Hey Kids...try jokes for non-fiction!

How do pigs write? With pigpens.

What kind of star wears sunglasses? A movie star.

What did one math book say to the other? "Boy, do I have problems!"

For these and many other jokes, riddles, or tongue twisters, try our joke section, or ask the librarian for help finding it, if you are in need of a good laugh.

Knock-knock.

Who's there?

Iguana

Iguana who?

"Iguana hold your hand..."

Ha! Ha! That was a good one!

Feature Films at Main Library

Come one, come all to see a feature film at the Main library every
fourth Saturday of the Month. This month, we will be showing

Bee Movie to keep us geared up for the Summer Reading Club
theme, Catch the Reading Bug!

What's Happening? Bee Movie

When? July 26, 2008

Where? The Main Library Story Theater

For Who? Kids of all ages

Running time about 90 minutes

Rated PG

Catch the Reading Bug!

Hi Kids! The Summer Reading Club at LBPL is well under way. This year's theme is called Catch the Reading Bug! Any age up to 6th grade can sign up to join at any Long Beach Public Library branch.

When you join, you will be given a Catch the Reading Club bag with a folder, crayons and a bookmark. Inside the folder you will see a path of honeycombs. For each day you read for 20 minutes, you can color in a honeycomb. After five days of reading, you can bring your folder back to the library and get a sticker, a free book, and a free prize from the treasure chest. Prizes and books are given out every time you read for 20 minutes a day for five days, all summer long! At the end of summer, there will be a grand prize raffle drawing.

Parents, please encourage your children to participate in our reading program. It is a great way to keep their reading skills up during the summer.

Kids - Good luck, have fun, and read, read, read!

Family Storytime Rhymes

Recently we sang a song at Family Storytime that is an old camp favorite. It's called, "Corner Master Store". It goes like this:

Leader - there were ants

Audience - ants!

L - ants!

A - ants!

L - dressed in fancy pants

All - in the store, in the store

L - there were ants

A - ants!

L - ants!

A - ants!

L - dressed in fancy pants

All - in the corner master store.

Chorus - My eyes are dim, I cannot see, I have not brought my spectacles with me!

Or fast chorus - My eyes are dim, I cannot see, I have not brought my specs with me! I have not brought my spectacles with me!

(You can then add other versus, such as the following:)

There were fleas eating up the cheese!

There were cats wearing fancy hats!

There were pigs dancing funny jigs!

There were slugs sitting on the rugs!

There were dogs balancing on logs!


Join us at Family Storytime in the Main Library Story Theater on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. for lots and lots more stories, singing, and fun!

And the Caldecott Medal Winner for 2008 Is...

well, you'll have to click on the following link to find out more about the winner: Caldecott Winner.

The Caldecott is awarded "by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children" - American Library Association

Click on this link to find the book in our catalog. Enjoy!