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Celebrate Frogs!
You may be aware that April is National Poetry Month, but did you know that it’s also National Frog Month? It sure is! Frogs are very interesting animals known as amphibians. That means they live in...
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Cinco de Mayo
Chiquy Boom saying hi! (Photo credit: San José Library) We’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo a little bit early this year – on May 3rd, we’re having silly magician Chiquy Boom! put on a bilingual silly...
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Monarch Butterfly Migration
From December through mid-February, Monarch Butterflies will migrate. There are some popular places within the Bay Area to take a look at these amazing creatures. We have information on lots of...
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On Eating Ajos And Giving Tiempo
Decades ago, in another century and in another country, I had to take Spanish language classes in school. Ostensibly this was to enable us, members of younger generations, to appreciate the country’s...
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Discover and Go Again
Thanks again to my library card, I will be visiting the Exploratorium in San Francisco next week. Make no mistake: I made the reservation last November, and that was after months of checking almost...
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Make Memories, Read to Your Children
As a Children’s Librarian, fall is one of my favorite times of year. The craziness of summer has subsided with the kids back in school. The library is still quite busy, but not from the minute we...
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Check Out Laptops and iPads at the Library? Oh yes!
Fremont Main Library patrons can now borrow digital devices for in-library use. Up on the second floor at Fremont Main is a Laptops Anytime kiosk where patrons can choose either a Dell Latitude 5000...
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Tilden Regional Park, Botanic Garden
One of the best places to visit for nature lovers and nature enthusiast is Tilden Regional Park’s Botanic Garden. The Botanic Garden displays many of California native plants. Specimens of plants...
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Trick or Treat Time is Almost Here!
Get out those Halloween decorations, the big day is only a week away! I remember the excitement when my kids were young. We would visit a very sincere pumpkin patch, and the kids would pick out a...
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Little Kids Rock
Preschool music is not only “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “The Wheels on the Bus,” although we love familiar, favorite songs during story times. I didn’t know much about other preschool music until the four...
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