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Book Whoosh in center of photo with hand made plane and handmade paper plate car, both with LA County Library stickers in purple on it.

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Read and Create: Whoosh!

In-Person Program
2025-02-13 16:00:00 2025-02-13 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Read and Create: Whoosh! Read and Create is a hands on storytime adventure. Join us as we read a captivating book together, then after the story, we'll dive into a hands-on activity related to the book's theme or characters. For ages 5-12 with a parent or caregiver. Rivera Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, February 13
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-13 16:00:00 2025-02-13 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Read and Create: Whoosh! Read and Create is a hands on storytime adventure. Join us as we read a captivating book together, then after the story, we'll dive into a hands-on activity related to the book's theme or characters. For ages 5-12 with a parent or caregiver. Rivera Library - Meeting Room

Rivera Library

Meeting Room

Read and Create is a hands on storytime adventure. Join us as we read a captivating book together, then after the story, we'll dive into a hands-on activity related to the book's theme or characters. For ages 5-12 with a parent or caregiver.

February's Read and Create will celebrate African American and Black History Month. We'll read Chris Barton's Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and make an invention of our own.

AGE GROUP: | Toddlers | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | STEAM | Education & Literacy |

TAGS: | African American & Black History Month |

Rivera Library
Phone: 562.949.5485
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Mon, Mar 09 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Mar 10 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 11 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 12 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Mar 13 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 14 Closed
Sun, Mar 15 Closed
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About the branch

Rivera library was founded in 1913 and has been at its present location since 1970. The library is located in a predominately Hispanic neighborhood, with heavy usage by children. Rivera is the smaller of the two libraries in the city of Pico Rivera.

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Fri, Apr 03, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
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