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Story Jams!
Story Jams is a playgroup centered around play and positivity that includes storytime, music, dancing, and sensory exploration! This program is held outdoors at DiSilvestro Rec Center, enter on Morris St. behind the library. In case of…
Story Jams!
Story Jams is a playgroup centered around play and positivity that includes storytime, music, dancing, and sensory exploration! This program is held outdoors at DiSilvestro Rec Center, enter on Morris St. behind the library. In case of…
Story Jams!
Story Jams is a playgroup centered around play and positivity that includes storytime, music, dancing, and sensory exploration! This program is held outdoors at DiSilvestro Rec Center, enter on Morris St. behind the library. In case of…
Story Jams!
Story Jams is a playgroup centered around play and positivity that includes storytime, music, dancing, and sensory exploration! This program is held outdoors at DiSilvestro Rec Center, enter on Morris St. behind the library. In case of…
Story Jams!
Story Jams is a playgroup centered around play and positivity that includes storytime, music, dancing, and sensory exploration! This program is held outdoors at DiSilvestro Rec Center, enter on Morris St. behind the library. In case of…
Infant and Toddler Playgroup
Infants and toddlers along with their parents, grandparents or caregivers are invited to join us at the library for some fun activities. Play, talk, read and listen to music as the kids explore and interact with one another
Play Circle
Every Friday, join us for play time to connect with other families. Children and their caregivers are encouraged to imagine, build, create, and play! Drop-in anytime between 10 and 12. Blocks and other toys will be provided. Groups…
Build it Club!
Join us on Thursdays for LEGOs, Magnatiles, K'Nex and other STEM building toys for Free Play with kids of all ages. We also have pre-Duplo, Duplo and big kid LEGOs for kids at all stages and capabilities. There is an…
Museum Adventures at The Rosenbach
Calling all pre-schoolers! Come play with us on the last Thursday morning of every month. We’ll read a story together and then embark on a treasure hunt through the Rosenbach brothers’ glitzy Rittenhouse Square home to…
Spring Toddler Storytime
Join us for toddler storytime! Together, we’ll explore stories and activities that help the reading habit in children . This program is intended primarily for children from one to three years of age and their caregivers, but…
PreK Storytime
Dance, listen, and sing along in this story time for independent movers. Stay after story time for a make and take craft. Daycares and groups please call the children's librarian at 215-685-1866 to make an appointment.
Story Jams!
Story Jams is a playgroup centered around play and positivity that includes storytime, music, dancing, and sensory exploration! This program is held outdoors at DiSilvestro Rec Center, enter on Morris St. behind the library. In case of…
Baby Storytime
A lap-sit storytime with stories, songs, and bounces for babies and their caregivers. Daycares and groups please call the children's librarian at 215-685-1866 to make an appointment.
Infant and Toddler Playgroup
Infants and toddlers along with their parents, grandparents or caregivers are invited to join us at the library for some fun activities. Play, talk, read and listen to music as the kids explore and interact with one another
Play Circle
Every Friday, join us for play time to connect with other families. Children and their caregivers are encouraged to imagine, build, create, and play! Drop-in anytime between 10 and 12. Blocks and other toys will be provided. Groups…
Play Circle
Every Friday, join us for play time to connect with other families. Children and their caregivers are encouraged to imagine, build, create, and play! Drop-in anytime between 10 and 12. Blocks and other toys will be provided. Groups…
Build it Club!
Join us on Thursdays for LEGOs, Magnatiles, K'Nex and other STEM building toys for Free Play with kids of all ages. We also have pre-Duplo, Duplo and big kid LEGOs for kids at all stages and capabilities. There is an…
PAFA Art Class
Join PAFA education staff for free hands on art making projects.
PAWS for Reading—Read with Sophie!
Readers of all ages and stages are invited to read aloud to a well-trained therapy animal in order to improve their reading and communication skills. Since pets don’t correct mistakes, there is no pressure to “perform”…
Spring Toddler Storytime
Join us for toddler storytime! Together, we’ll explore stories and activities that help the reading habit in children . This program is intended primarily for children from one to three years of age and their caregivers, but…
LGBTQ Middle Grade Books
Books featuring LGBTQ characters and voices within children's fiction.
