The Dubuque County Library System emphasizes reading through programs and materials in diverse formats, to encourage reading success for lifelong learning. The children's staff strives to offer programs for children of all ages. The programs include preschool/ family story times, summer reading, game days, movies, holiday events and a book club for tweens.

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Our children's librarian has put together some information to help parents decide what books to read to your children at certain age levels and what books children can read to themselves when they have advanced to that level.

• Infants , toddlers and preschoolers
  

• Juvenile fiction vs. non-fiction
• Dots-dots and more dots and what they mean

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Resources /Juvenile Book lists

Ames Public Library Favorites

Guys Read

Mid-Continent Public Library Juvenile Series Lists

Reading Rockets

AR Finder

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Websites for kids

• Fun Brain
  
• KidSites

• Kids Yahoo
• PBS Kids
• Starfall
  

• The Stacks for Kids/Scholastic
• Top 100 kids Sites

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View photos from various DCL children's events here

Holiday Craft Photos - Epworth Photos (2013)
LEGO My Library - Asbury photos (2013)
LEGO My Library - Epworth photos (2013)
LEGO My Library - Peosta photos (2013)
American Girl Book Club - Asbury photos (2013)
American Girl Book Club - Asbury photos (March 2013)
American Girl Book Club - Farley photos (2013)
Arthur Geisert Story Time Visit - Epworth photos (2013