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Kid's Corner

Included In This Section

About

Welcome!  The dedicated staff members of the Library work every day to grow young readers, spark imaginations, connect resources, create experiential programming, and develop community relationships supporting youth.

We encourage you to find a program just right for your child: from early childhood programs that build early literacy skills (Toddler Time & Preschool Story Time), to programs for children in elementary school, where children can create and learn.  The Library loves working with parents and teachers to support their great work through resources, tours, and programs.

 

With your Library card, you may choose from the Library's collection of DVDs, CDs, hands-on learning kits, eBooks, and over 9,000 children’s books to take home with you.

 

Drop by the Children's Desk on the Children's Floor and say hello.  We look forward to meeting you!  

About

Children's Programs

Kid's Programs

Looking for ways to get involved at your library?  Come to Library Programs!

The library offers regular programs each month, and other seasonal programs throughout the year. Check the library calendar each month for latest updates on Kid's programs.

Upcoming Programs!

  • Family Lego Club 4/8 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 4/8 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, Apr 08
    Apr 08, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for family Lego club! We’ll provide the Legos, you provide the fun! Best for Ages 3-7. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Drop in! Advanced Registration not required!
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  • International Night (Everyone)
    International Night (Everyone)
    Tue, Apr 08
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 08, 2025, 6:30 PM CDT
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Experience many different countries and cultures through foods, games, art and presentations. This event is put on by the Town & Country 4-H Club.
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  • Terrific Toddlers! 4/9 (Family)
    Terrific Toddlers! 4/9 (Family)
    Wed, Apr 09
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 09, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Terrific Toddlers on Wednesdays at 10 am is perfect for you and your little one, ages 0-3! We have so much fun dancing to songs and listening to stories! Advance registration is not required.
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  • Lego Club! 4/9 (Youth 8-12)
    Lego Club! 4/9 (Youth 8-12)
    Wed, Apr 09
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 09, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for our weekly Lego club! We’ll provide all the legos! Drop in, no registration required for this youth event. No registration required.
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  • Preschool Pals! 4/11  (Family)
    Preschool Pals! 4/11  (Family)
    Fri, Apr 11
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 11, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Preschool Pals on Fridays at 10 am are best suited for ages 3-5 and their caregivers! Amazing stories, songs, and activities make this storytime tons of fun! Advance registration is not required.
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  • Spring Book Sale 4/11
    Spring Book Sale 4/11
    Fri, Apr 11
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 11, 2025, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    The Friends of Warner Library Spring Book is Friday, April 11th from noon - 7pm and Saturday, April 12th from 9am - 3pm. Saturday you can bring a bag and fill it up for just $1! Educator discounts will continue during the sale. This is a Cash only sale.
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  • Spring Book Sale 4/12
    Spring Book Sale 4/12
    Sat, Apr 12
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    The Friends of Warner Library Spring Book is Friday, April 11th from noon - 7pm and Saturday, April 12th from 9am - 3pm. Saturday you can bring a bag and fill it up for just $1! Educator discounts will continue during the sale. This is a Cash only sale.
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  • Egg Decorating (Children 0-8 & Caregiver)
    Egg Decorating (Children 0-8 & Caregiver)
    Mon, Apr 14
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 14, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    This program is full. Please contact the library at 935-5174 to be added to the waitlist.
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  • Family Lego Club 4/15 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 4/15 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, Apr 15
    Apr 15, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for family Lego club! We’ll provide the Legos, you provide the fun! Best for Ages 3-7. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Drop in! Advanced Registration not required!
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  • Terrific Toddlers! 4/16 (Family)
    Terrific Toddlers! 4/16 (Family)
    Wed, Apr 16
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 16, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Terrific Toddlers on Wednesdays at 10 am is perfect for you and your little one, ages 0-3! We have so much fun dancing to songs and listening to stories! Advance registration is not required.
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  • Lego Club! 4/16 (Youth 8-12)
    Lego Club! 4/16 (Youth 8-12)
    Wed, Apr 16
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 16, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for our weekly Lego club! We’ll provide all the legos! Drop in, no registration required for this youth event. No registration required.
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  • Preschool Pals! 4/18  (Family)
    Preschool Pals! 4/18  (Family)
    Fri, Apr 18
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Preschool Pals on Fridays at 10 am are best suited for ages 3-5 and their caregivers! Amazing stories, songs, and activities make this storytime tons of fun! Advance registration is not required.
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  • Family Lego Club 4/22 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 4/22 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, Apr 22
    Apr 22, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for family Lego club! We’ll provide the Legos, you provide the fun! Best for Ages 3-7. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Drop in! Advanced Registration not required!
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  • Terrific Toddlers! 4/23 (Family)
    Terrific Toddlers! 4/23 (Family)
    Wed, Apr 23
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 23, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Terrific Toddlers on Wednesdays at 10 am is perfect for you and your little one, ages 0-3! We have so much fun dancing to songs and listening to stories! Advance registration is not required.
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  • Lego Club! 4/23 (Youth 8-12)
    Lego Club! 4/23 (Youth 8-12)
    Wed, Apr 23
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 23, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for our weekly Lego club! We’ll provide all the legos! Drop in, no registration required for this youth event. No registration required.
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  • Preschool Pals! 4/25  (Family)
    Preschool Pals! 4/25  (Family)
    Fri, Apr 25
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 25, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Preschool Pals on Fridays at 10 am are best suited for ages 3-5 and their caregivers! Amazing stories, songs, and activities make this storytime tons of fun! Advance registration is not required.
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  • Family Lego Club 4/29 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 4/29 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, Apr 29
    Apr 29, 2025, 5:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us for family Lego club! We’ll provide the Legos, you provide the fun! Best for Ages 3-7. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Drop in! Advanced Registration not required!
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  • Terrific Toddlers! 4/30 (Family)
    Terrific Toddlers! 4/30 (Family)
    Wed, Apr 30
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Apr 30, 2025, 10:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Terrific Toddlers on Wednesdays at 10 am is perfect for you and your little one, ages 0-3! We have so much fun dancing to songs and listening to stories! Advance registration is not required.
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten

 

1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a family challenge that celebrates early learning & the fun of sharing stories!  The best way to ensure a child has the skills necessary to learn to read is having someone read aloud to them.  They will learn that letters make sounds, sounds make words, and words make stories!  Create life long memories and instill a love of reading in your child.  Any child from birth until kindergarten, can sign up at any time.  Count any books read at bedtime, storytime, by teachers, librarians, family, & most importantly YOU!   If you read it more than once, count it!  Ebooks count, too.  Your end date is when your child begins kindergarten.  Sign up at the Children’s Room desk.  You will get a log to track your first 100 books (a check mark in a shape or have your child color it in).  Bring it back to us when you reach 100 for a certificate and a new log.  We will put a sticker displaying your child’s name in the library book of your choice.  From then on everyone who checks out the book will see that you are participating in 1000 Books before Kindergarten.  Your child’s name in a book is your option. 

1000 Books Logo with a fox reading a book

DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY

IS NOW AVAILABLE IN DEWITT COUNTY! 

 

What Is The Imagination Library?

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a 60 volume set of books beginning with the children's classic The Little Engine That Could.  Each month a new, carefully selected book will be mailed in your child's name directly to your home.  Best of all it is a FREE GIFT!  There is no cost or obligation to your family! 

Who Is Eligible?

Children under the age of five in DeWitt County!

How Do I Sign Up?

Simply click the sign up button & follow the directions!

When Will I Receive Books?

Eight to ten weeks after your registration form has been received, books will begin arriving at your home & will continue until your child turns five or you move out of the covered area.

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This program is currently full.  You can still sign up for the waiting list by following the link above and printing off the forms that you need to register.

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ABCmouse.com logo with text stating "ABCmouse.com  Early Learning Academy"

ABCmouse

ABCmouse is an online educational program for children ages 2 to 8 and is now available in the library. Over 10,000 activities provide a personalized learning experience designed to foster a lifelong love of learning.   This program is available to our community members while using the library computers or connected to library's Wi-Fi.

Summer Reading

Summer Reading Is Complete!

AND IT WAS ANOTHER RECORD SETTING YEAR!

We had over 800 people filling out reading paths and claiming tickets for the grand prize drawings!  Thank you so much to everyone that participated in Summer Reading this year!

 

With four times as many programs as last year,

this summer was super busy at the library, just the way we like it!

A special shout out to all of our sponsors and partners! 

Summer Reading would look so different without all of your support!

Thank you all for another FANTASTIC year!!

2024 Summer Reading logo with a recycle sign over a drawing of the earth with the text overlay text stating "Read. Renew. Repeat."
2024 Summer reading.  Thank you to all of our sponsors!  Logos for the following sponsors: Ace Hardware, Casey's, Friends of the Library, Clinton Education Association, The Y, DQ, Hammer Strength & Fitness, Heartland Bank, Jimmy John's, Kirby Foods/IGA, Lexi Hammer Photography, The Flower Corner, Monical's Pizza, Cali Russell & Family, Hale Mechanical, Snappers, Clintonia Eagle, Subway, Sweet Mae's, & Taylor Abstract Co.

Summer Reading

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