• Goals
• Collections
• Services

• Links for Kids
• Links for Teens
• Links for Parents

• To promote reading and learning as an important part of family life in Catawba County.
• To provide reference materials and information needed by children and youth to complete special school assignments.
• To provide outreach services to child care center in order to promote early learning and pre-reading skills.
• To assist public and private schools and homeschool families in their task of educating future generations.
• To encourage the use of computers as tools for learning and to be a safe bridge to the information superhighway.

Collections

 The Youth Services Department offers a broad selection of books for children from birth to age 16.

• Board Books for infants and toddler
• Easy Storybooks for preschool and early elementary grades
• ABC Books for beginning readers
• Juvenile Fiction for middle readers
• Juvenile Non-fiction on a variety of subjects that interest childrens, such as sports, crafts, pets and wild animals
• Juvenile Biographies about important people from our past as well as the present
• Young Adult Fiction with slightly more mature content for teen readers
• Parent Shelf books about parenting issues and sensitive subjects · Professional Collection books, including teaching and curriculum guides
• Science Fair Project Books
• North Carolina Books
• Reference Books to help with reports and projects
• Read-a-long Kits
• Books-on-tape
• Music and Computer CDs
• Videos for families
• Time-Together Bags with books, toys, and tapes about special themes
• Toys that can be checked out and played with at home