Let's Talk About Consent: 3rd - 6th Grade
Books and resources to aid parents, caregivers, and educators discuss the topic of consent and personal boundaries with children in grades 3rd - 6th.
Let's Talk About Consent: PreK - 2nd Grade
Books and resources to aid parents, caregivers, and educators discuss the topic of consent and personal boundaries with children in grades PreK - 2nd.
Explore Your World
Explore your senses, your house, and the world around you.
Books with a Beat
Picture books with rhyming or musical text that can be read or sung.
Bedtime Books
"Lullaby, and good night, in the skies stars are bright. May the moon's silvery beams bring you sweet dreams. Close your eyes now and rest, may these hours be blessed. 'Til the sky's bright with dawn, when you wake with a yawn."
Winter Holidays
Great books to share and learn about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and New Year's.
Ramadan Picture Books
Read all about Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, and celebrate Eid al Fitr with these great books.
Easter
Easter fun for kids of all ages!
Three Kings Day
Stories about Three Kings Day, the joyous last day of the Christmas holiday.
The Books We Loved Growing Up
What books did Children's librarians read when they were kids? We've picked some of our favorites for you to enjoy!
Silly Books
Books that are guaranteed to make Toddlers and Preschoolers giggle : )
Survival Stories
Tales of abandonment, danger, and perseverance.
Remembering Maurice Sendak
Books by the famous author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Homeless Children
Stories about children and their families dealing with homelessness.
Pretty, Pink Princess Books that Won’t Make Parents Puke
The answer to the question: “are there any books about pink princessey girls that aren’t awful (meaning, I suppose, no Barbie paperbacks, no damsel-in-distress type situations, nothing too vapid)?”
Picture Books about Adoptive, Foster or Blended Families
Handpicked by Children’s Librarians all over the Free Library, this book list features the best picture books, nonfiction books, poetry and more that help parents introduce their children to different kinds of families, including foster…
Good Days and Bad Days
We all have Good Days and Bad Days. Here are some books that will entertain kids no matter how their day is going.
Penguins
Have fun reading and looking at books about penguins!
LGBTQ Picture Books
Books for children of LGBTQ parents, or for little brothers and sisters of LGBTQ teens. Revised 6/2018
TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
TrueFlix *
Student Resources In Context
"Thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of 800 magazines, over 10,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio…
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
With an extraordinary array of more than 35,000 individual tracks of streaming music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds, users can listen to performances by American folk icons such as Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Pete Seeger…
Research in Context *
Discover reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research for government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues. Research In Context offers…
Popular Music Library
Popluar Music Library contains a wide range of popular music from around the world, including hundreds of thousands of tracks from major genres in pop music, including alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk,…
Overdrive Kid's eReading Room
Ebooks and audiobooks from Overdrive for young readers.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.
Literature Criticism Online
This extensive compilation of literary commentary represents a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres. Covers Children’s, Classical, Contemporary, Drama, Poetry, Shakespearean,…
KidsHealth
KidsHealth is more than just the facts about health. As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical,…
Kid's POWER Library *
Quickly find the best resources for children and students from Power Library, Pennsylvania's state run library resource center
Kids InfoBits *
Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc. Kids…
Jazz Music Library
This resource will be the largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz available online. This release includes 4,933 albums and 59,860 tracks. It and is growing regularly.
Homework Help Online
Online Homework Help tutoring services available including Math, Science, English, Social Studies (in Spanish and English); Skills Building; Test Prep; State-aligned skills building; and a 24-hour writing lab.
