Buena Park Library Blog

Wishing J.K. Rowling the most magical of birthdays! Even Voldemort sends birthday greetings. "I wrapped it myself."

The literary world has had another great author taken from it this year. Donald J. Sobol , better known to us children who were jus...

Now it’s even easier to purchase those great finds at the Guild Bookstore!  The Volunteer Guild of the Buena Park Library District an...

What is it? If you answered, “Why, clearly, that is a picture of a hat,” I am sorry to say that you are mistaken.

ALL ART BOOKS ARE 20% OFF DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY! Class up your coffee table! Bring the masters home and have en...

The Book: 1986 This children's book by Diana Wynne Jones was published in the 1980s when I would have been part of its target aud...

Celebrate the birth of our nation with The Buena Park Community Chorus on Saturday, June 30 th at 2:00 pm in the Donna Bagley Communi...

Well, I promised you a part 2 and a part 2 you shall receive (unless you forgot about part 1, then in which case we'll call this part 1....

Experience the Aloha Spirit on Saturday, June 23 rd at 2:00 pm in the Donna Bagley Community Room as the Ukulele Group, E Mele Hana, an...

To commemorate Father's Day, here are obscure fun facts about some notable dads, courtesy of Mental Floss : Kurt Vonnegut was (for a ...

The 2012 NBA Finals have begun. If you don't watch the series , you'll miss a great matchup between the young but poised Oklahoma Ci...

We have seen neither hide nor phantom hair of our resident ghost cat for the last month or so and I, for one, kind of miss him. Do ghost c...

Kansas City, Missouri is home to an amazing piece of architecture that had our staff "ooohing" and "aaahhing" with deli...

Driven by James Sallis Released April 2012 If you're a fan of the film, Drive , which was based on the novel of the same name by...

Since we switched to a Computerized Integrated Library System in 1982, our loyal patrons have been using library cards to check out books.  ...

Put some sizzle into your summer reading! BUY ONE ROMANCE NOVEL GET ONE FREE Passions will be ignited! Bodices will be busted! ...

Legendary science fiction and fantasy author Ray Bradbury died this past Tuesday at the age of 91.  Bradbury was considered a pioneer o...

Ninety years ago this month, a hallmark in children’s literature was born: the first Newbery Medal was awarded on June 27 th , 1922. The...

Mr. Robert Shaw will present the third program in his gardening series “Growing a Green Thumb” on Saturday, June 9, 2012 from 10 a.m. – ...

May 10th marked the 143rd anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.  The Central Pacific Railroad heading east fro...