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Library Events for Parents and Youth:
Coming Up @ your library: For event dates and times - check the "Events" section under "What's Up @ the Library" .
Paws for a Story – a child, a dog and a good book, what could be better? School age readers read aloud to certified therapy dogs and their owners in the library. Pre-registration required.
Story Times – stories, music, and finger plays to engage young children - birth to 5 years - and their caregivers. Thursdays @ 10:30 a.m.
Family Fun Days – family Saturday afternoons at the library. Activities include speakers, performers, crafts and movies for all ages.
Summer Reading Clubs – three clubs: pre-readers, elementary,tween & teen every summer. Events include entertainment & craft days.
Magazines @Your Library: Online Websites:
Parenting Magazines
- Family Fun – family fun crafts, recipies & other ideas for kids and parents
- Kiwi – organic family lifestyle and parenting
- Mothering – inspiring natural families since 1976
- Parenting – home of parenting and babytalk
- Parents – pregnancy, babies, baby names, pregnancy calendar, and more
Early Childhood Magazines
- Click – opening windows for young minds (Ages 3-7)
- Ladybug – games and activities to spark children's imagination (Ages 3-6)
- Spider
– activities, contests and more fun for kids (Ages 6-9)
- Your Big Backyard – National Wildlife Federation (Ages 3-7)
- Zoobooks – games and activities (Ages 6-12)
Tween Magazines (Ages 8-12)
Best of the Web:
Below are some fun and informational places to start. Also check out the websites on the Fun and Games page.
General:
- Awesome Library – reviewed k-12 websites for students, teachers and parents. User chooses age level.
- Kid’s Space – Internet Public Library for kids (Upper elementary – middle school)
- Best Websites for Kids from the American Library Association
Preschool:
Middle Grades:
- Ask Jeeves for Kids – search engine for kids (Elementary – middle school)
- Kid’s Click – encyclopedia, dictionary, news, science, math, arts and entertainment. Web search by librarians for kids (Upper elementary - middle school)
- Kid’s Information Almanac – online almanac of science, sports, social studies and more (Upper elementary – middle school)
- Kid’s Space – Internet Public Library for kids (Upper elementary – middle school)
- Prongo – jokes, games ecards and brainteasers (pre-K-8)
Internet Safety:
Bully Prevention Resources:
Health Resources:
- Drug Information –
extensive information about thousands of medications and drug side effects.
- Tox Mystery - National Library of Medicine's Interactive Children's Game that teaches important lessons about potential environmental health hazards.
Parenting:
Education:
Library Policies:
Computer/Internet Policy
Library Code of Conduct
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