Children and young people

The children's and youth department and customer service are located on the upper floor of the library. Borrowable materials are also available in the Lower Hall on the lower floor of the library and in a storage room open to customers.

There is a dedicated customer service desk for children and young people, where you can ask for advice and borrow materials.
Children's material is grouped into, among other things, picture books, fairy tales, easy-to-read and other narrative literature. There are also plenty of non-fiction books, films, audiobooks and e-books for children.

You can find children's digital games in the Little Room, located upstairs next to the customer service desk. You can find children's and family board games in the Lower Room downstairs.
There is a dedicated space for young people, where you can find books, films and TV series, magazines, comics and audiobooks for young people. You will also find material for young adults here.

Foreign language literature and films for young people can be found next to the return machine upstairs.
Digital games for young people can be found upstairs in the Little Room, next to the customer service desk.
The Rainbow Shelf is located in the Lower Hall downstairs.
The story room is at your disposal, if the library has not reserved it for its own activities. In the fairytale room, you can play, draw or do homework. Here you can also find board games to play in the library.

Story time

In the Fairy Tale Room, you can participate in an open fairy tale class every third Wednesday from 10:00 to 10:30. Fairy tale classes are usually held in the autumn term from September to December and in the spring term from January to May. See the library's event calendar for more detailed times.
Storytimes for daycare and preschool groups must be arranged separately.

Read more about Riihimäki Library's storytime classes.

Read more about storytime lessons for kindergarten and preschool groups.
The library's children's department has three display cabinets where you can bring your own collections of interest to child customers to display for one month. For more information and reservations, contact the Children's Library Services office. (Contact information at the bottom of the page)
You can find magazines for children and young people next to the return shelf for children's materials.
Below is a list of journals that have been subscribed to the library.

Children's magazines
- Donald Duck
- Bamse - The world's strongest teddy bear
- Horse crazy
- HS Children's news
- Karvinen
- Schoolboy (+ Pet)
- Lucky me
- Flycatcher
Youth magazines
- Anime
- Cat fan
- Pets
- Spiderman (keeps the previous year as well)
Children's and youth magazines are usually kept for the current year, with exceptions after the magazine.
- Library staff's tips on new children's books. Check out the library's book recommendations for children and young people.
- Side circuit
  A children's and young adult literature website with everything fun related to literature and reading: including tips, blogs, reviews, author introductions and a handy cover image search. Check out the Sivupiiri literary website (Sivupiiri.fi).
- Reading room
  The portal maintained by the Children's Book Institute presents new children's and youth literature and collects information on children's and youth literature. Check out the Lukemo website (Lukemo.fi.)
- A peek behind the scenes
  A video series, in each part of which an answer is sought to one question about the library that perplexes the child. The parts of the series are about 3 minutes long. Watch Behind the Scenes videos (Kirjastokaista.fi).
- Kalle and Keijo's library classes
  An animation that explains in a fun way what library classes are. Watch Kalle and Keijo's library classes videos (Kirjastokaista.fi).
- Internet and media
  Important information about the online world. Section of the Mannerheim Children's Protection Association's Nuortennetti website. Check out the Netti ja media website (Nuortenetti.fi).