I am saddened to hear that the city of Pomona is closing their library. When my daughters were young, we would make the trek to the library (often after piano lessons which were off of Garey, just north of Holt) because the children's room is so fabulous. Part of the reason it is fabulous is that it has a huge selection of great books, but I really love the children's librarians. My younger daughter was devouring books at age 5, and I wanted to find great chapter books for her (after she read all the available American Girl books), but I wanted some that were age appropriate for a kindergartener. Librarian Lois to the rescue! She could recommend some chestnuts that were new to me and enjoyable for my 5-year-old. The librarians followed our reading habits through jr. high or so when we stopped going to piano and didn't often make the journey to the Pomona Library.
What a jewel this library has been, and I know that many, many people will miss it terribly. Thanks to Lois for this photo I stole from her Facebook page. There is still a blog that she keeps about the children's room at the library
which you can read here.
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Thanks, Charlotte. I remember you all coming in all the time and being part of our Summer Reading Program. I always liked to talk to you about children's books. You were into them and so was I. It really is a sad day here. There is talk of Rancho Cucamonga coming in and running it. We just don't know right now. I'll be retiring and hopefully will start something new. Thanks for this post.
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