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Children


Storytimes

Storytimes provide an important role in helping your child get ready to read. You are your child's first teacher, and home is where your child begins to learn. The public library provides resources to help you talk, sing, read, write and play with your child through the Every Child Ready to Read initiative. 

Sensory Playtime 
Every Monday • 10:00am - 10:45am

Books and Bubbles 
Every Tuesday • 10:00am - 10:30am
Every Thursday • 6:00pm - 6:30pm

School Textbooks 

Copies of textbooks used at Ridge Lawn, Ridge Central, Finley Junior High, and District 122 can be used in the library.


1,000 Books Before Kindergarten 

Pick up a folder in Youth Services and take the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge! After each 100 books read, pick up a prize for you and your child! This program is for newborns & toddlers who have not yet entered kindergarten. To start logging your child's books virtually using Beanstack, click here.

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Upcoming Events for Children

Tue, Sep 10, 10:00am - 11:00am

Mon, Sep 16, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Sep 17, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Sep 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room

Tue, Sep 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Wed, Sep 18, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Thu, Sep 19, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Sep 19, 8:00pm - 8:30pm
Large Study Room B

Mon, Sep 23, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Sep 24, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Sep 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room

Tue, Sep 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Wed, Sep 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Sep 26, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Sep 26, 8:00pm - 8:30pm
Large Study Room B

Mon, Sep 30, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Oct 01, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Oct 01, 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 01, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 01, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 02, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 03, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Oct 03, 8:00pm - 8:30pm
Large Study Room B

Mon, Oct 07, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Oct 08, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Oct 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 08, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room


Online Resources for Children

Check out these sites for homework help, test prep tools, and gaming.

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NEW KIDS BOOKS
  • September 6
    • The belly song
    • I love all dinos
    • Mixed-up farm animals : a mix-and-match board book
    • The Sharing Star
    • Pete the Cat for class president!
    • Not perfect
    • My Little Pony : 5-minute stories
    • The island before no
    • Rise of Pegasus
    • Picture purrfect
    • The knight thieves
2025 Caudill Award Books
  • 2025 Caudill Award Books
    • Seen and unseen : what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration
    • Starfish
    • Lasagna means I love you
    • Charlie Thorne and the last equation
    • Muhammad Najem, war reporter : how one boy put the spotlight on Syria
    • Alias Anna : Zhanna Arshanskaya: a biography in verse : a true story of outwitting the Nazis
    • The inheritance games
    • A first time for everything : a true story
    • The lost year
    • The fort
    • Hummingbird
    • The tryout
    • Victory. Stand! : raising my fist for justice
    • Frizzy
    • A kind of spark
    • A rover's story
    • How to become a planet
    • The golden hour
2025 Bluestem Award Books
  • 2025 Bluestem Award Winners
    • Shine on, Luz Véliz!
    • Invisible
    • Odder
    • Air
    • Killer underwear invasion! : how to spot fake news, disinformation & conspiracy theories
    • Washed ashore : making art from ocean plastic
    • Boardwalk babies
    • Caves
    • The girl in the lake
    • King of the ice
    • Blips on a screen : how Ralph Baer invented TV video gaming and launched a worldwide obsession
    • Weird kid
    • Just right Jillian
    • The incredibly dead pets of Rex Dexter
    • Wretched waterpark
    • Garlic & the vampire
    • Not if I can help it