West Springfield Public Library | West Springfield, Massachusetts |

Services Offered for Preschool Children:

Morning storytimes for children 6 months to 5 with stories, songs, fingerplays, flannel boards, and crafts.
An evening storytime each month for families.
Monthly special events such as puppet shows, storytellers, and craft programs.
A summer reading program that includes a "Read to Me" component for preschool children, as well as a variety of special programs.
Coloring and craft sheets are available all week.
Visits to the library by preschool groups on Monday mornings, and outreach visits by a librarian to preschools on Tuesday mornings. Call to schedule.
Display space for early childhood art exhibits.

Materials Offered for Preschool Children:

a large picture book collection, which includes hardcover books, paperbacks, and board books for babies.
"Early Readers" written specifically for children just learning to read.
"Big Books" for preschool children and their teachers.
Magazines for preschoolers and their families to borrow such as Sesame Street and Mary Beth's Crafty Kids.
A Parent/Teacher collection with books on parenting and early childhood learning activities, and magazines such as Family Fun and Mailbox.
A non-fiction collection that includes books that appeal to preschoolers, such as books on trucks and dinosaurs.
A collection of books, audio recordings, and videos in Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Puppet and book sets which are available for loan.
Audiovisual materials including videos, DVDs, music cassettes and CDs, book/cassette kits, and CD ROMs.
Multimedia learning kits, many of which are suitable for preschoolers, on subjects such as "Curious George," "Community Workers," and "Arthur."

Services Offered for Elementary Age Children:

Reference services to assist children with finding materials and completing homework.
S pecial events such as storytellers, performers, singers.
Craft programs are offered at various time throughout the month.
A craft and paper game table that is available all week and changed on Friday.
A summer and winter reading program for elementary age children, along with a wide variety of special programs.
Class visits every fall to the library by all third grades in the West Springfield Public Schools, as well as visits from individual classes upon request.
Monthly flyers sent to all West Springfield elementary schools.
Computer access to the Internet, reference databases, and word-processing.

Materials Offered for Elementary Age Children:

"Afternoon Antics" storytime offered once a month
Many picture books suitable for elementary age children.
"Early Readers" designed for beginning through 3rd grade readers.
Collections of hardcover and paperback fiction, for those just breaking into chapter books to intermediate-age children.
Notebooks listing the Accelerated Reader books for each school.
A large non-fiction collection selected to meet both school assignments and recreational reading.
Magazines for elementary-age children to borrow such as American Girl and Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Collections of books, videos, and audio-recordings in Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
A Parent/Teacher collection, including books on parenting, homework, special needs, math, history, and crafts, plus magazines like Family Fun and Mailbox.
"Big Books" for teachers and parents to use with groups.
Multimedia learning kits on topics such as Native Americans and Math gr.3-4.
Puppet and book sets available for loan.
Audiovisual collection including DVDs, CD ROMs, books on cassette, fiction and feature videos, non-fiction videos on cultures, history, geography, how to, etc., as well as music cassettes and CDs.

Reference services to assist children with finding materials and completing homework.
Craft programs designed especially for teens.
A craft and paper game table that is available all week and changed on Friday.
A summer and winter reading program with special components for teens, along with a wide variety of special programs.
Class visits to the library or visits to classes upon request. Call to schedule.
Seasonal flyers sent to West Springfield Middle School.
Computer access to the Internet, reference databases, and word-processing.

Materials Offered for Adolescents and Teens:

A Young Adult collection which includes hardcover and paperback fiction for middle and high school students, as well as illustrated books like Spiderman and Sailor Moon.
A non-fiction collection in the YA section including books of specific interest to teens for both school assignments and recreational reading.
Notebooks with the West Springfield Middle School Accelerated Reader List.
Magazines for teens to borrow including Teen People, WWF, Mad, etc..
Collections of books, videos, and audio-recordings in Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
A Parent/Teacher collection for parents, caregivers, and teachers, which includes curriculum related materials, as well as parenting advice.
A Young Adult audiovisual collection including CD ROMs, books on tape, and music CDs. The YA video collection includes feature videos, as well as non-fiction videos for teachers and students on health, drug abuse, etc.