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Making It: Blackout Poetry
Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00pm Imagination Theater Celebrate National Poetry Month and National Library Week with a Blackout Poetry workshop! Learn how to create poems with other peoples' writing, make your own, and share them! All supplies will be provided. |
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Available February 23 - April 4, 2026
Help us make Summer at Arcadia Public Library amazing and earn volunteer experience! Click here to access the application. All applications must be returned to the Arcadia Public Library's Children's Help Desk by Saturday, April 4, 2026. Must turn 13 by June 1 to apply. |
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A Kid Like Me: A Graphic Novel
by Norm Feuti
Ethan doesn't want to stand out, he just wants to fit in. But fitting in is tough when your peers call out your ancient cell phone, busted backpack, and discount clothing. To make matters worse, his best friend, Ricky, insists on hanging out with a group of guys who just don't get him . . . they're more interested in playing pranks than playing his favorite card game Bio Battle. Things start looking up, though, when Ethan befriends Aiden, a new kid in school, but it's only matter of time before even that goes sideways.Can Ethan figure out where he belongs without forgetting who he is and who he wants to be?
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Gumshoe: A Graphic Novel
by Brenna Thummler
In the hot, gossipy town of Stony Lonesome, shy eleven-year old Willa interacts with others the only way that feels right to her--the mail. She loves the mail so much that she hopes to become a mail carrier herself one day. But her dreams of delivering birthday cards, thank-you notes, and love letters come crashing down when she's mistaken for the notorious Two Gum Tilly, a bandit rumored to be stealing mail for as long as folks can recall.Now an outlaw herself, Willa realizes the only way to clear her name is to bring the real crook to justice. But when a chance encounter introduces her to the Gumshoe Gang, a group of runaways looking to right the wrongs of the letter-looting thief, she finds that human connection might be her only path to freedom. Can Willa clear her name and revive her dreams of postal glory, or has she stamped her last letter . . . forever?
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Wrong Friend
by Charise Mericle Harper
Charise and Casey have been best friends for years. It never mattered that Casey was older by two years--until she started high school. Now, the two barely talk, and Charise is on a mission to get a new best friend. But can she find that perfect person while navigating long-distance friendships, guinea pig allergies, and the embarrassing quirks of her family?
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Band Nerd: A Graphic Novel
by Sarah Clawson Willis
For twelve-year-old Lucy Carver, music isn't just a way of life, it's an escape from homework and home life with her alcoholic father. When Lucy starts seventh grade at Windley School of the Arts, with its high academic standards and even higher artistic expectations, it becomes much harder to keep everything in tune. As things spiral out of control with her parents and her schoolwork, Lucy grows desperate for a win and focuses all her energy on beating snobby Tolli Claybourne for first chair flute.
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Dear Jackie
by Jessixa Bagley
Jackie and her friend Milo deal with all the pressures of everyday life as they begin middle school.
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Middle School Advisory
Group (MAG) Meeting
Wednesday, April 22, 4:00-5:00pm
Imagination Theater
Join the Middle School Advisory Group (MAG) to give library staff valuable feedback and assistance for programs, resources, and more! Get the chance to make a difference for middle school students at the library and earn volunteer experience.
For more information, please contact Children's Librarian Amanda Coleman at acoleman@arcadiaca.gov or 626-821-4379.
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Super Reader Party
Saturday, April 18 at 2:30pm Cay Mortenson Auditorium Join the Arcadia Public Library for a celebration of National Library Week! Join us for a comic-writing workshop and learn to become superheroes. |
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MAG is hosting a...
Wednesday, April 29, 4:00-5:00pm Imagination Theater MAG is hosting a special program for middle schoolers! More details coming soon... |
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10 to Try: Spring Reading Program
Saturday, March 21 - Saturday, April 25, 2026 For Ages 3-14 Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the writing of America’s Declaration of Independence with our Spring Reading Program! Register at arcadiaCA.beanstack.com, then read books on a variety of topics, log the titles, and earn prizes when you reach 5 and 10 books. All reading must be logged and earned prizes claimed by 5:00pm on Saturday, April 25. |
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Annual Bookmark Contest
Saturday, March 7 - Saturday, April 25, 2026 For Ages 3-14 Pick up an entry form and submit it with your own art for a chance to be selected to have your design printed and distributed during the 2026 Summer at Arcadia Public Library! Click here to access the application form; all entries must be returned to the Arcadia Public Library's Children's Help Desk by Saturday, April 25 at 5:00pm. This year’s theme is Ocean of Possibilities. |
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Vote for the G.O.A.T.
by Ali Terese
Two unlikely classmates come together to stand up against unfair school policies--and rescue their kidnapped school mascot, Babette the Goat.
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When Tomorrow Burns
by Tae Keller
Three former friends reunite to find a book that could save their lives and friendship.
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Birdy
by N. West Moss
After losing her mother to cancer and moving in with unfamiliar relatives for the summer, cautious Birdy struggles to adjust while her younger brother, Mouse, quickly grows attached to their new home, until Birdy's fears lead her to make a mistake that could threaten their future.
