Children's Department
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Resources for babies to tweens
Programs Many free programs are offered throughout the year for babies to tweens. Programs include: Book Babies for 0-16 months, Tot-Time for 17-35 months, Storyhour for 3-5 year-olds, Summer Reading Club, holiday parties, Lego play time, craft programs and many more programs. See current programs on the Children's Programs page. Each year the library hosts Summer Reading Club in June & July to encourage reading during the summer. Everyone, from babies to adults, can join and earn prizes for reading. Art Classes for all ages are offered in June along with other special events for everyone.
Parents can sign their children up online at www.imaginationlibrary.com. Click on "Can I Register My Child?". |
Online Database
Kids can listen and read-a-long in English, French, or Spanish to animated children’s picture books. There are fiction and nonfiction books as well as children’s educational videos, puzzles and games. This free service is available with a library card. Use this link on desktop and laptop computers. Download the Tumble Book app for electronic devices.  NoveList is a searchable database of fiction books. It is useful for finding a list of books in a series. It can help you find read-a-likes for when you don't know what to read next.
If you are using a library computer, log in without your library card.
Available for free use at any of the Charlestown Clark County Public Libraries. With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCmouse.com’s award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-6+). This is a list of all the books included in the reading counts program for the participating schools in our service area. Click on "browse book expert online" button to search by level number. Searching for books with a corresponding Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360 quiz is easy with Accelerated Reader Bookfinder. Search in English or Spanish using criteria such as ATOS book level or a Lexile measure, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, CCSS Exemplars, and more.
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Children in Clark County from birth up to the month of their 5th birthday are eligible to receive a free book mailed to their home every month from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
