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)

• American Girl – follow your inner star
• BMX Plus – all things BMX
• Boys' Life – Official Publication of Boy Scouts of America
• Girls Life – advice, girl talk, entertainment, fun stuff, style and more
• Kids Discover – features a non-fiction topics in sciences (social & natural)
• Marvel Adventures Spider-Man – offical Marvel site
• Michigan History for Kids – your source for Michigan history
• National Geographic Kids – kids' games, animals, photos, stories & more
• Odyssey – adventures in science
• Outdoor Kids Club – interesting and educational outdoor resources
• Ranger Rick – National Wildlife Federation
• Sports Illustrated Kids – ultimate resource in sports

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:

• Between the Lions –stories, songs and interactive games from PBS reading series (pre-k – 2)
• Kids Domain  - coloring pages and games for (pre-k-7)
• Little Explorers – picture dictionary, famous explorers, etc. (pre-k - 1)
• PBS kid’s shows – (pre-k and up)
• Sesame Street Games – visit Oscar, Elmo and the gang for fun games
• Veggie Tales – activities, games and ecards (pre-k - 1)

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:

• Internet Safety Education
• Safe Kids
• Safe Teens
• Web Aware
• Get Net Wise
• Rules for Online Safety – Printable list of rules to share with your child

Bully Prevention Resources:

• Boys Town National Hotline
• Help Me Now
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

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:

• About.com – parenting, crafts and activities for families
• Activity Idea Place – crafts and activities
• Discipline – Love and Logic Parenting
• Family Education – health, education, school readiness, activities and parenting
• Grandparents – taking care of yourself and being a grandparent
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren – AARP’s site offers information on all aspects of grand parenting
• Idea Box – rainy day activities
• Kid Source – articles about health, education, product recalls, etc. organized by age
• Parent Center
• Parent Soup – all aspects of parenting from trying to conceive, caring for an infant to parenting a teenager.
• Parenthood.com – parental advice on many areas of life and all ages of children
• Parenting Awareness - promotes year around parenting education and resources.
• PBS Parents – site to help you raise a ready-to-learn child
• Sesame Street Parents – ideas for activities, parenting advice and more

Education:

• ABC Teach – free printables though membership is needed to access more. Click on “basics” to help your child with reading, math, etc.
• Advance Michigan - a forum for the residents of Michigan to discuss the issues the state is currently facing. Among the dozens of topics are: urban farming, climate change, local government, affordable housing, healthy families, food safety, and tourism.
• Blue Web’n
• Education Atlas
• Library of Congress
• National Home Education Network - national homeschoolers resource including articles and support for parents
• Scholastic
• Starfall – reading activities for early readers

Library Policies:
Computer/Internet Policy
Library Code of Conduct