Services

Get a Library Card

Children aged five and older can register for their own library card! A parent or legal guardian must show proof of residency and sign for financial responsibility. Even if you don’t live in Center Township, your child can get a card as long as they attend school at Centerville-Abington Schools. Learn more here.

Browse Our Collection

We have a large selection of picture books, beginning readers, children’s fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, as well as magazines and movies. Kids can also access e-books and digital audiobooks through Overdrive/Libby or Hoopla.

Participate in Programs

We offer various youth and family programs throughout the year, like LEGO Club, Storytimes, arts & crafts, STEM programs, book clubs, and the annual Summer Reading Program. Stay tuned to our event calendar for our latest offerings.

And check out our STEAM Activity Kits that can be checked out with your library card!

Find a “Just Right” Book

• Have your child choose a book they would like to read.
• Choose a random page in the middle.
• Ask your child to read the text and hold up one finger for each word they can’t read or don’t understand.
• When done, if they have only one or no finger up, the book is an easy read. Let them read that book for fun, but keep looking if you want something a bit more challenging.
• If they have four or five fingers up, the book is probably too challenging to read on their own. That’s ok! If your child is interested in that book, try reading it aloud to them or taking turns reading with them and answering questions. This will help your child advance to higher reading levels.
• If they have two or three fingers up, the book is “just right” for independent reading.

The local public elementary school uses the Accelerated Reader (AR) program, so we include that information in our library books to assist families in selecting materials that can be used for school work. Our beginning reader, juvenile fiction, and juvenile nonfiction books have AR spine labels, and most of our other books have AR information written in the back. We encourage families to also choose some “just for fun” books outside school reading levels because choice is a strong motivator for young readers, and many fantastic children’s books exist that are not leveled in the AR system.

If you need help determining the AR level of a book, you can always ask one of our library staff members for assistance or visit arbookfind.com.

Safe Child Policy

All children under the age of 10 must have a parent or adult guardian accompany them at all times while using the library.