Children

1kb4k. The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County encourages you to read 1000 books with your child before he or she enters school. Register your child at the circulation desk for your reading bag and readinglog and get started today!

Menu Masters

This isn’t your usual cooking club! We’ll be experimenting with food while also making tasty treats!

Registration is required- Call or stop in on the Children’s Floor. Registration begins Monday, August 29, 2022. Elementary ages.

Parent participation is strongly encouraged and required for children age 7 and under.

Mondays from 4:30-5:30pm in the Youth Storytime Room.

10/3- Easy cheesy dinner
10/17- Bubble trouble
10/24- Super Sweets

S.T.E.A.M Teams

Children will work in teams, creating and engineering fun projects ranging from the workings of the human brain to pulleys and levers!

Registration is required- Call or stop in on the Children’s Floor. Registration begins Monday, August 29, 2022. Parent participation is strongly encouraged and required for age 7 and under. Elementary ages.

Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30pm in the Youth Storytime Room.

10/4- Explore simple machines- Part 2
10/18- Brain parts & Energy power
10/25- Sense the senses

Children's Video Game Night

Children's Video Game Night at the main library in the multimedia room. Children will get to try out the Nintendo Switch and Meta Quest 2 Headset. Age requirement of 8 years old for the headset.

Join us on the 2nd Thursday each month starting October 13, November 10 and December 8, from 5:00-7:00 PM. Free and open to the public. For grades K-5. No registration required. For more information call the Youth Services Department at 740-392-2665 ext. 248.

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Beginning September 30, call the Youth Services department or stop by to reserve a foam pumpkin (limited availability) 740-392-2665 ext. 248.

Children and/or families can join in this festive no carve pumpkin contest. The pumpkin doesn't have to be a book character this year.

Pumpkin Contest Schedule:
October 3-8: Pick up foam pumpkin
Take home and decorate.
October 17-22: Drop off pumpkin
Pumpkins will be on display October 24-31. Patrons will get the opportunity to vote on their favorite pumpkin. Winner is crowd favorite. Have fun!

So "Sew" Club

Join Youth Services for the So "Sew" Club, 3rd Wednesday each month beginning Wednesday, October 19 through December, 4:00-5:00 PM in the Youth Storytime Room. Free and open to Elementary age children.

Registration is required. Stop by Youth Services or call 740-392-BOOK ext. 248.

Registration date: 10/3/22 for 10/19: Stuffed Monsters
Registration date: 10/31 for 11/16: Stuffed Dino's and Woodland Creatures
Registration date: 12/5: for 12/21: Stuffed Polar Animals

It's Storytime!

Baby Storyland for children birth through 24 months and their caregivers every Wednesday at 10:00 AM.
Storytime for Twos and Early Threes every Thursday at 9:30 AM or 10:30 AM.
Preschool Storytime every Tuesday at 9:30 AM or 11:00 AM.
Family Storytime every Monday at 9:30 AM or 11:00 AM.

Call the Youth Service Department at 740-392-BOOK ext. 248 to register. Storytime is free and open to the public. Storytime will be located on the Youth Services floor in the Storytime room.

Reading can happen anytime, anywhere! You and your children can explore the joy of reading together with this series of “Reading ‘Round the Clock” videos that gives easy tips for working reading practice into everyday activities. These three videos--Reading on the Go, Reading for a Purpose, and Reading on the Screen—give great tips on keeping your family reading and preparing your children for Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Link to the videos and to companion flyers with even more tips on the INFOhio Third Grade Reading Guarantee page at https://www.infohio.org/students/parents/resources-for-the-third-grade-reading-guarantee. The flyers and videos were developed by INFOhio, the State Library of Ohio, Ohio Educational Library Media Association, and the Ohio PTA, and they are available to all Ohioans for free.