Fun filled October Children’s Events

Saturday October 23rd

The Big Truck Roundup at the Archibald Library. 11am Family Storytime fun followed by a special big truck petting zoo in the library’s parking lot. Learn about and see some awesome big trucks! No tickets required – families welcome!

Saturday, October 30th 

Early Halloween fun at Family Storytime programs - 11am at the Archibald Library and 2pm and 3pm at the Paul A. Biane Library. Families are invited to celebrate this special time of year with spooktacular stories, ghoulish games and feverish fun! Costumes are encouraged! Walk-ins welcome!

Super Duper September

September was an exciting month with everyone back in school. The library offers many great programs that children and families can enjoy after school including Discovery Club, Pajama Storytime, and Family Saturday. Let us fill you in on a few of the great programs we had.

This past month Discovery Club let kids explore folklore and superstitions, celebrate “Comic Book Day”, and even learn how to be a storyteller. Join us next month for Mad Libs Poetry Slam and our Halloween program “Goodnight Goon”.

If you can’t find time during the week, every Saturday is Family Saturday and fun for the whole family. This past month we celebrated the “Marvelous Mo Willems” and even “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” Keep an eye out for our Annual Big Truck Round up at our Archibald Library and “Nightmare Before Christmas” at the Biane Library.

For information about upcoming events, check out our online events calendar.

Superhero Saturday


It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superhero Saturday!!! Superhero Saturday will be happening on August 28th at 2pm and 3pm at the Paul A Biane Library. The event will feature superhero-related storytimes, crafts, activities and the chance to meet some of your favorite costumed characters. No tickets are required for the event. Admittance will be on a first come, first served basis. So grab your favorite cape and we will see you there!

2010 Children’s Summer Reading Program – Make a Splash! Read!



The 2010 Summer Reading Program starts on June 10th and ends on July 24th. Kids are encouraged to read, explore their creativity and have fun at the library during the summer! Weekly prizes and special performances round out this 6 week program.

Summer Reading Program Kickoff - June 10th!
Sign ups begin at both libraries on June 10th. We’re kicking off our program with special musical guests - Heebie & Jeebie. They’ll “Keep our Planet Cool” at 1pm at the Archibald Library and 3pm at the Paul A. Biane library. Free tickets for the event will be available on June 3rd.


We have a great lineup of performers who will be at each library on the following Thursdays. Please contact the library for more information about free tickets to the following perfomances:

June 17th - Ken Frawley “Stories and Songs dripping with Fun!”

June 24th – Swazzle puppet show “River Otter Circus”


July 1st – Annie Banannie “Balloon Stories”


July 8th –David Skale “Magic with Captain Little Beard”


July 15th – Party Puppets “Splash Time Follies”


July 22th – Pacific Animal Productions “Make a Splash!”


(Programs subject to change)

Children who complete the program will earn tickets to our July 30th Summer Reading Program Finale featuring One World Rhythm and John Abrams Animal Magic.


We're looking forward to a fun-filled Summer! Remember visit your library and Make a Splash - READ!




Please call the children’s department at Archibald 909-477-2720 ext. 5025 or Paul A. Biane Library 909-477-2720 ext. 5075 for further information.

Coming to a library not so far, far away…STAR WARS DAY!


Calling all Jedis! Star Wars Day lands at the Paul A Biane Library on Saturday, May 29th from 1pm - 4pm.

The event is a family-themed celebration of the Star Wars universe that will include a costume contest, official Star Wars artists Randy Martinez and Denise Vasquez giving tips on how to draw your favorite Star wars characters, the art of Lawrence Noble (Star Wars Empire Strikes Back 10th anniversary poster artist) Star Wars related crafts, games, and storytimes, as well as a chance to mingle with some of your favorite Star Wars characters.

Be sure not to miss out on this immensely popular event. May the Force Be With You!

This is a FREE NON-TICKETED EVENT. For more info call 909-477-2720 ext 5076.

Little Read!

