Children & Teens

Children’s Room


Collection

The Children’s Room houses a large collection of materials for infants, toddlers, and preschool through approximately grade 6. The newest materials are displayed in the library lobby.

  • Non-fiction books
  • Fiction books (Hardcover & Paperbacks)
    • Picture books
    • Easy Readers
    • Juvenile Fiction
    • Holiday picture books
  • Circulating encyclopedias
  • Audiobooks (Cassette & CD)
  • Readalongs
  • Music (Cassette & CD)
  • Magazines
  • Children’s Entertainment DVDs
  • Non-fiction educational DVDs
  • CD-ROMs

Children’s Magazines for You to Borrow

  • American Girl
  • Boys’ Life
  • Child Life
  • Dig
  • Discovery Girls
  • Girls’ Life
  • Highlights for Children
  • Humpty Dumpty
  • Jack and Jill
  • Ladybug for Children
  • National Geographic Kids
  • Nickelodeon
  • Odyssey
  • Pack ’O Fun
  • Ranger Rick
  • Sesame Street
  • Sports Illustrated for Kids

Parenting Collection

A small collection of recently published parenting books is located in the Children’s Room near the Junior Fiction.

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Programs & Events
program calendar

The Children’s Department offers a wide variety of programs including storytime for children ages 12 months through Kindergarten, evening and daytime Family Drop-in Storytimes for all ages, Rockin’ Readers for grades 1 and 2, dramatic performances, musical events, puppet shows, magicians, author visits, book character visits, storytellers, crafts, science workshops, film showings, and our annual Summer Reading Club.

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Activities
  • Computers with Internet connection
  • Game computers
  • Puppet corner
  • Puzzles and games

Fun Web Sites for Children

Updated July 13, 2005

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Services
  • Help choosing a good book
  • Booklists with suggested reading
  • Welcome Baby Gift Bags
  • Borrowing items from another library
  • Reference help
  • School summer reading list books
  • Informational newsletter

Services to Preschools & Kindergarten Classes

We often present programs at local preschools and they also visit the library for tours and storytime programs.

All kindergarteners in Randolph public schools visit the library on a field trip and are eligible to receive their very own library cards.

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Birthday Book Club

Honor a special child on his or her birthday, or celebrate the birth of a newborn, by donating a book to the library in the child’s honor. The cost is $15.00. A bookplate will be placed in the book noting the child’s special occasion and a card will be sent to the child announcing your gift. If the child is a Randolph resident, he or she (or the parent) will be the first to borrow the book.

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