Children and Young People

Children of all ages can join the library. Every library has a children's area including story books containing a wide range of material for all age groups, information books and also help with homework and leisure interests.

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Get all the information you need to register your child for the This is an internal link icon. Imagination Library, including the registration form, here. Your local library can print off the form for you.


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Please view links below for more information:

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Children's Champion
Under 5's and Bookstart
Children's Clubs
Looked After Children
Schools Library Service
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We want all children to benefit from and enjoy our services .

We will do this by:

Providing a free and wide ranging service for all children and young people
Providing an extensive collection of good children's literature
Providing books on CD, cassette and large print through our exciting Dazzling Stories Collections
Providing teenage collections tailored at the older young person
Providing a programme of events which promote our library service to Primary Schools
Promoting the library service to Secondary Schools
Providing free access to computers for all young people and with free internet for all (children under 11 will require adult supervision)
Developing and promoting homework clubs
Establishing an exciting and stimulating under 5's programme
We will endeavour to encourage full use of library services to promote reading and literacy by:
Establishing and developing Children's and Young People Focus Groups
Working with parents and carers

The primary role of the This is an internal link icon. Childrens Champion is to encourage the young people to become active readers and members of the library.

Rotherham Library Service is committed to making libraries accessible to This is an internal link icon. Under 5's across the borough.

In many of our branches Homework Clubs are run by staff who know how to get the best out of the information services available to help young people with their enquiries. This is an external link icon Online Homework Help resources for children are published on the Rotherham Online web site.

Interactive clubs

Interactive clubs are provided in three of our local libraries Kimberworth Park, Maltby and Mowbray Gardens where young peoples learning is enhanced through IT. Supported learning can be arranged to enable individual young people achieve.

Looked After Children

If you are a foster carer registered with the Council you can have a Carer's Ticket that will enable you to introduce the children you look after to the library and borrow books for them to share in your home.

In the This is an internal link icon. Schools Library Service we have around 130,000 books for all school age children. This includes non-fiction on all subjects, fiction, poetry and picture books.

Contact:

Library Services to Children & Young People
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Maltby Library
High Street, Maltby
Rotherham S66 8LD

Tel: This is an image of a telephone. (01709) 815123 Fax: (01709) 818051