Forget the Golden Globes and the Oscars, Tacoma Public Library’s favorite award show of the year is the American Library Association’s (ALA) Youth Media Awards! Every year ALA honors the best books, videos, and audiobooks for children and young adults with notable awards such as the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King, and many more…
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are awarded annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Check out all of Tacoma Public Library’s Coretta Scott King award winners. 2019 Author Award Winner A Few Red Drops 2019…
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Check out all of Tacoma Public Library's Caldecott winner and honor books! 2019 Caldecott Winner Hello Lighthouse 2019 Caldecott Honor Books Alma and How She Got Her Name A Big Mooncake for Little Star The Rough Patch Thank…
Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Check out all of Tacoma Public Library's Newbery winner and honor books. 2019 Medal Winner Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2019 Honor Books The Night Diary The Book of Boy…
Holiday Card Fest
During the holiday season Main Branch celebrated with our patrons. The celebration started with a refreshment table of cakes, cookies, coffee, chocolate and apple juice. Other tables had fun things like coloring sheets and crafts. Best of all was to sit and write your holiday cards before you left them in the library’s post box…
Русская сказка Russian Story Time
Join Natalia Lialina to hear stories, play games and listen to nursery rhymes in Russian! Have fun while Natalia shares her knowledge and passion for Russian culture. Russian storytimes will be held at 10:30am on Thursdays at the Kobetich Branch of the Tacoma Public Library, and on Fridays at the Swasey Branch, starting Thursday, February 7…
Welcoming Week Storytime
Welcoming Week (September 14-23) is a time for communities to build cross-cultural relationships and strengthen their commitment to welcoming immigrants and refugees. Families visited the Moore Branch of Tacoma Public Library on Saturday, September 22, 2018 to celebrate the many different languages that are spoken in the community. Guest speakers shared picture books in Spanish…
Summer Reading Club 2018
This year’s summer reading club included fun bingo cards for all ages. The bingo boxes had all sorts of cool challenges to fill-in. Things like high-fiving a librarian, downloading an eBook, or drawing/creating something from a book you read. Take a look at some of the art left at the Main, Moore and South Tacoma…
Cubelets: Modular Robots
Through play and experimentation, Cubelets transform from a block set to robots. Click the magnetic blocks together and each arrangement results in a sound, light, or motion. There's no wrong way to build! Ages: 5 – 18 (manufacturer recommended 8 and up) Required: Helping adult and registered child Find the nearest times and locations to…
Pet Rock Storytime and Craft
Join Mr. Brian for two "Rock" stories. Then make pet rocks with googly eyes, feather, ribbon, yarn, and other goodies. Your pet rock can then "become" part of any book, with a trick of the camera! A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein will be available, or bring your favorite book. All ages welcome…
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