Youth & Teens

Ongoing Free Events
Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays from 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
All ages are welcome, however stories and activities are geared to the younger audience. We sing, read stories, and do a simple craft.

Toddler Time: Fridays from 11:00 - 11:20 a.m.
All ages are welcome, however stories and songs are geared to the 1-3 year range. We sing and read stories.

Children's Arts and Crafts: The 1st Saturday of every month from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.This program is open to all ages. Crafts vary every month. Sometimes they are tied in with the time of year or holidays.

Movie Night: Last Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
The library will alternate showing children, family, and teen movies. Check out the latest schedule.

Read to a Dog
This program will be on the last Wednesday of each month, starting at 4pm.  Improve your child’s reading and communication skills through a powerful method -- reading to a dog! Fern Ridge Library will be bringing a specially trained dog to work with individual children in 20 minute sessions. You are encouraged to sign up.

Class Visits
Bring your class to the library! Are you a teacher at a local public school, private school, or day care center? The youth department offers classes a chance to visit the library and hear stories, sing songs, and look at books. Call the library at 935-7512 to schedule a visit.

Teen

Teen Advisory Group
This group gives suggestions for materials to purchase, programs, signage and furniture in the teen area, and other projects. If you would like to have a voice in the library and have your ideas heard, we want you! This group meets monthly and is fun. Fill out an application (available at the circulation desk) to be considered for admission to the group.

Teen Advisory Group Picks

The Reader’s Bill of Rights
Readers have: 

   1.  The right not to read.
   2.  The right to skip pages.
   3.  The right not to finish.
   4.  The right to reread.
   5.  The right to read anything.
   6.  The right to get lost in a book.
   7.  The right to read anywhere.
   8.  The right to browse.
   9.  The right to read out loud.
   10. The right not to defend your tastes.
         -http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/tipsenc/tipsencourage.cfm