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A Scar Like a River
by Lisa Graff
Fallon Little has a secret--and it's not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two. Thirteen-year-old Fallon has only ever told one person what really happened on the day she got her scar. Why would she? The truth is dark, and Fallon has much brighter things to focus on, like being cast as the lead in the school play, and hanging out with her two best friends, Trent and Kaia. But when Fallon's uncle Geebie dies, his funeral ignites a wildfire of events that Fallon can't manage to tamp down. The school play is spiraling out of control, Fallon's impossible Aunt Lune comes to live with them, and Trent and Kaia might just be so into each other that there isn't room for Fallon in their friend group any more. And when secrets even worse than the one about Fallon's scar threaten to come to light, Fallon might not have the strength to keep them buried for much longer.
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The Secrets Below
by Camilla Sten
On an icy Swedish archipelago, a girl is entangled in a dark mystery that only she holds the key to unraveling, in this fantasy thriller from the wondrous minds of Camilla Sten and Viveca Sten.What happened out there in the woods?Twelve-year-old Tuva couldn't imagine living anywhere other than the Stockholm archipelago and her island home of Harö. Even if she mostly keeps to herself at her small school. Even if she sometimes gets kind of lonely.But when a classmate goes missing, Tuva finds herself at the center of the mystery, along with Rasmus, the new boy at school. Neither one of them can understand what they saw that day in the woods near the water: Is something magical at work? Something evil?And it's not just their classmate who has gone missing. Other people around the islands have gone missing this fall, disappearing from their boats on the water, never to be heard from again. Can Tuva and Rasmus discover what secrets are lurking below...before it's too late?
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Lilac and the Switchback
by Cordelia Jensen
Told in verse, Lilac has always lived with her aunt and uncle, but when her aunt becomes pregnant, her best friend drifts away, and Lilac feels no one in her life wants her, she tries to reconnect with her estranged father.
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The House on Rondo
by Debra J. Stone
Set in 1963, thirteen-year-old Zenobia and her siblings spend the summer with their grandparents where they fight against the targeted demolition of the neighborhood for a new highway.
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Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes
by Tanita S. Davis
Frustrated by how love seems to change those closest to her, twelve-soon-to-be-thirteen-year-old Berry sets out to prove that life is better without romance.
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The School for Thieves
by Peter Burns
Tom Morgan’s life on the streets of London consists of shining shoes, picking pockets, and keeping his group of street kids out of the hands of snatchers. When he fails at the last and their home is raided, Tom is the only one not carted off to the workhouse. He’s determined to rescue his friends, but breaking into the workhouse is a nearly impossible task, let alone breaking back out. Tom is at a loss until he’s approached by a mysterious figure claiming to be an accomplished thief and Tom’s ticket to the best training in the clandestine arts in the world: an elite international boarding school that would teach him all the skills necessary to help his friends. Without any better ideas—and his curiosity piqued—Tom accepts the invitation. Whisked away to the snowy Alps, Tom enters a thrilling world of intrigue and heists. But the deeper he gets into the Shadow League, the harder it becomes to leave. Tom has to learn fast and uncover the nefarious secrets within the league to have any chance of saving himself, his friends—and maybe even the world.
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Bad Cheerleader
by Alex Thayer
A dyslexic bookworm joins her school's cheerleading squad to investigate her sister's strange behavior in this insightful and sharp middle grade novel about the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Seventh grader Bag loves to read. It doesn't come easy to her, thanks to her dyslexia, but she's determined, and she spends every afternoon after school at the library. It's a ritual she refuses to miss. Then a new career opportunity for her mother means Bag will no longer have a ride to her cherished library. Instead, Bag will have to wait for a ride at school. With her sister, Minerva. At cheerleading practice. Bag is uncoordinated and completely uninterested in school spirit. But she is curious about what her sister has been hiding. Minerva has been acting stranger than usual, and Bag has been noticing. So while cheerleading practice may be the last place Bag wants to be, she's going to use her time wisely and get to the bottom of Minerva's secrets.
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The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall Book 3: The Valley of Lies
by Ali Standish
In the thrilling and exciting conclusion to the middle grade adventure that is the Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall trilogy, Arthur travels to the Lakes, a place more mysterious than the enchanting Baskerville Hall itself, and must do the unthinkable: betray his friends and Sherlock Holmes or pay the ultimate price.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with Novels in Verse! Tips for reading novels in verse: 1) Read the poems as individuals (like you!)
2) Then, consider poems as parts of a whole (like when you join a friend group)
3) If you are still struggling, try reading it aloud to yourself or listen to the audiobook version.
4) Remember that it is just a different way of telling a story; instead of paragraphs, the author chose poems as a way to tell their story.
5) These books are often quicker reads since there are much fewer words. Check out select titles from our display this month! |
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Celebrate with a book of poems! :) |
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Learn about how money works, savings accounts, credit cards, and more!! |
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Celebrate by thanking a library worker, using your library card, and checking out books! |
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To check on the availability of an item, click on the cover to go to our online catalog. Thanks for reading!! |
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