Youth Services offers a collection of resources for developing good quality children’s library programming. These resources are only available to CKLS member libraries. All Youth Services materials are in the Pathfinder Central catalog for your viewing, but MUST be ordered using the Youth Services Materials Request Form. Any Youth Services holds placed through Pathfinder Central will not be honored.
Tutorial for how to search the Pathfinder Central Catalog for Youth Services materials
Youth Services Materials Request Form
Bulletin Board Paper Request Form
Librarian’s Project Resources
Educational resources printed in book and periodical format.
- Bulletin Boards/Displays
- Classroom Parties
- Crafts
- Early Childhood Activities
- Fingerplays/Songs/Poems
- Folk Tales/Fairy Tales
- Nursery Rhymes/Mother Goose/Poems
- Stories
- Games/Puzzles/Magic
- Patterns
- Puppets/Plays/Skits
- Seasonal
- Holiday
- Special Topics
Storytelling Materials
Resources to dramatize stories for storytime and after school programs.
- Object Stories
- Flannelboard Stories/Shapes
- Flannelboard Supplemental Materials
- Flip Cards
- Roll Stories
- Plays
- Storytelling Costumes/Props
- Oversized Books
Puppet Resources
A collection of hand puppets, finger puppets, full size puppets, stuffed toys, and face masks on sticks.
- Hand Puppet, Plush
- Hand Puppets, Felt/Fabric
- Hand Puppet, Sesame Street
- Stuffed Puppet
- Stuffed Toy
- Show Me/Tell Me Dolls
- Finger Puppet
- Hand Puppet, Large Plush
- Fairy/Folk Tale Sets
- Holiday/Seasonal Sets
- People/Family
- Felt/Mask/Paper/Stick
- Summer Library Program Sets
Video/DVD Resources
These resources have public performance rights, unless noted.
Early Childhood: Counting, learning the alphabet and understanding words and their definitions are among important concepts explored in these stories.
Fairytales/Folktales/Heroes/Legends: Fairytales and folktales have been told for generations and retain their relevance today with humorous and astute insights into human nature.
Holidays: These dvds about holidays will enhance children’s enjoyment and understanding of special times of the year.
Seasons: These dvds about seasons will enhance children’s enjoyment and understanding of special times of the year. In several the seasonal setting is influential in shaping the story’s theme.
Storytime: Storytime dvds are stories that will entertain and delight children, as well as adults. Many of these are old favorites.
Theme Libraries: Theme Libraries are a series of dvds on these specific topics.
- Animals
- The Arts
- Circus
- Death/Separation
- Dinosaurs
- Environment/Ecology
- Health/Safety
- Intergenerational
- Multicultural
- Recycling
- Social Issues
- Space/Flight
- The Wizard of Oz
DVD Collections
These collections have public performance rights, unless noted.
- Author/Illustrator
- Fairytales/Folktales/Heroes/Legends
- Holiday
- Season
- Storytime
Miscellaneous Resources
Includes display materials, games and craft supplies.
- Bulletin Boards/Posters
- Creative Corners for Bulletin Boards
- Display Materials/Mobiles
- Games
- Supplies
Special Collections
A collection of specialized storybooks that can be used for library programming.
- American Folk Tales
- Arts
- Birthday
- Death and Dying
- Dinosaurs
- Fables/Fairytales/Folklore/Legends
- Fables/Fairytales/Folklore/Legends Collection
- Family
- History/Travel
- Mother Goose/Nursery Rhymes
- Native American
- Ocean/Sea
- Poetry
- Seasonal/Holiday
- Storytime