Children's Library- Plainfield Public Library

Reading Rainforest

The newly renovated Plainfield Public Library’s Children’s Library, “the Reading Rainforest”, is our gift to the children of Plainfield. Featuring a rainforest mural, new computers, a media center, puppet theater and a special area for tweens, the space emphasizes today’s environmental issues while paying tribute to the multiculturalism that is Plainfield.

Schools, Camps, etc. MUST call ahead to make arrangements for groups of more than 10 children.

Childrens

Children's Resources

Check out some of the databases available for children!

Free One-on-One tutoring in English and Spanish in a variety of subjects.
All you need is your Library card!

The Lumos StepUp Library Program helps students, parents, and teachers prepare for the PARCC test. Available for Grades 6-8.

Britannica Library delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information.

Bring lessons, assignments, and projects to life with over three million FREE images.

Contains full text for more than 150 popular middle school magazines.
In-Library use

Nonfiction and recreational reading interests for children in Pre-K
through middle school.

A compilation great websites for children, selected by the
American Library Association.

Over 5,000 interactive learning activities and 450 lessons for
children ages 2 - 6.

Animated picture books which
you can read or have read to you.

October Programs

We will be closed on Monday, October 8th.

Programs

10/4 - Hispanic Heritage Craft
3:30 pm in the Anne Louise Davis Room

10/17 - Reader's Theater
4:00 pm in Room 2

10/17 - Anti-Bullying Program
7:00 pm in the Anne Louise Davis Room

10/20 - Harvest Festival
2:00 pm in Library Park
(this is an outdoor event)

10/31 - Halloween Party
3:30 pm in the Anne Louise Davis Room

Storytimes

10/13 - Storytime with Councilman Barry Goode
12 pm in the Childrens Room

10/15 - Storytime with Miss Rosa
6 pm in the Childrens Room

10/22 - Easy Reader Club with Miss J.
4 pm in Room 2

Kids Movies

10/10 - Hocus Pocus
3:30 pm in the Anne Louise Davis Room

10/24 - Transylvania 2
3:30 pm in the Anne Louise Davis Room

See the Full October Calendar