Children’s Services

The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators–including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, or on their own!

NEW Nature Series

This informative, beautiful, educational series by Dorling Kindersley called Earth’s Incredible Habitats will keep and peak kid’s interest in the diverse regions of our beautiful and complex planet.

New Picture Books

New Junior Fiction

One evening, news reaches Toto the Ninja Cat that a king cobra has escaped from London Zoo! Together with help from a very posh cat and two hungry tigers, Toto and her brother Silver must investigate. Can they find the giant snake, before it’s too late?
Little Bessie Lee is on a mission to save the pandas! The adventures of Teeny Houdini come in short, easy-to-read chapters full of hilarious illustrations—a favorite series for building confident readers!

New Graphic Fiction for Kids

From critically acclaimed author-illustrator Tim Probert comes the first three books in his breathtaking fantasy adventure series Lightfall.

In the land of Irpa, an ancient threat awakens, obsessed with plunging the world into eternal darkness. Luckily, chance enlists two unsuspecting heroes to save the day.

In book one, The Girl and the Galdurian, reluctant allies Bea and Cad set forth across the land of Irpa in search of Bea’s missing grandfather, Alfirid the Pig Wizard, certain he holds the key to fending off the darkness that threatens to consume their world.

In the second book, Shadow of the Bird, Bea and Cad meet an ancient water spirit who reveals the source of the darkness, Kest Ke Belenus—the Bird—eager to destroy all remaining light from in Irpa.

And in the third installment, The Dark Times, Bea, Cad, and the rest of their fellowship pursue Irpa’s deepest and darkest secrets hidden within the Citadel of Knowledge, a temple thought lost to the shadows. Their quest unveils more questions than answers, until they find a clue to a mystery from long ago . . . and a beacon of hope for the future.

Join us for Story time every Friday at 10:30

Listen to a good story, sing a song, do a craft and twice per month, join Laurie for some get-the wiggles-out playtime at Castleton Recreation.

( just behind the library in the old CVS building).

Tales & Tails 1st Saturday of every month at 10:30 am

Come visit amazing pups courtesy of Caring Canine of Southern Vermont. Read to a dog, read to yourself beside a dog, or just spend some time patting a sweet pup! All ages are welcome.

Pictures From the Children‘s Section

Fairy Tale Festival September 2025

Kid’s Paint & Sip