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Children Services and Information
Welcome to the Children’s and Youth Services Department!Nathan Hayes, Children's Librarian (day)
Jason Lefebvre, Children’s Librarian (evening)
413 322-5635
(Hours from September to May)
Monday –Thursday : 8:30am – 8:30pm
Friday and Saturday: 8:30am – 4:00pm
The library is closed Sundays and holidays
The Children’s and the Young Adult areas that comprise the Youth Services Department are both located on the first floor. The Youth Services collection features fiction and nonfiction books, magazines, graphic novels, comic and picture books, reference materials, puppets, puzzles, and books on tape and CD, large print, bilingual books, and Spanish language books. There are two computers for word processing and selected children's games, in addition to the library public access catalog (PAC).
Programs are offered throughout the year for ages 2 and up. Special story times are available for groups.
Summer Reading Program
Benefits of Summer Reading Program
The benefits to readers in a summer reading program include:
- encouragement that reading become a lifelong habit
- reluctant readers can be drawn in by the activities
- reading over the summer helps children keep their skills up
- the program can generate interest in the library and books
And it being summer, the program can just be good fun and provide an opportunity for family time.
Why Summer Reading Programs are Important
For Childcare/Pre-School Providers