Booklists for Kids

Kids Bestsellers

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Upcoming Events

Peaceful Play

10:00am–11:00am

Richmond

Library Branch: Richmond

Room: Main Floor Community Room #142

Age Group: Preschool, Elementary

Program Type: Educational, Storytimes

Event Details:

Peaceful Play is designed with shy or neurodivergent children in mind, though all are welcome.

Read and Play

10:00am–11:00am

Berea

Library Branch: Berea

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Preschool

Program Type: Educational, Storytimes

Event Details:

We love learning different types of literacy through reading, music, movement, and play. It may get messy; please dress appropriately! Meant for ages 0-5.

Exploration Station: DIY Checkers

4:00pm–5:00pm

Richmond

Library Branch: Richmond

Room: Main Floor Community Room #142

Age Group: Elementary

Program Type: Educational

Event Details:

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday by creating your own set of checkers, a widely popular game during Colonial times. Use paper to weave a board and air dry clay to make your pieces.

Lego Club+

4:00pm–5:00pm

Berea

Library Branch: Berea

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Elementary

Program Type: Educational, Entertainment

Event Details:

We provide the building blocks, and you bring the creativity!

Lap Time

10:00am–11:00am

Berea

Library Branch: Berea

Room: Fireplace Area

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers

Program Type: Educational, Storytimes

Event Details:

Join us for an interactive story time for babies and their caregivers, featuring lap and finger plays, scarves, board books, songs, rhymes, and gentle movement that support early language and social skills.

Toddler Time

10:00am–11:00am

Richmond

Library Branch: Richmond

Room: Main Floor Community Room #142

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers

Program Type: Storytimes

Toddler Time

Enjoy early literacy activities like parachute play, songs, finger plays, and board books, followed by free play. Toddlers and caregivers can make friends and learn together. Meant for ages 0-3.

Books Cook!

2:00pm–3:00pm

Berea

Library Branch: Berea

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Elementary

Program Type: Educational, Food, Health and Wellness, Storytimes

Event Details:

Books Cook is a hands-on story time where reading meets cooking! Each week, we’ll read a fun book and then make a simple, themed dish together. Kids help with safe prep steps while we handle the heat.

Lego Club+

4:00pm–5:00pm

Richmond

Library Branch: Richmond

Room: Main Floor Community Room #142

Age Group: Elementary

Program Type: Educational, Entertainment

LEGO Club+

We supply the building blocks; you bring the creativity. Kids may make whatever time and imagination allows. Each week we display the LEGO creations inside one of our display cases.

Teddy Bear Sleepover Drop-Off

4:00pm–6:00pm

Richmond

Library Branch: Richmond

Room: Children’s Area

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary

Program Type: Entertainment

Event Details:

Drop off your teddy bear (or other stuffed animal) for the annual Teddy Bear Sleepover at the library! Our staff will sign in your teddy bear and ask some questions about their bedtime routine.

Teddy Bear Breakfast

10:00am–11:00am

Richmond

Library Branch: Richmond

Room: Main Floor Community Room #142

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary

Program Type: Entertainment, Food

Event Details:

Pick up your stuffed animals and join us in the Community Room for a light breakfast. Thanks to our “security” cameras, you’ll get to see pictures of all the mischievous things your stuffed animals got up to while staying at the library.

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