Children's Services Department
• Programs • Collections • Award Books • Special Features •

Programs:

The Children's Services Department provides several story time programs each week, tours by appointment, an after school program at main, and general assistance for patrons.  Check out the storytime schedules for main and the branches

Interactive Stories Online! Anderson County Library has Tumblebooks for your enjoyment.  They have stories, games, activities, puzzles, and so much more.  The online programs have been made possible through a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the South Carolina State Library.

Collections:

We offer a variety of reading materials for all ages. The Easy Fiction/Picture Book Collection is for the preschool to kindergarten age child. These picture books are suitable to read to young children.

The beginning chapter books for first and second graders are located on the JE  Fiction  shelves. This collection has been created from the Easy and the Juvenile Fiction books bringing together the books especially for children who are beginning to read by themselves. These books have an orange “Reader” sticker on the spine of the book. 

Juvenile Fiction Collection of books is for children in the third through fifth grade.  The Juvenile NonFiction Collection offers a variety of information arranged by topic with books on all reading levels.  These books are arranged numerically by the Dewey Decimal Classification system.  A librarian will be pleased to help you find the information you need

Our TOT Collection (Teaching Our Toddlers) has information on parenting issues, resources for helping children to learn, plus several resources for early childhood teachers. 

Award Books Collection:
One copy of each of the following award books is shelved in this collection; other copies of an award winner are shelved within the regular collections.

	Caldecott Award – given each year to the best illustrator of a story.
	Newbery Medal – is given each year to the best author for the written text of a book.
	Coretta Scott King Awards – given each year to the best African American author and illustrator of children’s books.
	SC Book Award Nominees – each spring a committee of school librarians vote on a list of books to be read by the next school year’s students and then in March a vote is held to find out the winner in three categories:  Children’s, Junior, and Young Adult.

Special Features:

Children's Computers Just like the adults, children have access to computers at the library.  The Children’s Department currently has six computers where children can enjoy a variety of games and create documents for schoolwork.  The Children's Department also has two internet computers available. Internet access is not available unless the child is accompanied and supervised by an adult.  For a full review of the library’s Internet use policy, please click here, or to view the programs available on the children's computers, click here.  For a "Quick List" of great websites for families and children, click here.