Kid & Tween Zone

Welcome to the Kid & Tween Zone!

Your library is just as awesome as you are — and that's really awesome! We have tons of books, movies, and music to check out. We have super fun programs (hello, Storytime) and a Makerspace. The tiniest kids can play and read in their own special area, too.

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This Week’s New Releases for Kids

This little artist : an art history primer / Joan Holub ; Daniel Roode.
That's not my polar bear ... : its ears are too soft / [written by Fiona Watt ; illustrated by Rachel Wells].
Jack and the Beanstalk : a lift the flap book / by Mercer Mayer.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown a Lee Mendelson-Bill Melendez production in association with Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
The fast and the furriest / Deanna Kent ; [label and container] illustrated by Neil Hooson.
My first origami book / authors: Belinda Webster and Joe Fullman ; illustrators: Kasia Dudziuk and Amanda Enright.
Writing the U.S. Constitution / by Matt Bowers.
Splatoon / story and art by Sankichi Hinodeya ; translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki ; English adaptation, Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley ; lettering, John Hunt.
Grumpy monkey / by Suzanne Lang ; illustrated by Max Lang.
If ... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
The adventures of John Blake : Mystery of the ghost ship / Philip Pullman ; illustrated by Fred Fordham.
The complete adventures of Curious George / Margret & H.A. Rey.
Santa saves the universe directed by James Snider.
The grump who stole Christmas director, James Snider.
Christmas with M{u00F6}lang
It takes three director, Evan Tramel.
Splash and Bubbles.
Dia of the dead / directed by James Snider.
Fishmas director, Evan Tramel.
Go fish directed, produced and written by Sean Patrick O'reilly.
The Polar express original motion picture soundtrack.
Veggie tales.
Christmas break-in director, Michael Kampa.
How to catch a dragon directed by Andy T. Jones.
Princess Emmy Studio 100 Film presents a Studio 100 Media, Witebox and Talking Horse Production ; producers, Thorsten Wegener, Noel Swinnen, Ken Anderson, Jorn Radel ; screenplay, Sergio Casci ; director Piet De Rycker.
A unicorn adventure directed by Kamal Bansal.
Madagascar the ultimate collection..
Froggy picks a pumpkin / by Jonathan London ; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz.
Camp tiger / written by Susan Choi ; illustrated by John Rocco.
Tomie DePaola's Christmas tree book / Tomie DePaola.
The snowiest Christmas ever! / by Jane Chapman.
The gift of Ramadan / Rabiah York Lumbard ; illustrated by Laura K. Horton.
The girls / Lauren Ace ; illustrations by Jenny L{u00F8}vlie.
Llama Llama mess, mess, mess / by Anna Dewdney and Reed Duncan ; illustrated by JT Morrow.
Llama destroys the world / Jonathan Stutzman ; illustrated by Heather Fox.
Max attacks / Kathi Appelt ; pictures by Penelope Dullaghan.
Lottie & Walter / by Anna Walker.
Motor Mouse / Cynthia Rylant, Arthur Howard.
The Little Green Girl / by Lisa Anchin.
I am so clever / Mario Ramos.
I am a tiger / Karl Newson ; [illustrator] Ross Collins.
Hair love / Matthew A. Cherry ; illustrations by Vashti Harrison.
Nugget & Fang go to school / Tammi Sauer ; Michael Slack.
Bikes for sale / written by Carter Higgins ; illustrated by Zachariah OHora.
The cook and the king / Julia Donaldson ; David Roberts.
If I was the sunshine / Julie Fogliano, Loren Long.
Can princesses become astronauts? / by Carmela LaVigna Coyle ; pictures by Mike Gordon.
What kind of car does a T. Rex drive? / Mark Lee ; Brian Biggs.
Fly / Nathan Clement.
Cowhide-and-seek / by Sheri Dillard ; illustrated by Jess Pauwels.
Tow Truck Joe / Joe Sobel ; illustrated by Patrick Corrigan.
Snack attack! / Terry Border.
Positively purple / written by Linda Ragsdale ; illustrated by P.S. Brooks.
Busy babies / Amy Schwartz.
The bear, the piano, the dog, and the fiddle / by David Litchfield.
Being Edie is hard today / written by Ben Brashares ; illustrated by Elizabeth Bergeland.
Fergal and the bad temper / Robert Starling.
Summer / written by Cao Wenxuan ; illustrated by Yu Rong ; translation by Yan Ding ; adapted by Erin Stein.
Two tough trucks / by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez ; illustrated by Hilary Leung.
Unicorn club / by Suzy Senior ; illustrated by Leire Martin.
The Golden Acorn / by Katy Hudson.
The Wild Wombat / Udo Weigelt.
Sunny's tow truck saves the day! / by Anne Marie Pace ; illustrated by Christopher Lee.
Don't call me Bear! / Aaron Blabey.
Do not take your dragon on a field trip / written by Julie Gassman ; illustrated by Andy Elkerton.
Piranhas don't eat bananas / Aaron Blabey.
The king of Kindergarten / Derrick Barnes ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.
An owl at sea / Susan Vande Griek ; art by Ian Wallace.
My teacher is a robot / Jeffrey Brown.
Nighttime symphony / Timbaland feat. Christopher Myers ; art by Christopher Myers and Kaa Illustration.
Aliens for dinner / by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by Steve Bjorkman.
Albert's quiet quest / words and pictures by Isabelle Arsenault.
Hello / Fiona Woodcock.
Babymoon / Hayley Barrett ; illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal.
Colors / Shelley Rotner and Anne Woodhull ; photographs by Shelley Rotner.

View new items for past months in our New Releases section.

Kids Makerspace

Visit the Makerspace!

Try out an awesome variety of gadgets and gizmos from Legos to Magna-Tiles, a new weekly Makerspace Challenge, and our ever-changing wall boards. The Makerspace is located past the main Youth Services desk, along the purple wall.

Watch a tour of the Makerspace and learn more about the crafty things the Library offers for all ages!

RBdigital for kids

Hundreds—yeah, hundreds!—of new stories and educational audiobooks have been added to your RBdigital subscription through the library. RBdigital audiobooks are always available, no holds.

Go to the RBdigital section on A–Z Online Resources to access these new items, or open up your RBdigital app if you’re already using it.

Book Clubs

Our Girls Rock Book Club focuses on Grades 4–8. Do fun activities, have a snack, and talk about books! Read more about our Book Clubs for All Ages.

Homework Help

The Library has so many ways to help you with your homework — even online! Visit the library to talk to staff, search our catalog for books, and visit our Homework Help page for awesome online resources.

Need more resources? Check out all of our digital services at A–Z Resources.