This program is designed to build early language and literacy foundations for babies birth - 18 months old. Sing and bounce, tickle and talk, read and rhyme with your little one!
Join us for a LIVE, in-person Baby Storytime at Central Library. This storytime will be indoors in the Children's Room. You are encouraged to bring a blankie to snuggle your little one during the Storytime. Space is limited. Registration is required for each baby.
Established in 1906.
Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906. The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection. The library opened in a renovated pool room at Third and E (Wilson and Everett) Streets with seventy books, soon supplemented by a State Traveling Library of fifty more, and served a population of 1,186.
In 1907, the City Trustees passed Ordinance 53 which established and supported a library which "...shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the City of Glendale..." The first year the library had 251 books, 165 registered patrons, and a budget of $248.88.
In 1913, a Carnegie grant of $12,500 made possible the construction of the main library at Kenwood and Fifth (Harvard Street). The building was completed and dedicated November 13, 1914.
