All library locations will be closing at 1:00pm on December 24th and December 31st and closed all day December 25th and January 1st.
Main Library hours are Monday through Thursday 9am-9pm
Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 1pm-5pm
Hills Branch Tuesday and Thursday 10am-8pm; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm
Fells Branch Tuesday through Saturday 10am-5pm

Reading Challenges

A group of girls reading together at the library.

 

Winter Reading Challenge

The WFL winter reading challenge, January 11th through March 15th, will be in-person this year! Read or listen to books all winter to earn beads and build your own necklace. Register at the children’s desk to pick up a chain, a tracking log, and to enter our winter prize raffle!

Beanstack Reading Challenges:

Check for reading challenges on Beanstack here

Questions? Watch this video on registering for Beanstack.

Current Beanstack Challenges:

  • 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
  • Born to Read Bingo
Landing page for Born to Read, a Beanstack-based reading challenge focusing on reading, singing, playing, and learning. Image description: title and goals in blue, purple, yellow, and red letters with a cloud background. Between the goals are a beach ball, a maraca, and a teething toy.

50 Books to Read Before Kindergarten

List compiled by librarian Emma Weiler.

Click on an image to find it in our collection. Also find our printable checklist here: 50 Books to Read Before Kindergarten.

uncle bobby's wedding cover
umbrella cover
time for bed cover
thunder boy jr cover
ganesha's sweet tooth cover
the lion and the mouse cover
the empty pot cover
nino wrestles the world cover
school's first day of school cover
sick day for amos mcgee cover
strega nona cover
sylvester and the magic pebble cover
take me out to the yaku cover
tale of peter rabbit cover
tar beach cover
the doorbell rang cover
red a crayon's story cover
princess and the pea cover
pete the cat and his 4 groovy buttons cover
pecan pie baby cover
owl babies cover
Olivia cover
neville cover
goodnight moon cover
henry's freedom box cover
I love Saturdays y domingos cover
the sandwich swap cover
jacob's new dress cover
last stop on market street cover
little roja riding hood cover
my name is yoon cover
the name jar cover
neighborhood mother goose cover
go dog go cover
gilberto and the wind cover
frog and toad are friends cover
freight train cover
ferdinand cover
everyone poops cover
emma and julia love ballet cover
dim sum for everyone cover
corduroy cover
chicka chicka boom boom cover
big red lollipop cover
arrow to the sun cover
anna hibiscus cover
amazing grace cover
alexander and the terrible horrible cover
ada twist cover
a birthday for frances cover

Popular Kids & Children Titles

Award-Winning Books

Minuteman Library Network’s awards listing, includes Caldecott, Newbery and many more….check out the full list of book awards here.

Suggested Databases for Kids

Britannica Fundamentals
Educate Station Educate Station
PebbleGo

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