Read to or with your child every day! In the words of President Barack Obama, “In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a mother or father who will attend those parent/teacher conferences, or help with homework after dinner, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, and read to their child.” -Address to Joint Session of Congress, February 24, 2009
Get your kid started on the year’s reading! Check out the California Reading List put out by the California Department of Education here.
Check out this website for more suggestions on age-appropriate book titles for your child: http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org
… and thanks to the Wonder of Reading Foundation of Los Angeles, LAUSD Boardmember Yolie Flores, City Councilmember Tom LaBonge, the Lakers Foundation, Silver Lake Community Resident and alumna Roella Louie, and countless others who participated in the Adopt-the-Library fundraising program in 2010 and 2011, Micheltorena Street Elementary School has a brand new library!
The library is located in the northern-most building on its campus, and now has more than double the number of books than the previous library. The high-ceilings and big windows of the new library now gives the students a spacious, quiet, well-lit place to read.
Would you like to adopt a portion of our library? Donors may adopt individual shelves, shelf units, reading stations, furniture including chairs and tables, single books, and special, framed, shadowboxed books. An engraved plaque featuring the donor’s name and their dedication will accompany each acquisition. Click here to donate and support our library!
The Wonder of Reading Foundation is a literacy organization in Los Angeles that seeks to improve the rates of literacy in school children by helping schools renovate their libraries. As they state eloquently on their website: “In the end, it’s not just the school that gets a library – it’s the community. And when the community gathers to cut the ribbon, it’s not just an opening, it’s a celebration.”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves! Read what Eastsider LA blog has to say about our library here.
…and get cozy with a book in our neighborhood libraries:
2411 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039 - (323) 913-7451
Mon. 10-6, Tue. Noon-8, Wed. 10-6, Thu. Noon-8, Fri. 1:30-5:30, Sat. 10-6, Sun. Closed
Cahuenga Library
4591 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90029 - (323) 664-6418
Mon. 10-6, Tue. Noon-8, Wed. 10-6, Thu. Noon-8, Fri. 1:30-5:30, Sat. 10-6, Sun. Closed
Atwater Village Library
3379 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90039 - (323) 664-1353
Mon. 10-6, Tue. Noon-8, Wed. 10-6, Thu. Noon-8, Fri. 1:30-5:30, Sat. 10-6, Sun. Closed
Echo Park Library
1410 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 - (213) 250-7808
Mon. 10-6, Tue. Noon-8, Wed. 10-6, Thu. Noon-8, Fri. 1:30-5:30, Sat. 10-6, Sun. Closed
Los Angeles Public Library website Visit this very user-friendly online database of all the books in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Order a book online and pick it up at your local library! (You can also see a listing of all of your overdue books…)