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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

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

Mon, Dec 23, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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

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

Mon, Dec 30, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Jan 02, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Mon, Jan 06, 10:00am - 11:00am

Mon, Jan 06, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tue, Jan 07, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Jan 07, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room

Tue, Jan 07, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 08, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Thu, Jan 09, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Mon, Jan 13, 10:00am - 11:00am

Mon, Jan 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tue, Jan 14, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Jan 14, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room

Tue, Jan 14, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room

Thu, Jan 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Mon, Jan 20, 10:00am - 11:00am

Mon, Jan 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm


Online Resources for Children

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

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  • winter holidays
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  • bingo
  • Books and bubbles meet a registered dietitian
  • self directed crafts
  • Winter reading
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NEW KIDS BOOKS
  • December 9
    • You deserve everything
    • When I'm a firefighter
    • Would you rather?
    • Ali the Great and the robot meltdown
    • The greatest
    • I worked hard on that!
    • Listen to the music : the instruments : a world of magical melodies
    • Mary Pope Osborne's Magic tree house. Sunset of the sabertooth : the graphic novel
    • The house on Yeet Street
    • The chase in China
    • Tig and Lily. 3, Up late!
    • Shark night
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