Kids and Families

• Library Kidspages
• Paginas de ninos (Library Kidspages in Spanish)
• Favoreads Awards
• Teens Choice Awards
• Enewsletters
• Great Reads
• Book Discussion Kits for Children and Teens
• Parents & Teachers
• Play Literacy
• Readmobile

Upcoming programs for:
• Babies & Toddlers
• Preschoolers
• School Age (grades K-5)
• Teens (grades 6-12)
• Families/All Ages
• Adults
• All programs

Books for Three Year Olds

Join Liz, a Librarian at Central and mother of a three year old son. Each month she recommends a list of librarian & son field tested favorites. Sign up for it or other recommendations.

TeenTopix:

Be on the lookout for the Reading Castle! Beginning on Monday, May 18, all Madison Public Library locations will have a picture of the Reading Castle hidden somewhere in the library! Spot the picture, win a prize - a cool tattoo! Kids have the opportunity to win a prize a day, through Tuesday, June 30.

Sequoya Branch children's librarian Karen Lucas and former library staffer and current Director of the UW's Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) K.T. Horning are featured in the just-out Fall/Winter 2008 Issue of Dane County Parent in an article called “Keep On Readin’: The Benefits of Reading to School Children.” Both librarians encourage parents and caregivers to read aloud to their children to expose children to more words, to build vocabulary and listening skills, to spend quality time together, to share thoughts and values and to develop a love of reading.

Krissy Wick, Pinney Branch children's librarian, wrote Bringing Books and Boys Together in Madison Area Parents' Guide's Fall/Winter 08/09 Issue (page 2).