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Youth Services: Children and Teens

Ongoing Programs

  • Vermont Youth Book Awards including the Red Clover Book Award (grades K-4), the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (grades 4-8), and the Green Mountain Book Award (grades 9-12)
  • Summer Reading Program available through the Department's membership, Vermont public libraries have access to the Collaborative Summer Library Program, an inclusive literacy-based program for all ages, featuring a unified theme, professional support services, and a rich variety of program and promotional materials and resources
  • Teen Services explore programs and resources under the categories: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), Collection Development, Programming, Collaboration & Outreach, and Physical & Virtual Library Space & Teen Marketing
  • Reading Initiatives on Beanstack a website facilitating reading-based library patron activities, including summer reading, early literacy initiatives, and special book clubs for teens and adults
  • StoryWalks® allows participants of all ages to "take a stroll and enjoy successive pages from a children’s story along your path"
  • Welcoming Library Traveling Collection the Department offers 3 sets of these traveling displays of 30 picture books featuring stories of New Arrival and New American families, representing communities across Vermont, and designed to build community welcoming skills and create a sense of community belonging for immigrants
  • Youth Book Discussion Sets, the Department offers over 400 book discussion sets for children and young adults that can be requested by any library in Vermont. View a full list of the sets including if they are a Vermont Youth Book Award nominee or winner (Excel format). Requests to borrow these sets are submitted through CLOVER. View instructions on how to locate the record for each set and request them.

Youth Services Listserv

The Lib.YouthServices listserv was created for the public and school librarian community in Vermont who wish to receive youth services updates from the Department and share messaging with colleagues in the field. This listserv was formerly called "VTYAC" - and those signed up for VTYAC were automatically transferred to the new listserv. 

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