• The Children's Department provides books and other materials for the very small child and the growing child through approximately the 8th grade.  Materials are selected to excite the pre-reader and the beginning reader, to fill recreational needs, personal hobbies and interest and to supplement school projects and assignments through the elementary years.
  • High quality writing and illustration is a primary consideration.  General demand is also a factor since children have various levels of ability, knowledge and interest.
  • Materials in areas of social and personal awareness, and of cultural and sociological concern, are chosen at all levels in fiction and non-fiction, reflecting current and traditional values.
  • Classics, popular standard titles and best selling authors are purchased in quantity to ensure availability.  Multiple copies of such items are retained as long as demand for them persists.
  • Children's books are usually available in a variety of bindings:  pre-bound, publisher's library edition, trade edition, paper and hardbound paperback.  Quality of binding, cost of book and projected use generally decide which is chosen.
  • Read-along audio books, with print books are chosen to add to a child's experience and to increase enthusiasm toward library services.
  • The library maintains a circulating collection of video, audio, CD and DVD materials. In selecting these items, emphasis is placed on recreational, educational and informational materials. 
  • Both MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rated and non-rated audio-videos are acquired. 
  • Further information on major motion pictures can be found at websites such as http://www.pluggedin.comhttp://www.imdb.com  or  http://www.rottentomatoes.com
  • It is the Library?s policy that parents or legal guardians are responsible for deciding what library resources are appropriate for their children.  Parents may feel some resources are inappropriate for their children.  Parents should let their children know if there are materials which they do not want them to use.  Parents should supervise their child?s usage of library materials and Internet sessions.  
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