This year's Big Read program will be having the Little Read - children's programs featuring themes related to Mark Twain throughout April! The Big Read program encourages a community wide celebration of Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Big Read Kickoff on Saturday, April 10th

Join us from 2pm – 4:30pm at the Paul A. Biane Library for our Big Read Kickoff events. The Big Read kickoff is a fun, old fashioned, family Saturday for all ages. The kickoff event will include, an official ribbon-cutting by Mayor Don Kurth, M.D., entertainment, music, activities, crafts and games. Featuring storyteller Kurt Sutton as Mark Twain, Craig Newton’s “Historical Journey Through America’s Music,” the Guinness Book of World Records Tallest Cat, the Super Reader bookmobile, and more! No tickets are required.

“Music Born in America” by Sandii Castleberry at 4pm on Wednesday, April 14th at the Paul A. Biane Library (tickets available on April 7th) and Thursday, April 15th (tickets available on April 8th) at the Archibald Library. Free Tickets are required for this event.

Children’s Movie Showings

Monday,April 19th at the Paul A. Biane Library, “Wishbone – A Tail in Twain” from 6pm - 8pm. No tickets required - walk ins welcome!

Thursday, April 22 at the Archibald Library, the animated version of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” from 6pm - 8pm. No tickets required – walk ins welcome!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Play!

Wednesday, April 21st at Paul A. Biane Library in Celebration Hall (tickets available on April 14th.) A special theatrical production by Los Angeles theater ensemble, Will and Company on April 21st for ages 6 – 11. Free Tickets required. 

Please call the Children's Services department for further information 909-477-2720 ext. 5025 or 5075.

Welcome to Play in the Library

How do you provide babies and young children with access to early learning, literacy, and library services? The Rancho Cucamonga Libraries have spent the past several years working on the answers and solutions.

Over the past few years, the libraries have received federally funded grants administered by the California State Library to research the learning needs of the youngest members of our community. It was through this research, including needs assessments, surveys, focus groups, and training, that the answer was discovered … play.

Play stimulates an infant’s brain to develop connections, promotes intellectual capacity, and develops the mind and body with skills for early literacy. Play is how babies and young children learn and is their source for information about the world.

The library can make a difference in children’s lives by offering opportunities for children to play and learn – building skills for learning and literacy through life. The Rancho Cucamonga Libraries are proud to welcome play and learning in the library.

Find a PAL at the Library

 To build on this research, the RC libraries secured another grant to bring play and learning to the youngest members of our community. This grant allowed the library to build on the research to create specialized stations for infants, young children, and their families to play and learn.

These play stations, or Play and Learn Islands (PALS for short), have been designed to incorporate the critical types of educational play in a library space.

The community feedback from surveys, intercepts, and focus groups guided the inspiration for the themes of the four PALS that have been created:


“Discovery Dig”, “Make it Move”, “Big Build”, and “IlluminArt”.

Each PAL has a variety of hands-on activities encouraging different types of educational play allowing a range of ages to encourage the family to play and learn together. At these stations children will imagine, discover, create, and bring learning to life.

PALS will be spotted in the library, at library events, and we hope will visit local schools. Join us for their debut during National Library Week beginning April 11 and find a PAL at the library!

The Play and Learn Workshop

Family Place Libraries is a national movement that is helping to educate families and libraries on the importance of play in early childhood development and early literacy. Libraries are a place where everyone is welcome and the Family Place Initiative is helping libraries to become a space for the whole family.

The Rancho Cucamonga libraries are the proud recipient of a Family Place Library grant, the first of its kind in California, which will help the library implement the important foundations of early learning. Many of the important fundamentals are already in place at our libraries: a welcoming library space for all, programs and services for young children and families, a collection of resources for young children and parents.

The RC Libraries are proud to present the final piece of a family place library, a special workshop for parents and children. This parent & child program, The Play and Learn Workshop, will be offered in a series of sessions at the Paul A. Biane Library this April, with registration beginning March 24th at 10 am. The goal of this workshop is to bring the family together through play, with a focus on children ages 1 to 3.

The workshop allow parents a chance to meet one on one with child development professionals, meet other parents, pick up parenting tips, learn about child development and how play can help your child, and best of all, kids get to play.

Part of the Family Place model is that learning and play should expand beyond the workshop. The educational manipulatives used in these workshops will be available on the public floor for families to play and learn during their library visits. We hope you’ll visit us to play and learn!