Orange Terrace Library And Community Center

Signed up my daughter (4yrs) and niece (11. Yrs) and nephew (8yrs) to one week of their art camp. The class is listed as 4 – 12 yrs. The art teacher was kinda rude. She really shouldnt be teaching small children since she lacks the patience. They need to revaluate what age group they allow. I would recommend 6 yrs-​12. The teacher complained that my daughter couldnt sit still for the whole class (4 hrs) and told me she needs to learn how to since she will be starting kindergarden soon. Every time i dropped off my daughter she seemed to have something to tell me about how to educate my daughter. Only reason i didnt stop taking her was because me niece and nephew really enjoyed the class.

I really did like the Orange Terrace Library, until today that is. My son signed up for the summer reading program in June. He recently completed 10 hours of reading and filled out two of the coupons and signed them. Since he is up north camping for the weekend and today was the last day, I thought I could stop at the library and have his coupons validated. I was told there is a rule that the child must be present to have the coupon validated. This rule is not listed anywhere on the coupon folder and even though it says «complete rules inside», the library would not make an exception. So, my son completed 10 hours of reading and received nothing for it. This is so unfair…

Does anyone know where is the BEST library to go to for my toddler this summer? I live in Mission Grove area so my hubby and I always bring our 3 y/​o son to ORANGE TERRACE PARK. I personally like the toddler area (the one with sand box) because my son enjoys playing with the sand. But the sand sometimes has broken bottles which is my main concern. So i make it sure he does not go in there barefooted. I do not want to bring him to the bigger kids area (near the summer fountain) because mostly bigger kids run and accidentally knock him over. Also this morning (July 1), we checked out the library (Orange Terrace) – I have issues with our visit today. 1) The reception at 11am was being manned by 1 teenage male volunteer (who was by far very helpful and accommodating) and 1 regular male employee who just talked on the phone for almost 30 minutes even when he knows I was standing in front of him seeking for assistance. I only wanted to know about their summer programs. So the teenage volunteer helped me out by handing me a flyer. 2) We let our son join the reading activity with toddlers at noontime just to ‘try it out’ firsthand before we enlist our son. The snobbish teacher (she is either asian or Latina – with long black hair) handed out eggs to all the kids except to my son!!! That aggravated me so much! How could she? Is that what you call «service»? Why would you single out my 3 y/​o and had she known how hurtful that was to me or to any child? 3) I stood again at the reception for another 10 minutes just to ask for the yellow bag to put the 4 books that we borrowed but this lady told me «the bag is just for those who signed up!» SHE DID NOT EVEN OFFER me to sign up. That Orange Terrace library experience is a nightmare!

A good local library with a good selection of books and magazines. A good place to take the kids to get out of the house for free. I only wish they had more daily scheduled activities for kids there.

Some people complain about this place and it’s true, the customer service has been up and down, but we really enjoy the library and most of the employees are kind and courteous. We enjoy walking around the park, allowing the kids to play on the slides, etc. and it’s great to have story time and the other programs so close to home.

I love this library because you can usually find the book youre looking for. Also, they have a great selection of music CDs and DVDs. So you can check out (rent) movies for free for 8 days! Take that redbox! (: Many cozy places to whip out your laptop & study, etc. & many computers to use in case you dont have a laptop where you can login to a computer for up to 2 hours.