Kirsten Gillibrand | Bold and Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote
In conversation with award-winning journalist Tracey Matisak. On the eve of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduces children to ten…
Maxwell King | The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers with David Newell “Mr. McFeely” of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
In conversation with award-winning journalist Tracey Matisak It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood as we welcome Maxwell King, author of The Good Neighbor , a personal, professional, and artistic biography of Fred Rogers. A figure as…
Junot Díaz | Islandborn
Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , the “unruly, manic, seductive” ( Esquire ) multigenerational tale of a cursed Dominican family. He is also the…
Matt de la Peña and Loren Long | Love
Watch the video here . Matt de la Peña was awarded the Newbery Medal and a Caldecott Honor for Last Stop on Market Street , a children’s book that highlighted volunteerism, income inequality, and other topics not often addressed by the…
Jennifer Weiner | Little Bigfoot, Big City
Watch the video here . Jennifer Weiner is the “funny, fierce, feisty” ( Glamour ) no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels that dive headlong into the ups and downs of relationships, careers, and family…
Douglas Brunt | Trophy Son in conversation with Megyn Kelly
Watch the video here . In conversation with Megyn Kelly, host of Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly Ghosts of Manhattan , Douglas Brunt’s New York Times bestselling debut novel about a flawed but highflying Bear Stearns bond trader, took “a…
Evelyn Coleman | Freedom Train
It’s 1947, and twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason is proud to have an older brother who guards the Freedom Train—a train that is traveling to all forty-eight states carrying the country’s most important documents, including the Declaration…
Jamie Lee Curtis | This Is Me: A Story of Who We Are & Where We Came From
One of film’s most compelling presences since her screen debut almost 40 years ago, Jamie Lee Curtis’ diverse résumé includes roles in Halloween , Trading Places , A Fish Called Wanda , Freaky Friday , and True Lies , for which she won…
Jacqueline Woodson | Brown Girl Dreaming
The author of more than two dozen books for young adults, Jacqueline Woodson has won three Newbery Honors, a Coretta Scott King Award and three Coretta Scott King Honors, as well as the 2014 National Book Award for Young People’s…
WOAR
Women Organized Against Rape—Philadelphia's Only Rape Crisis Center. Women Organized Against Rape is a non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate sexual violence.
We Can Teach Kids Consent Without Bringing Sex Into the Conversation
How a sexuality educator about how she began broaching the topic of consent and boundaries with her 4-year old.
The Consensual Project
The Consensual Project partners with schools and universities to bring students a fresh understanding of consent. The innovative curriculum, workshops, and website empower young people to incorporate consent into their daily lives.
Scarleteen
Advice, help, and information about teen sexuality. Special sections for teen gals and guys. This special section has a ton of information about what consent looks like.
RAINN
RAINN – Rape Abuse & Incest National Network – is an anti-sexual assault organization working with local rape crisis centers across the U.S. Also has a web-based crisis hotline providing live and anonymous support.
Philly schools pass sweeping policy protecting transgender students
"Without debate or comments from the public, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission adopted a policy on Thursday, June 16 that immediately allows transgender students to, among other things, be referred to by their pronoun of choice;…
Organize a Childern's Space
Fun and creative ways to organize a child's play room or bedroom.
National Geographic Kids - First Thanksgiving
National Geographic Kids serves up a history lesson for kids about the First Thanksgiving, including fun quizzes and games.
Midwest Teen Sex Show
Midwest Teen Sex Show was a comedic, semi-educational video podcast featured brief 3-5 minute monthly episodes on topics relating to teen sexuality like birth control, sexuality, hook-ups and more. Although the show is no longer…
Its Never Too Early To Teach Children About Consent and Boundaries
Great article from a Canadian writer about how parents can model consent and keep the conversation open and positive.
It's On Us
This initiative from the White House aims to change the conversation and the culture around campus sexual assault.
Get your kids reading! Fall picks from the Free Library
Teresa Arnold and Monica Carnesi, Children’s Material Selectors; and Rachel Fryd, Young Adult Materials Selector at the Philadelphia Free Library, give their children's book recommendations to Philly.com
6 Ways to Talk to Your Kids About Consent
This quick article from September 2015 includes 6 tips on how to talk to your kids about consent – its appropriate for parents of children and teens. Bonus points – funny gifs.
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Resources and stories focused on male survivors of unwanted or abusive sexual experiences in childhood live healthier, happier lives.