Young Reader Page
Upcoming Youth Services
Programs!
Saturday April 20, 2024: Board Games Drop-in from 11am to 2pm
Stop by the library to try your hand at a variety of board games. We have board games suitable for all ages ranging from preschool aged memory card games to Scrabble!
All ages welcome.
No registration required.
Children's Author Event!
Play Me, Please! by Gail Fulton-Anderson
Saturday April 27, 2024 from 10:00am - 11:00am
A new children's book reading, signing, and Q&A with the author and illustrator!
For children in kindergarten through 5th grade & their families.
*Registration required. Click here to register. Registration opens April 20th.
Lego drop-ins, take-and-make crafts, & more fun activities!
Friday April 19, 2024: Lego Drop-in from 10am to 1pm
Saturday May 11, 2024: Lego Drop-in from 2pm to 4pm
*Stop by the Youth Services desk to see what take-and-make crafts and other fun activities we have!*
TumbleBook Library is a database of children’s e-books, thoughtfully provided by our Friends of the North Kingstown Free Library.
TumbleBook Library Premium has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, non-fiction books and videos, carefully chosen playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features Graphic Novels – a student favorite!
You can access TumbleBook from home as well as from the library. There are no check-out times or wait lists: the books are always available, to everyone! It is a great resource for kids, and teaches them the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.
Grade Level Reading Lists
Community Reads!
Kids Reading Across Rhode Island (KRARI)
The 2023 KRARI selection is the graphic novel, The Aquanaut by Dan Santat!
KRARI is Rhode Island's One Book, One State community reading program for children! KRARI is offered by the RI Office of Library and Information Services in partnership with RI Center for the Book. Each year, the KRARI committee selects one book that appeals to rising 4th to 6th graders. Click here for more information on KRARI and The Aquanaut.
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (RICBA)
The 2023 RICBA winner is Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter!
The 2024 nominees are here! Come to the library to grab one of the 2024 nominees and get a head start on next year's Rooster Games! Click here for more information on RICBA, the 2023 winner, and 2024 nominees.