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 Tween Book Club

Tweens join us September 2nd when we are launching the new Tween Book Club! See you there!

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Homeschool Hangout Dates

Screenshot, save, and mark your calendars! These are our upcoming dates for our Homeschool Hangouts for the rest of the year.

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Family Literacy Night

This month's Family Literacy Night is library-themed! Special thanks to ASU Newport for supplying drinks and deserts!

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Tween Stations: Energy

Come and learn about  types of energy and how they are harnessed at Tween Stations: Energy, where we'll have a variety of energy based activities that will keep you energized and electrified!

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Announcing Our New Campaign: Your Library, Your Story

We’re excited to launch Your Library, Your Story. A community driven campaign celebrating the unique ways our library impacts our community. Click here for more information. 

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360 Library Tour Now Live!

EAST students from the International Students Magnet provided us with an exceptional 360 live tour of our library. The tour features 360 photos and captions of our library. 

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Youth Services

Welcome to the CCJPL Children's Page

Here you can browse activities, events, blogs, and more!

What we have!

The Children's Library serves patrons aged 0–12 with a wide range of materials, including picture books, easy readers, chapter books, graphic novels, and non-fiction. It also offers a Parent/Teacher collection for lesson planning and caregiving support, as well as themed Early Learning Kits that include books, lesson plans, and activities.

Norbert the Bearded Dragon

Norbert came to live at the Children's Library in February of 2020 as a tiny lizard. He is no-longer tiny. Norbert spends his days basking under his heat lamp, side-eyeing onlookers, and lounging. Nobert's favorite food is pink carnations and his favorite color is red. You can watch him live on our 24 hour Norbert Cam.

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The Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon Caris Avendano Cruz view item
Tyger SF Said and Dave McKean view item
The Tower at the End of Time Amy Sparkes view item
The Incorruptibles Lauren Magaziner view item
Encounter at Owl Rock Rucker Moses view item
A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation Pablo Cartaya view item
Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies Jonathan Stutzman and Jay Fleck view item
Fish Don't Go to School Deb Pilutti view item
Bluey: Bad Mood Penguin Young Readers Licences view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of African Animals Catherine D. Hughes view item
The League of Littles Casey Lyall & Sara Faber view item
Norman and the Smell of Adventure Ryan T. Higgins view item
Millie Fleur Saves the Night Christy Mandin view item
Ablaze Jessica Lawson & Sarah Gonzales view item
Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet Beth Ferry & Charles Santoso view item
I Got You Derrick Barnes & Shamar Knight-Justice view item
The Day the Books Disappeared Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, & Dan Santat view item
Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles Steve Jenkins & Robin Page view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Wild Robot on the Island Peter Brown view item
Angel Draws A Dinosaur Pavonis Giron view item
We Are American, Too Kristen Mei Chase & Jieting Chen view item
The Day the Crayons Made Friends Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers view item
First Day Around the World Ibi Zoboi & Juanita Londoño view item
This Book Is Dangerous! Ben Clanton view item
When You Go To Dragon School Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua view item
Chef's Secret Kelly Yang view item
Karen's Ghost DK Yingst & Ann M. Martin view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Return to Sender Vera Brosgol view item
Little Bird Laila Kelly Yang and Xindi Yan view item
The Queen Bees of Tybee County Kyle Casey Chu view item
Cousins!: A Big Family Story Laura Lavoie and Luisa Leal view item
Everything's Wrong! Jory John and Erin Kraan view item
Bear Feels Sad Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman view item
Entirely Emmie Terri Libenson view item
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 National Geographic Kids view item
Pokémon Life Size DK view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Karen's Prize Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin view item
YAY! Jessica Kulekjian view item
The Cartoonists Club Raina Telgemeier view item
A Day at the Beach Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge view item
The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper view item
Ollie in Between Jess Callans view item
Ancient Egypt DK view item
Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson view item
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover Linda Bailey view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Lawrence & Sophia: Big Doreen Cronin view item
Bird Bath Steve Antony view item
Cat Nap Steve Antony view item
Big Nate: Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath Lincoln Peirce view item
Home Matt de la Pena view item
The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever Sandra Salsbury view item
One Wrong Step Jennifer A. Nelson view item
Resist Alan Gratz view item
Will the Pigeon Graduate? Mo Willems view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Operation Sisterhood: Stealing the Show! Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich view item
Lucy Lancaster Has a Secret Willow Coven view item
Space for Everyone Seina Wedlick view item
Greatness Regis Bethencourt view item
Sharing the Dream Shelia Moses view item
How Sweet the Sound Kwame Alexander view item
And She Was Loved Andrea Davis Pinkney view item
A Pocket Full of Rocks Kristin Mahoney view item
Cinderella and the Beast Kim Bussing view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

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The Boatman's Daughter Andy Davidson Lorem ipsum
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jordie Bellaire Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Horror

Santa's First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith view item
Busy Betty and the Perfect Christmas Present Reese Witherspoon, Xindi Yan view item
Christmas at Hogwarts J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao view item
Elmore the Christmas Moose Dev Petty, Mike Boldt view item
Tamales for Christmas Stephen Briseño, Sonia Sánchez view item
A Stickler Christmas Lane Smith view item
A Dragon for Hanukkah Sarah Mlynowski, Ariel Landy view item
Eight Sweet Nights, a Festival of Lights Charlotte Offsay, Menahem Halberstadt view item
Let's Celebrate Korean New Year! Michelle W. Park, Hyewon Yum view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Alice in a Winter Wonderland Jan Brett view item
Hat for House Audrey Perrott, Druscilla Santiago view item
The Bad Guys in One Last Thing Aaron Blabey view item
Anang and the Ribbon Skirt Cameron Mukwa view item
Inkworld Cornelia Funke view item
Squad (the Tryout #2) Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao view item
Mr. Lemoncellos Fantabulous Finale Chris Grabenstein view item
Pete the Cat and the Wright Brothers James Dean view item
First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan view item
All the Books Heyley Rocco view item
Tales of Ancient Egypt: Myths & Adventures from the Land of the Pyramids Hugo Cook view item
How to Sing a Song Kwame Alexander view item
Onyx & Beyond Amber McBride view item
Freedom Fire: Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek Kwame Mbalia view item
Deer Run Home Ann Clare Lezotte view item
Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin Julia Donaldson view item
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Can You See What I See? Walter Wick view item
This Land Ashley Fairbanks, Bridget George view item
Spooky, Scary Skeletons Andrew Gold, Polona Lovsin view item
The Witching Wind Natalie Lloyd view item
The Gingerbread House Jack's Family Ate Kelly DiPucchio, Nate Wragg view item
Scholastic Book of World Records 2025 Scholastic view item
Snow Thief Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater view item
Kristy and the Walking Disaster Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw view item
Grumpy Monkey Play All Day Suzanne Lang, Max Lang view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

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