Children’s Services

Literacy and Learning Grow Here

Read • Watch • Listen

Books, movies, music and more, specifically for children.

For Parents

Library resources for parents and caregivers.

Spaces for Children

Library spaces specifically designed for young readers and learners.

Ready to Read

Kalamazoo Public Library’s outreach program that encourages parents and caregivers to share books with children through annual events like Party in the Park and The Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee!

Staff Picks: Children's Books

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Mister Kitty is lost! [2023]

Greg Pizzoli

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Big [2023]

Vashti Harrison

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Pokko and the drum [2019]

Matthew Forsythe

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Two dogs on a trike [2020]

Gabrielle Snyder

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I got the rhythm [2014]

Connie Schofield-Morrison

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I am every good thing [2020]

Derrick Barnes

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Knight Owl [2022]

Christopher Denise

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I want my hat back [2011]

Jon Klassen

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While you're asleep [2024]

Emmy Kastner

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Ode to grapefruit : how James Earl Jones found… [2024]

Kari Lavelle

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Breaking Cat News : cats reporting on the news… [2016]

Georgia Dunn

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Bone. Coda [2016]

Jeff Smith

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Bobo and Pup-Pup hatch an egg [2023]

Vikram Madan

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Cat & cat adventures. 1, The quest for snacks [2021]

Susie Yi

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Pizza face [2024]

Rex Ogle

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Too small Tola [2020]

Atinuke

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The puppets of Spelhorst [2023]

Kate DiCamillo

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Balto and Togo : a story of grit and guts, of… [2023]

Helen Moss

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Ferris [2024]

Kate DiCamillo

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The screaming staircase [2013]

Jonathan Stroud

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Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man [1998]

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Holes [1998]

Louis Sachar

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The Guardian test [2023]

Christina Soontornvat

Children’s Events

All Ages

Black History Is American History

When:

Wed, January 1 – Fri, February 28
OPEN HOURS

Where:

POW

All Ages

Mobile Library @ Douglass Apartments

When:

Mon, January 13
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Where:

Douglass Apartments

Children

Sticker Making

When:

Mon, January 13
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Where:

OSH/Community Room

Children

Move and Groove

When:

Tue, January 14
10:00 am – 10:45 am

Where:

CEN/Children’s Room

Children

Sensory Shenanigans

When:

Tue, January 14
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

OSH/Community Room

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