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NEW! Interactive and educational database for pre-K and elementary students!
Online Learning Resources

Follow the links in these three categories to get extra support when learning at home!
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Live homework help is now available!
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Gives your child a foundation for future learning!
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Try this easy-to-use guide to sort by age, reading level, or genre!

Welcome to the Youth Services Department

We are committed to giving you, children birth through fifth grade, and your parents and caregivers of all ages personalized attention.

Books, magazines, and multi-media materials selected for ages birth through fifth grade can be found in the William Hadwen Ames Memorial Room. Puzzles for pre-schoolers, and personal computers for children’s use can also be found in this area.

Kids Blogs

MCBA Book Club

Tuesday, October 19

Have you been seeing signs for the MCBA book club? Maybe you’ve found our book display in Youth Services, or noticed those stickers on some book spines. Maybe you even saw our video about the book...

Local Author Zoom visit

Monday, October 04

If you're a fantasy fan, you'll want to grab one of the newest additions to our collection - Adventures in Thousandworld: the Darkenstar by Joseph A. Davis. We have three copies currently available...

Experience an Imagination Run with Miss Alyisha

Friday, July 09

Experience a story in a different way, with no books or pictures! Close your eyes, listen carefully, and prepare for an adventure. What would it be like to have a highly-sensitive snout, leathery...

Celebrating Their Memories - Eric Carle & Lois Ehlert

Saturday, May 29

This past week, we lost two Children's Book greats: Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) & Lois Ehlert (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom). Both were prolific authors & illustrators whose work will...

Disconnect & Reconnect: Screen-Free Week 2021

Wednesday, April 28

You may have read that AFL is observing Screen-Free Week, but what does that mean for you? Screen-Free Week is an annual event during the first week of May that encourages families to find...