Youth

The West Springfield Public Library is dedicated to serving patrons of all ages. The Children's Services Department focuses its efforts on children from birth through 7th grade. We maintain a collection of more than 31,000 children items, including books in a variety of formats and languages, video, music, puppets and educational thematic kits. We provide references services for children as well as storytimes for a wide variety of age groups, craft and entertainment programs, and annual summer reading program.

Kids, if you need to get homework done, the links on our Homework Help page might make your job easier. 

We have a variety of free programs on a monthy basis at the library.  They are appropriate for a variety of age ranges so please look to see which programs might work for your child.                                                

   West Springfield Youth Room Facebook page -  https://www.facebook.com/WestSpringfieldPublicLibrary.YouthRoom

Exclusively for West Springfield card holders. 

Click on the AV2 icon above for access to our catalog's 110 AV2 eBooks titles in 11 different languages.

English, French / français, German/ Deutsche, Hindi/ हिंदी, Korean/ 한국어, Mandarin  普通話, 

Russian/ русский, Spanish / Español, Tagalog/ Tagalog, Vietamese/ Tiếng Việt

        2021 Winter Programs     

FOR OLDER KIDS Recommended for Ages 9 - 12   February 25, 2021                      The Science of the Heart (Make a heart pump) CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO Pick up the materials library front entrance between 3pm and 5pm (while supplies last) Check back here for the link to  Science Rocks program    Check out our YouTube channel for past Science Rocks Videos 'West Springfield Public Library Events" ---------//--------- Coming Soon:   March 25 - Magnetism - Make a magnet game    Recommended for kids ages 6 - 12  with some adult supervision   February 19, 2021,  3 - 5 p.m. Drop by for the bags containing the material and Instructions  for making  Straw flying butterfly   while supplies last   Coming Soon: March 12 - No Sew Fleece pillow April 2 - Pom pom bunny

FOR YOUNGER KIDS     Recommended for Ages 2 - 6   Take it and Make it   January 6, 20   February 3, 17 March 3, 17, 31   Supplies available starting at 9 a.m. while supplies last  Drop by for the bags containing the material and Instructions    IT'S MAGIC!   Monday through Friday  January 25 - February 12  We are excited to offer another series of  magic tricks for children and adults to learn  through the generosity of  professional magician and entertainer,  Ed Popielarczyk.  A new trick will be available each day  from now through February 12 Trick #1 Trick #2  Trick #3 Trick #4 Trick #5 Trick #6 Trick#7 Trick #8  Trick #9 Trick #10 Trick #11 Trick #12  Trick #13 Trick #14  Trick #15 Trick #16

VIRTUAL STORYTIME WITH TERRI   January 4, 19 February 1, 16 March 1, 15, 29 Recommended for Ages 2-5 Check back here for the link to Terri's Virtual Storytime program