Children's Services
Halloween Preschool Storytime and Craft Program
10/28/2010 10:30 am
10/28/2010 11:15 am
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The Children’s Services Department will conduct a special Halloween preschool storytime at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 28 in the Storytime Room followed by a papercraft program in the Arts & Crafts Room. The library will provide craft materials free to the first twenty children. For further information, please call the Children’s Desk at (626) 307-1358.
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Tween Program
10/19/2010 4:00 pm
10/19/2010 4:45 pm
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On Tuesday, October 19 at 4:00 p.m. the Children’s Services Department will host a pre-teen scrapbooking workshop for children aged 9-12. The program is free, but the pre-registrations are required and the sign-up sheet will be available one week prior to the program. For more information, call the Children's Desk at (626) 307-1358.
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Tween Program
09/21/2010 4:00 pm
09/21/2010 4:45 pm
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Tuesday, September 21 at 4:00 p.m., the Children's Department launches its new pre-teen program for children aged 9-12 by conducting a full-filled "Make Your Own Disk-Notepad" craft activity. During this 45 minutes program, staff will show children how to make a unique notepad with floppy diskettes. For more information about this free program, please call the Children's Desk at (626) 307-1358.
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Children's Mexican Independence Day Program
09/15/2010 4:00 pm
09/15/2010 4:45 pm
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To honor Mexican Independence Day, the Children’s Services Department will conduct Mexican "papel picado" craft/game with Latino music for children and their parents on Wednesday, September 15 at 4:00 p.m.
The program is free. For more information, please call the Children’s Desk at (626) 307-1358.
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Win a T-shirt
08/09/2010 3:00 pm
08/09/2010 3:45 pm
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The final "Win a T-shirt" program will be held in the Friends Room at 3:00 pm on Monday, August 9, 2010. For further information about the Summer Reading Program, please call the Children's Desk at (626) 307-1358.
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Summer Reading Program Certificate Party
08/19/2010 3:00 pm
08/19/2010 4:00 pm
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The Children's Services Department has invited jugger David Cousin to perform at its Summer Reading Program Certificate Party on Thursday, August 19 at 3:00 pm at Langley Center, 4
00 W. Emerson Ave. The program is to celebrate the achivements of the summer reading club readers who finished reading ten or more books and received a "Make A Splash--Read" reading certificate during the six-week summer reading program. Light refreshments will be provided.
For further information about this fun-filled children's program, please call the Children's Department at (626) 307-1358.
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Missions of California
The Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library provides excellent resources to assist fourth graders and their parents with the California Mission projects. The following e-books and websites offer a great place to start your research.
E-Books
Simply click on a Mission name, to access its e-book, and use the tool bar at the top to turn the pages, search for terms and zoom in or out.
Link and year
- Mission La Purisima Concepción, 1787
- Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, 1791
- Mission San Antonio de Padua, 1771
- Mission San Buenaventura, 1782
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo, 1770
- Mission San Diego de Alcala, 1769
- Mission San Fernando, Rey de España, 1797
- Mission San Francisco de Asis, 1776
- Mission San Francisco de Solano, 1823
- Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, 1771
- Mission San Jose, 1797
- Mission San Juan Bautista, 1797
- Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1776
- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 1772
- Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, 1798
- Mission San Miguel Arcangel, 1797
- Mission San Rafael Arcangel, 1817
- Mission Santa Barbara, 1786
- Mission Santa Clara de Asis, 1777
- Mission Santa Cruz, 1791
- Mission Santa Ines, 1804
Recommended Mission Web Pages
- California Missions Resource Center www.missionscalifornia.com
California Missions Resource Center is a comprehensive online resource for historical information on the twenty-one California Missions. The website contains important key facts, images, historic drawings, slide-shows, architectural drawings of the churches, an illustrated description and history of Native Californians and other reference materials for each mission. A unique feature of the site is its "Ask the Expert" section which contains answers to specific questions and allows students to submit their own questions.
- MissionTour: A Virtual Tour of the California Missions http://missiontour.org
MissionTour provides “virtual tours” of all of the twenty-one California Missions, complete with history, full-color photographs and descriptions, and the hours and contact information for each of the Missions.
- California Mission Studies Association http://www.ca-missions.org
CMSA is a scholarly association dedicated to the research and preservation of the California Missions. Their website contains an illustrated glossary of terms, contact information for the missions and an extensive website bibliography with links to additional information about the missions and Native Californians.
Children's craft, "Carp Kite"
07/27/2010 3:00 pm
07/27/2010 3:40 pm
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As part of the Summer Reading Program, the Children's Department conducts a "Carp Kite" papercraft program at 3 pm on Tuesday, July 27 in the Arts & Crafts Room.
Children's Video Showing
07/20/2010 3:00 pm
07/20/2010 4:00 pm
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As part of the Summer Reading Program, the Children's Department will have a video showing on Tuesday, July 20 at 3 pm in the Friends Room of the Library.
Children's Craft - "Design Your Own Fan"
07/13/2010 3:01 pm
07/13/2010 3:40 pm
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As part of the Summer Reading Program, the Children's Department conducts a "Design Your Own Fan" papercraft program at 3 pm on Tuesday, July 13 in the Arts & Crafts Room.
