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Children and young people

Materials for children and young people and customer service can be found upstairs in the library. There is also a lot of materials to borrow in the warehouse downstairs open to customers.

  • Children and young people have their own service desk where you can ask for advice and borrow money.

    The customer service desk of the children's and youth department

  • Children's material is grouped e.g. to picture books, fairy tales, easy-to-read and other non-fiction. There are also plenty of non-fiction books, movies, audio books and e-books for children.

    Children's digital games can be found in the small hall upstairs, next to the lending office.

    Children's department books

  • Young people have their own space, where you can find books, movies and series, magazines, comics and audiobooks for young people. Here you can now also find material for young adults and a rainbow shelf for young people.

    Digital games for young people can be found in the small hall upstairs, next to the lending office.

    Books and furniture for the children's and youth department

  • 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.

    A fairy tale

    You can participate in the fairy tale room for an open story lesson every other Wednesday from 10.00:10.30 to XNUMX:XNUMX. Storytelling lessons for kindergarten and preschool groups must be agreed separately.

     

  • We have three showcase cabinets, where you can bring your own collections of interest to children's customers to display for one month. More detailed information and reservations about advice on children's library services. (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.

     

    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.

    • Kirjarihi's youth books
      Tips from the staff about novelty books for young people. Old tips can be found in chronological order in the archive.
    • Kirjaririhi's children's books
      Staff tips about new children's books. The old tips are organized according to the last names of the authors in the archive.
    • Sivupiiri.fi
      A children's and young people's literature website with everything fun related to literature and reading: tips, blogs, reviews, author introductions and a clever cover image search.
    • Lukemo.fi
      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.
    • 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.
    • Kalle and Keijo's library classes
      An animation that explains in a fun way what library classes are.
    • Internet and media
      Important information about the online world. Section of the Mannerheim Children's Protection Association's Nuortennetti website.

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Reading tips for young people: book trailers, reading tips videos and interviews with children's authors.

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