Join the Library for Fantastic Fridays this summer! There will be a special Summer Reading Program event at different sites around the community every Friday from June 2nd to June 30th. Each event will have fun activities and the Mobile Library. Check Bookends for details about times and locations.
Babies and Doggies by John Schindel and Molly Woodward is full of happy babies and puppies!
The size of a child's vocabulary on the first day of kindergarten is widely considered to be the biggest indicator of school success. Talk all the time to give your child lots of words!
Children enjoy stories where they are the star. Tell your child a story about herself today!
It is almost here! The 2017 Summer Reading Program for Tiny Tots, Kids, Teens and Adults starts Saturday, May 20th. Check out thelibrary.org for details!
What is the best way to learn? Play together! Visit a Racing to Read Play and Learn Center at any branch to have fun and get great ideas for playtime.
Need to get chores done but still want to read? Play an audiobook for your child.
Unleash your inner camel, cobra or dog at the Library Station's Big and Little Yoga with Library staff member Kim Duquette. Bring your family at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 13th and learn animal yoga poses to do with your little one. For infants to age 6.
Store your child's snacks or small toys in plastic storage bags with zipper tops. When he opens them, he will have to use one finger and his thumb to do so which naturally gets his hand ready for a steady pencil grip.
Make some music! Singing, rhyming and moving to music builds many of the skills kids need to sound out words when they learn to read. Check out the musical instruments in our Toy Catalog.
The Library Center is having a Potty Party! Children 18 months to age 4 are welcome to join us on Saturday, May 6th at 10:15 a.m. for special songs, stories and games about getting ready to use the potty.
Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal's newest book, Over and Under the Pond, brings all the amazing life underneath the water to light.