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Early Learning Tips for Parents

Research shows one-on-one interaction between parent and child is critical for early learning. You can help your child develop important literacy and pre-reading skills. Five simple practices that help your child get ready to read are: Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing. Attending storytime helps children develop imagination, comprehension and attention skills.  

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CADL youth librarians are your partner in developing your child's love of reading.

Read Off Fines This Summer

Don’t let library fines stop you from enjoying summer reading at Capital Area District Libraries! From June 1 through August 31, CADL cardholders under the age of 18 can join our Read Off Fines program to erase up to $10 of fines from their account.

Craft bunnies are better than dust bunnies!

You could spend your time spring cleaning, but we think that time might be better spent with craft bunnies and not dust bunnies!

Early Literacy Skills and Building Readers Go Together!

What’s So Great About Storytime at the Library?

Plenty of great things happen when you spend time reading with a child. From school readiness to increased imagination, story time is time well spent.

Winter is for the Birds!

February is National Bird Feeding Month and with the blustery weather Michigan has faced recently, it is easy to understand that our feather friends may need some help finding food!

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