Summer Reading and Activities

Children & Families

Children reading and carrying books

Upcoming Events

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Hill Road Storytime

10:30am–11:00am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Hill Road Library
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Family Storytime

Join us every week for stories, poems, music, movement, & fun!

This event is in the "Children" group

Storytime at Ojai Library

10:30am–11:00am
Children
Library Branch: Ojai Library
Room: OJI-Twice-Sold Tales Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Caregivers are invited to bring their little ones to learn through songs, rhymes, and stories. 


 

This event is in the "Children" group
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Fillmore Storytime and Stay and Play!

10:30am–11:30am
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Library Branch: Fillmore Library
Room: FIL-Program Room
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:
  • A drop-in early literacy Storytime for ages birth - 5 years
  • Features stories, movement, rhymes and songs, followed by a simple craft and open playtime
This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Oak View - Lunch at the Library

12:30pm–1:30pm
Children, Teens
Library Branch: Oak View Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Lunch at the Library
Event Details:

FREE LUNCH served Monday through Thursday, July 7-31, 12:30-1:30 pm

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Soliz Lunch at the Library

1:00pm–2:00pm
Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Teens, Middle School, High School
Library Branch: Albert H. Soliz Library
Age Group: Children, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Lunch at the Library
Event Details:

Join us for Lunch at the Library, Monday-Thursday from July 1 through July 31. Free lunches that must be eaten on site will be provided for those 18 and younger. Daily activities will be provided after the lunch hour.

This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Elementary" group
This event is in the "Middle School" group

Lego Build at Oak View Library

1:00pm–3:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Middle School
Library Branch: Oak View Library
Room: OKV-Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Middle School
Program Type: Games & Play
Event Details:

Build Lego sets or create your own free-style design. Duplo bricks available for young builders.

Resources for Children & Their Grown Ups

Reading Resources

Picture Books & Early Readers

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Cornbread and Poppy for the Win

PRAISE FOR CORNBREAD & POPPY (Book 1):



An IndieBound Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A 2022 Kirkus Best Children's Book



★ "A rewarding choice for young readers."--Booklist, starred review



★"Cornbread and Poppy are endearing characters, poised to join the ranks of other memorable early reader sets of best friends old and new, including James Marshall's George and Martha."--Bookpage, starred review



★ "Delightful." -- Kirkus, starred review



This book in Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell's bestselling early reader series tells a story about championship-level teamwork.



Poppy LOVES shiny new racing gear. Cornbread does not. Poppy ADORES top secret master plans. Cornbread does not. Poppy IS super competitive. Cornbread...is not. But Cornbread and Poppy are the best of friends, so when Poppy is determined to win the Small Rodents Competitive Cycling Championship Classic Cornbread agrees to train by her side. Cornbread has fun just spending time with his friend, but Poppy's goal is scoring the Winner's Cup. Is a finish line all these mice will discover at the end of their race?

Celebrating both partnership and the value of what makes us individuals, young readers will find this classic odd couple irresistible as they encounter relatable issues with humor and heart.



Cornbread & Poppy (2022), was an Indiebound bestseller and the recipient of more than a dozen best books of the year citations.



Publishing simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.

Don't miss the other books in the series:

Cornbread & Poppy

Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival

Cornbread & Poppy at the Museum

Libros en español para jóvenes

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La Camita de la Sala / The Cot in the Living Room

Una celebración al poder de la empatía y a la comunidad dominicana en Estados Unidos

Noche tras noche, una pequeña observa cómo su mamá arma una camita en la sala de su apartamento en Washington Heights, para los invitados como Raquel (quien es un poco aburrida) y Edgardo (que deja migajas por todas partes). Le molesta que los niños que llegan a dormir tengan toda la sala para ellos y la vista de las ventanas al puente George Washington, mientras ella sólo tiene un pequeño dormitorio con vista a su hermana y sus ronquidos. ¡Hasta que una noche no viene nadie a dormir y por fin es su oportunidad para dormir en la sala! Pero resulta que dormir en la camita en la sala no es tan maravilloso como ella pensaba.

Con un texto encantador de Hilda Eunice Burgos y bellas ilustraciones de Gaby D'Alessandro, La camita de la sala es una celebración a la solidaridad de la comunidad dominicana. A la vez que muestra a los jóvenes lectores que, a veces, la mejor manera de ser un buen vecino es imaginar cómo se siente dormir una noche en la almohada de otra persona.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work overnight shifts in this honest and warm picture book debut.

Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be.

With charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos and whimsical illustrations by Gaby D'Alessandro, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.