Youth

Graphic with text showing a decorated sugar skull. Introducing Crafty Thursday! Thursday October 3rd at 6 PM. The theme is "Dia de los muertos" (Day of the dead) and we will be making sugar skulls. Come craft with us!

Image with text of the cover of "The B.F.G." by Roald Dahl. The Kids Book Club will meet Saturday, Oct 12 at 2 PM at the Melvindale Public Library. For kids age 8-13 Read the book then join us for discussion!

Fall Family Storytime at the Melvindale Public Library is on Saturdays at 10:30-11:30am. Join Miss Kellie for a story time filled with books, songs, crafts, and movement.

Photo of a woman holding a crafted butterfly in front of a toddler. Upper text reading " Talk, read, sing with your baby every day. Learn more at greatstart.org" Bottom Text reading "The Melvindale Public Library is teaming up with the Great Start Collaborative to support families on their reading journey! Melvindale families with a library card can snag one cool free book and a snazzy book bag! Pick from a range of books in English, Arabic, and Spanish! Each family will also get resources on the benefits of talking, reading, and singing for developing babies and toddlers. Let the reading adventures begin!"

Talking isTeaching!

The Detroit/Wayne County Talking is Teaching Community Campaign is working to support families and involve our community in understanding the importance of early connections with children to support their brain growth and feelings of safety and security.

The Melvindale Public Library is proud to partner with the Talking is Teaching Community Campaign to provide materials to help parents Talk, Read and Sing with their little ones even more! Families can visit the library to get a free book to keep and a book bag to take home. Books are available in English, Arabic, and Spanish. One book per family.

Visit www.greatstart.org to find help, fun, and more information on Talking Is Teaching!

Check out Kanopy Kids!

Kanopy Kids is now available to Melvindale Library card holders! Kanopy Kids has streaming shows, read-aloud storybooks, and PBS Kids content!

Head to https://melvindalelib.kanopy.com/ with your library card handy to get started!

Vox and Playaway books
are available at the library!

Check out our VOX Books! VOX Books are printed books that provide full professional audio narration using a unique audio reader attached to the book. Studies have shown that VOX Books users improve their reading comprehension by 75%, and improve reading accuracy by over 50%.

Playaway books are all-in-one audiobooks. All you need are headphones to connect to great stories anytime, anywhere. This is an excellent option for readers of any level. Students can listen and comprehend 2 grade levels above their reading level.