted to remind you all about tomorrow.

Tomorrow from 3:00-3:30 will be a story time. The theme will be trees. From 3:30-4:00pm there will be a craft about trees.

This is our second program for our big read. If you read the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", you would know that Jem and Scout walked by a tree everyday. Sometimes there would be things waiting for them in that tree.

Do you have a favorite tree? My favorite tree is on the south west corner of Towne and Mission. Check it out!

Joke of the day: How do you know when you have a really bad headache?
Answer: By how many pounds it gives you. :)
(Sorry, guys. I don't feel very well and that's the best I could do. :)

Preview of a coming craft

This is our next monthly craft which will be October 15th at 3:00pm. Halloween is a fun time so make sure you come in. We have plenty of Halloween books for you. We store them in our basement storage area during the rest of the year. They are now up for you to check out so please do!

Weekly Activities:

Monday, October 6: 12:00-2:00pm Elf

Tuesday, October 7: 12:15-12:45pm Preschool Story time
3:00-3:45pm After school story time
4:00-6:00pm Homework Center

Wednesday, October 8: 3:30-4:30pm Grandparents and Books with Grandma Jean
4:00-6:00pm Homework Center

Thursday, October 9: 12:15-12:45pm Infant Story time
3:00-3:30pm Big read story time subject: trees
3:30-4:00pm Big read craft
4:00-6:00pm Homework Center

That's it young Pomonans! We have a great week planned and I hope to see you everyday!

Joke of the day: What kind of nuts don't grow on trees?
Answer: Donuts. :)

The Big Read - Our First Story time and Craft

Our first story time and craft of our big read happened today. We didn't have a very big turn out, but we had fun. I'm hoping that as we get into October that this will catch on. The next four Thursday events for children will be staffed by Cal Poly Students. I know they will be putting a lot of time into this and I can't wait to see what they will do.

Today we had stories and talked about how whites treated blacks in the 1930's southern states. One story was about a little African-American girl going to "someplace special ". She got on the bus and had to sit at the back of the bus. She couldn't sit on a bench in the park because it said, "Whites Only". Finally, when she got to her "someplace special ", she could hold her head up high and walk in the front door. She was at the Public Library where the sign out front said, "Everyone Welcome". If you would like to check out this book it is called:

"Goin' Someplace Special" by Patricia Mckissack. It is in the XJ section shelved under the author's last name.

The pictures you see are from the craft. Grandma Sue had beads and bells and foam craft things. I tried to help but ended up telling this child how to do it backwards. Grandma Sue had to straighten it out. I think I'll just stick to handing out the craft supplies and leave it at that. Crafts always have confused me.
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Joke of the day: What did the lamp say when the owner turned it off?
Answer: Thanks a watt! :)