Kids' World

Kids and parents in Kids World

Welcome to Kids' World, where kids and their caregivers can explore books, play, learn, make, ask questions, and meet other families in our community. Explore the library's reimagined and refreshed Kids’ World space designed to meet the growing needs of its youngest customers. The updated spaces in Kids’ World offer flexible, interactive and experiential learning zones dedicated to specific age groups with resources and activities to meet kids' developmental needs and interests. Kids learn through play, so come play!

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Our Space

Welcome to Kids' World, where kids and their caregivers can explore books, play, learn, make, ask questions, and meet other families in our uniquely accessible space.  

Snack Area Located right inside Kids' World, a designated snack area protects all customers from accidental exposure to food allergens and keeps Kids' World lookin' good! 

Wellness Room

All Gender Family Restroom

Boy Playing

Let's Play

Our interactive and experiential learning zones offer resources and activities to meet kids' developmental needs and interests. Kids learn through play, so come play! 

Floor Projector A floor projection system provides kids with a fun, open play space to enjoy interactive games together right in the heart of Kids’ World. Funded by the Friends of the Library.

Everbright Wall Measuring almost eight feet wide by four feet tall, with endless play opportunities for all abilities. Funded by the Library Foundation.

Lindsey Room The Lindsey Room, home to storytimes and countless craft and activity programs, has new flooring, paint colors and a sink for washing big and little hands.  

Imagination Station This engaging play area builds vocabulary and improves social skills as kids use their imaginations to play together or with their caregiver. Theme rotates monthly. 

Baby Garden The littlest library visitors now have a dedicated place of their very own to safely explore soft play toys and grow socially in this highly tactile space. For non-walking infants and their caregivers.  

Tinker Cart Full of fun supplies, the Tinker Cart will keep kids in grades K-3 engaged during drop-in programs for making and creating in the Lindsey Room. Funded by the Library Foundation.


Upcoming Kids' Programs

30
Jun

Kids' Time
- /Lindsey Room

30
Jun

Play Time
- /Kids' World

30
Jun

Kids' Time
- /Lindsey Room

30
Jun

Pee Wee Artists Session 1
- /Cardinal Room

30
Jun

Pee Wee Artists Session 1
- /See Description for Location

30
Jun

Pee Wee Artists Session 2
- /See Description for Location

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NEW TO THE LIBRARY

Return to sender
Brosgol, Vera,
Ten-year-old Oliver discovers that the wish-granting mailbox in his new apartment may make his dreams come true, but they come with a cost
Make a little wave
Cerra, Kerry O'Malley,
"When shy Savannah discovers her friend's family is involved in inhumanely killing endangered sharks for profit, she forces herself out of her comfort zone to stand up for the sharks"--
So over sharing
Weissman, Elissa Brent,
Two very different twelve-year-old girls, Hadley and Willow, bond over Instagram as they both struggle with oversharing influencer moms and grapple with how long their lives will stay public
Miracles by the sea
Thomas, M. J., 1969-
Nine-year-old Peter, ten-year-old Mary, and their dog Hank journey to first century Jerusalem, where they race to evade capture by temple guards, follow Jesus, witness miracles, and uncover a secret plot
Dad rock dragon quest
Reardon, Joan,
Chaperoned by their boring stepfather, twelve-year-old Zadie and her sister spend the summer with their rock-and-roll, park-ranger dad, rescuing his dragon companion from a magical animal poacher
Resist : a story of D-Day
Gratz, Alan, 1972-
"When French-Algerian Samira's mother is arrested by the Nazis, Samira must go on a journey through Nazi-occupied France to save her before it is too late...on the same day as D-Day"--
You and me and the land of lost things
Griffiths, Andy, 1961-
"The search for a misplaced rabbit's foot leads two adventurers into encounters with a bull who's lost his temper, much missing treasure, and many, many single socks. Clad anonymously in custom-made adventure suits that cover them head to toe, the never-named narrator ("Me") and sidekick ("You") drive their supposedly "uncrashable" adventure car through an interdimensional hole into the truly crowded place where all lost things go. There they run into both a tree and treasure hunter Johnny Knucklehead. Johnny, whose head is a giant clenched fist, had been reported lost in the jungle. This meeting is just the beginning of a long series of random encounters during which even the plot is lost (and then found again), Johnny is reunited with his mirror twin, Jimmy, and a lost lucky charm is recovered--only to become a bargaining chip after the adventurers are captured by a peg-legged rabbit pirate."--Provided by publisher
The burning season
Rose, Caroline Starr,
"Twelve-year-old Opal has a secret: she's deathly afraid of fire. Still Opal is preparing to become a fourth-generation lookout on Wolf Mountain, deep in the New Mexico wilderness. She, Mom, and Gran live at ten thousand feet in a single room at the top of a fire tower. They are responsible for spotting any hint of smoke before it becomes an uncontrollable blaze. Instead of training for the lonely life of a lookout, Opal wishes she could be starting seventh grade in Silver City, attending real classes with kids her own age and even going to afterschool clubs like FFA. But Wolf Mountain has other ideas. When Mom makes the long trek to town for supplies and Gran goes missing, Opal is the only one to spot a tell-tale spiral of smoke moving up the mountainside. She'll have to be braver than she's ever been as she heads into the woods, beyond Wolf Ridge's old blackened burn scar, to face down a fire on her own. But when a fire is what took her father away, and Opal herself knows the sting of smoke and lick of flames, how can she be brave enough when it really counts?"--
The tower at the end of time
Sparkes, Amy,
Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvelous, magical house and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: the Wizarding Hopscotch Championships. There's only one problem: the house is nervous about traveling and gets the hiccups! Bouncing from world to world with every hic!, they finally land at the championships, only for Flabberghast to have an unfortunate run-in with square number nine that leaves them all faced with the terrible Tower at the End of Time. But their sinister new location may be just the place to cure the house's hiccups and even uncover who left Nine her beloved music box as a baby and who Nine really is.--
Mr. Lemoncello's great library race
Grabenstein, Chris,
"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"--
Confessions of a junior spy
Munda, Rosaria,
"Raised in a sanctuary hotel for spies, the daughter of one of its top agents is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and use her hard-won spy skills to help others"--
The summer of the fortune tellers
Greenwald, Lisa,
"Is the magic really back? When Mille, Nora, and Bea found fortune tellers popping up in unexpected places--with eerily accurate fortunes--they reunited as best friends. Now that they're back to being besties, they're excited to spend the summer together outside the city. Recruited into babysitting eight-year-old triplets and staying with Millie's family, the girls are hoping this will be their own private summer camp, one where they're in charge, away from annoying siblings and toxic frenemies. But nothing perfect can last. When everything from homesickness and boy craziness to real estate developers threaten their summer, Millie, Nora, and Bea start stumbling upon fortune tellers in the strangest places. And once again it feels like these fortune tellers are speaking to them: 'Sometimes in life you just have to jump in.' 'Speak your mind and stand up for what you believe in!' 'You are here for a reason.' If they speak up, can Millie, Nora, and Bea really save the summer--and the community--before it's too late?"--Provided by publisher
Central Park ghost
Potter, Ellen, 1963-
Cordelia and her friend Isaac investigate rumors of a monster on the loose in Central Park
Devourer's attack
Tsang, Katie, 1987-
"Siblings Lance and Zoe must save their Camp Claw mentors from a dangerous, power-hungry creature"--
When Sally O'Malley discovered the sea
Cushman, Karen,
In 1989 Oregon, Sally O'Malley is thrown out of her job and embarks on a journey to the sea, only to discover that true bravery is not about facing danger alone but about learning to rely on others