Children and Teens

This project is sponsored by the Missouri Library Association’s Access & Innovation Fund grant program, which aims to enhance, support, and develop library technologies and innovation that improve patrons’ access to library services. The Missouri Library Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization operating to promote library service, the profession of librarianship, and cooperation among all types of libraries and organizations concerned with library service in the State of Missouri.

Events

  • Story Hour: 10am-10:30 am every Wednesday throughout the school year.
  • Summer Reading Program – May through July for children birth to 12th grade

The Dot System

The dot system is a simple way of marking a book for the reading level it is intended. These dots appear on the spines of books written for kindergarten through third grade-level readers. Look for these books in the short blue, green, and red shelves in the Children’s Department of the library.

  • Red Dot: Pre-school & Kindergarten
  • Blue Dot: First & Second Grade
  • Green Dot: Second & Third Grade
  • Red square: Level Readers