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Kid's Corner

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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!  

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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 5/27 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 5/27 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, May 27
    May 27, 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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  • Lego Club! 5/28 (Youth 8-12)
    Lego Club! 5/28 (Youth 8-12)
    Wed, May 28
    Vespasian Warner Library
    May 28, 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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  • Summer Reading Kickoff (Family)
    Summer Reading Kickoff (Family)
    Sat, May 31
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District
    May 31, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Be one of the first to sign up for Summer Reading at our kick-off party! Join us outside for a ton of messy fun! We’ll have inflatables, lawn games and a colored foam party to celebrate our theme, Color our World! Be sure to bring towels and extra clothes! No registration required.
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  • Youth Art Series: Picasso (Youth 8-12)
    Youth Art Series: Picasso (Youth 8-12)
    Tue, Jun 03
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 03, 2025, 2:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join us in our summer art series! We will make our own collage inspired by Pablo Picasso! Registration Required.
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  • Family Lego Club 6/3 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 6/3 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, Jun 03
    Jun 03, 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! 6/4 (Family)
    Terrific Toddlers! 6/4 (Family)
    Wed, Jun 04
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 04, 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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  • Stay & Play 6/4
    Stay & Play 6/4
    Wed, Jun 04
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District
    Jun 04, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Stay after Story time and play with us on the Children's Floor! Hang out with other children and caregivers while playing with some extra special toys! No registration required!
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  • Lego Club! 6/4 (Youth 8-12)
    Lego Club! 6/4 (Youth 8-12)
    Wed, Jun 04
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 04, 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! Each week, we’ll give you a challenge to complete. Come next week to see if you’re the winner and get a prize! Must be present to win. Drop in, no registration required for this youth event. No registration required.
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  • Singing Bird and The Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History (Everyone)
    Singing Bird and The Importance of Native American Women in Illinois History (Everyone)
    Jun 04, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Dressed in her native regalia, Kim Sigafus McIver gives a history of Natives in Illinois with a focus on Native women, or what was considered “The Hidden Half.” The audience will be able to pick up and view the items, learn Native language and music, and get the chance to play the drum.
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  • Preschool Pals! 6/6  (Family)
    Preschool Pals! 6/6  (Family)
    Fri, Jun 06
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 06, 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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  • Stay & Play 6/6
    Stay & Play 6/6
    Fri, Jun 06
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District
    Jun 06, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Stay after Story time and play with us on the Children's Floor! Hang out with other children and caregivers while playing with some extra special toys! No registration required!
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  • What Lives on Your Hands ( Youth 8-12)
    What Lives on Your Hands ( Youth 8-12)
    Tue, Jun 10
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District
    Jun 10, 2025, 2:00 PM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Join Hannah from Dewitt Piatt Health Department for a lesson on hand washing! We’ll get to use glow in the dark hand wash to see our germs! Advanced registration required for this youth program.
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  • Family Lego Club 6/10 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Family Lego Club 6/10 (Children 3-7 & Caregiver)
    Tue, Jun 10
    Jun 10, 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! 6/11 (Family)
    Terrific Toddlers! 6/11 (Family)
    Wed, Jun 11
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 11, 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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  • Stay & Play 6/11
    Stay & Play 6/11
    Wed, Jun 11
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District
    Jun 11, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Stay after Story time and play with us on the Children's Floor! Hang out with other children and caregivers while playing with some extra special toys! No registration required!
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  • Lego Club! 6/11 (Youth 8-12)
    Lego Club! 6/11 (Youth 8-12)
    Wed, Jun 11
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 11, 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! Each week, we’ll give you a challenge to complete. Come next week to see if you’re the winner and get a prize! Must be present to win. Drop in, no registration required for this youth event. No registration required.
    Share
  • Preschool Pals! 6/13  (Family)
    Preschool Pals! 6/13  (Family)
    Fri, Jun 13
    Vespasian Warner Library
    Jun 13, 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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  • Stay & Play 6/13
    Stay & Play 6/13
    Fri, Jun 13
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District
    Jun 13, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    Vespasian Warner Public Library District, 310 N Quincy St, Clinton, IL 61727, USA
    Stay after Story time and play with us on the Children's Floor! Hang out with other children and caregivers while playing with some extra special toys! No registration 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 COMING!

Summer Reading begins May 31st & runs through July 31st! 

Registration begins on May 31st at the Summer Reading Kick-Off & you can start reading right away! 

Summer Reading is free & open to EVERYONE!

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Summer Reading

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