Pope County Library System
RUSSELLVILLE
FAX 479-968-3222
116 East 3rd Street
Russellville, AR 72801
Our libraries welcome children any time we are open! Join the fun as we build literacy, motor skills, and community through rhymes, songs, books, and hands-on activities for children and their parents. Our children's areas areenvironment are not traditional quiet zones, though we do appreciate inside voices. Inquire about participating in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program or 1000 Books Beyond Kindergarten (our follow up program for children who have completed or aged out of the pre-kindergarten program).
STORYTIME SCHEDULE:
Dover--Mondays, 10:00 am
Atkins--Mondays, 1:00 pm
Hector--Tuesdays, 10:00 am
Russellville--Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10:00 am plus Hora de Cuento--Saturdays, 11:00 am
TWEENS (AGES 9--12) SCHEDULE:
Russellville--Library League: Tuesdays, 5:30 pm
Dover--Tween Club: 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Thursdays, 4:00 pm
Remember to check our CALENDAR for upcoming storytimes and events.
Kids Take Home Storytime Kits - Take Home Storytime Kits are available from the Pope County Library Children's Department in Russellville.
Russellville also provides Tween Craft Kits for ages 8-12. Kits are available while supplies last and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mochila de Aventure/Adventure Backpack - Spanish Language take home kits are available for pickup from the Pope County Library Hispanic Services Department in Russellville. All 4 kits contain a book, a craft, color sheets, and a game (either Bilingual Bingo or Flashcards).
Phonemic awareness is the understanding that words are made of discrete sounds. If children cannot distinguish individual sounds (phonemes) within words, they have difficulty learning to read and write.
Concept books are a special group of picture books that are, "designed to explain an idea, object, or activity" (Lynch-Brown, 1999).
The library has concept books about subjects like:
Participation books are another type of story book. Young children delight in being able to repeat the book's suggestions, such as clapping their hands, touching their toes, or covering their eyes.
In Cumulative tales (also called chain tales), action or dialogue repeats and builds in some way as the tale progresses, for example The House That Jack Built.
