Children's Services  

Story Hour

In the Spring and Fall, the library offers Story Hour for children ages 3 to 5 years. This is a time of storytelling, book reading, puppets shows and crafts.

The children enjoy using the puppets

For a schedule of Story Hour, contact Hilda Terry.

Story Time    

During the school year, the library offers a monthly Storytime program for the Cleveland County Headstart students.      Books are read, stories are told and puppet shows are  performed for these classes that ride a bus to the library.  

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Reading

In the Summer, the library holds a Summer Reading Program. Children ages 4 years to through 6th grade are encouraged to participate in the program of setting a reading goal and accomplishing it.  There is an opening and closing program which consists of stories, crafts, book reading, puppets, and a traveling troup called "The Timestep Players".  

Accelerated Reading Program

In cooperation  with the Accelerated Reading Program, we have several  books on the list of the county schools.  The list is updated regularly.

Creative and Fun Web Sites for Children

State of Arkansas Home Page - www.state.ar.us/ :
Information on the state of Arkansas.

Berkeley Public Library Kid's Link - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ :
A Library for Kids and Adults.

The Children's Literature Web Guide - www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html :
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.

Do the Dewey - www.thrall.org/dewey :
Learn the basics of the Dewey Decimal System, and play game to test your knowledge.

The Electric Origami Shop - www.ibm.com/Stretch/EOS/ :
Fun images, games and stuff to explore.

4th and 5th Grade Web Resources- www.geocities.com/Enchanted/Tower/1217 :
Links to many different subjects.

Goosebumps Home Page- www.scholastic.com/Goosebumps/index.htm :
Information about the Goosebumps book, television show and author.

Homework Helpers - www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Homework_Answers :

How Stuff Works - www.howstuffworks.com :
Find out how all kinds of things work.

KidsClick: Worlds of Web Searching- www.worldsofsearching.org :
Learn what can and can't be found on the Internet. Learn about Boolean and keyword searching as well as automated robots, spiders and more.

ThinkQuest - www.thinkquest.org :
The ThinkQuest programs encourage the advancement of education through the use of technology.

WebQuest - www.edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest :
Create a web scavenger hunt.

Welcome to the Planets - http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ :
A good resource for pictures of planets and planetary information.

Yahooligans- www.yahooligans.com :
The web guide for kids.

 

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