The children’s collection of A.K. Smiley Public Library includes:

Books, periodicals, and audio materials for preschool through 8th grade
Special programs and activities are held for children year round

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A.K. Smiley Public Library Youth Services presents

Beanstack’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten”

You can help your child succeed in Kindergarten and beyond by reading to them as soon as possible!

Let us help you by using our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program!

Click the link below to get started!

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Here is a booklist to help you get started! Beanstack booklist

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Redlands Kids Riddle Contest

Redlands children who enter this month’s Redlands Kids’ Riddle Contest have a chance to win six Diamond Club behind-home-plate tickets and two V.I.P. parking passes to the Angels vs. Kansas City Royals baseball game on Wednesday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m.

The Pratt brothers opened a sporting goods store.

In ’43, one brother was drafted and went off to war.

So they sold to other brothers who opened shop

Right here in Redlands! (It’s now a parking lot.)

The store was near Tartans then moved to State Street,

Where just browsing the aisles was surely a treat!

There were fishing poles, tennis rackets,

Bikes, ball gloves and more,

Kids could set up accounts to buy over time

What they loved from the store.

But business declined when the big-box stores came.

Then, alas, the store got demolished a 1960 fire.

So the brother gave up the shop to become a realtor.

Hey, if you know golf, you’ll recognize the family name.

It’s a lesson for us all:

Those big-box stores, like Fedco then and Amazon now,

Can quash a small-store dream.

So buy local! And remember: though it might be small,

It’s a Redlands store that just might sponsor

Your baseball team.

Riddle: What was the name of the store that burned down?

To enter, figure out the riddle and send your answer, name, age and phone number to kidsriddlecontest@gmail.com or take it to the Young Readers’ Room at A.K. Smiley Public Library.

Only 6- to 12-year-old children who live in Redlands may enter. All correct answers will be entered into a random drawing. One entry per child will be valid.

Answers must be submitted by June 16 and the winner will be notified June 17. There is a new riddle every month throughout baseball season.

The contest is co-sponsored by the Rochford Foundation, A.K. Smiley Public Library, The Daily Facts, and The Redlands Community News.

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Summer Reading Program 2022! Join us!

If you’re looking for free summer entertainment for the whole family, join us for our 2022 Summer Reading Program: Read Beyond the Beaten Path! Participate in reading challenges, enjoy fun shows, and read the summer away! This year, with the exclusion of June 28th, entertainers will perform their shows twice in the same day…choose which time works best for your family and join us!

You can also join our on-line reading game through Beanstack!

Download the app today: Beanstack: Reading Challenges and Personalized Recommendations

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Download the Libby App to begin a new book,

start reading an old favorite, or you can even listen to a story!

The Libby App is open 24 hours per day!

Download the Libby App today!

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Book Recommendations for kids, by kids!

The Goddess Girls series…Artemis the Brave

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