Richland Library is dedicated to helping your child get ready for kindergarten. Nothing prepares a child for school better than reading aloud. Your preschooler will learn the alphabet and practice narrative skills as you read together. Read to your child every day, and before you know it they will be reading on their own!

Press Here: This app, based on the New York Times bestselling picture book by Hervé Tullet, has 15 different mini-games filled with wonder and excitement! In this app, as well as the book, dots take on a personality all of their own. Whether it is bursting into fireworks, making different sounds, or playing a game of memory each game will leave children delighted by what they observe.

How do you help your children make sense of dollars and cents?  Sharing stories like Lulu Walks the Dog by Judith Viorst is a perfect way to start the conversation. 

Some princesses are girly girls, but not all princesses wear pink! Princesses might wear frilly dresses, tennis shoes or shiny armor. Princesses can be from all over the world and from right next door. Check out some of these books to read about all types of princesses!

How do you help your children make sense of dollars and cents?  Sharing stories like Start Saving, Henry! by Nancy Carlson is a perfect way to start the conversation. 

Provides illustrated biographical profiles of authors and artists for children and young adults, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers.

You don’t always have to physically read a book to have a great “READING” experience. Sometimes you can have a truly elevating reading experience by listening to audiobooks.

Get ready- Hollywood is taking a trip to the library.  Over the next few months, theaters will be filled with book-based movies and you can get a preview right here in the stacks.

What’s your favorite color? Skills can only develop if they are practiced. Reading books that introduce colors allows children to practice learning in a fun way.