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The Bethel Park Public Library Children's Department offers a vast amount of original programming for children of all ages from birth up.
Check out these Good Reads!
Does your child have a special interest?
Let us put together a "Special Subject" kit just for them!
Just give us some information about your child and we'll find some Library items to fit!
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Going on Vacation? Come check out our Trip Kits Stop in at the Children's Department and sign up to have a special reading bag prepared for your children to take on vacation. We will include books, tapes, books on tape, puzzle pages, CD's, puppets - any combination to suit your needs! |
We also offer Grandparent Kits! A collection of books, tapes, videos, you name it, for grandparents who are expecting a visit from the kids! Just give us a week's notice and we will put together a special selection of materials just for you! |
Please reserve them one week in advance
Children's Links
Additional age-related services and resources provided by the Children's Department include:
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Board Books
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Picture Books
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Beginning Readers
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Stories and Informational Books for Older Readers
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Multimedia Materials: Books/Music on Tape & CD-ROM games
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Circulating Puppets & Magazines
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Storytimes for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, grade school children, and families
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Summer Reading Clubs for all ages
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Special programs are scheduled for children and parents throughout the year.
TEACHER RESOURCE CENTER
The center contains resource materials and concept kits for planning programs and activities for young children. The kits are self-contained teaching units that include books, filmstrips/videos, stamps, and puppets, and cassettes. Concept kits are available to teachers, home schooling parents, Scout leaders, and anyone working with young children.
The Bethel Park Public Library now has filters on the computers in the Children's Department. The software being used is Cyber Patrol, the most full-featured product that has the most extensive controls over where your children can go online.
Two sites that provide information on how to protect your children online are-
Filtering software is no substitute for parental supervision.