Children's Services

Winter 2012 Storytimes
Please CLICK HERE for the schedule (PDF)

Class visit

Bo
Come Meet Bo
Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Bo has gone to school to be a therapy dog,
so he is the perfect listener.
CLICK HERE information (PDF).

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Family Movie Nights

Friday Night Movies!The Children’s Department shows family movies monthly on Friday evenings. Please stop by or call the Children’s Department 978-929-6655, ext. 4 to find out which movie we are showing. Our movie license restricts us from advertising the titles of the movies on our web site. All movies will begin at 7:00 in the Library Meeting Room. One adult must remain at the library with each family group for the duration of the program.


Wii Games

Wii gamesThe Childen's Department has a collection of Nintendo Wii Games. For a list of available Wii games in PDF format, click HERE. To search the Catalog for Wii games, click HERE.

Summer Reading Program Begins!

Programming offered by the
Children's Department

  • 4th Grade Booktalks (PDF)
  • Story times for various ages
  • Annotated lists of new books
  • Preschool and Scout visits to the Library
  • Junior Volunteer Program for students in grades 6 through 8
  • Librarians visit Kindergarten classes at the end of every school year
  • Library instruction for Grades 5 and 6
  • Annual Summer Reading Program
  • PCs for word processing, CD-ROM use and filtered Internet access.

The monthly Events Calendar is available online and in the Children's Department, or you may ask the Children's Librarian for details by calling 978-929-6655, option 4.

Collections in the
Children's Department

Picture Book Collection
 For Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grade 1
Board books, letters and numbers, nursery rhymes, fiction, nonfiction and holiday books
Beginning Readers
Books with controlled vocabulary and font size
Fiction Collection
 For Grades 2 through 6
Hardcover and paperback fiction
Teen Collection
 For Junior High Grades
Hardcover and paperback fiction
Nonfiction Collection
 For Grades 2 through 8
Reference Collection

For Grades 2 through 8
Noncirculating reference materials
Magazine Collection
For Preschool through Junior High School
Educational and entertainment periodicals

Recommended Reading Lists

Here are the Acton School Department's recommended summer reading lists. The books recommended are linked directly to the Minuteman Library Catalog so you can determine availability immediately.