Youth Services

Many public libraries have a variety of youth services (ages Newborn to 18 years old). These services range from baby and toddler story times to teen book clubs and gaming nights. Youth services are, in my opinion, very critical to a library system. These young people are tomorrow's leaders and by reaching them and sparking their reading interest at a young age, we set them up to love learning and books for their lifetime. 

These screenshots are from a library system (Polk County Library System: Lake Wales Public Library) that I came across while working on an assignment. The website was easy to use and the Youth Services page on the website was colorful and very attracting to young ones. 

I would also like to highlight a few other libraries that have youth program or pages that I found intriguing. These other libraries really help me form ideas for what I would like to see in a library that I may potentially be a librarian of one day. 

Palm Beach County Library System - This library has links to homework databases for kids, book recommendations, live homework help for teens, and much more in addition to the regular programs for kids and teens at public libraries.

Baldwin Public Library - This library youth page was interesting because they offer youth programs for school aged children in the late afternoons and evenings. 

Boynton Beach City Library - This library has interesting programs for the youth, which includes lego days. What child doesn't love legos?

Collier County Public Library - This library has a variety of many different types of programs.

Check these out and find out what is available at the public libraries near you!