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Programs, Events, Services and Recommendations for Kids Events + Kids

Illustration of a summer puppet show tour featuring a green dinosaur and purple bunny puppet above a colourful map with location pins and a Kingston Frontenac Public Library vehicle.

Kids Events

Catch the Summer Puppet Show Tour!

The Summer Puppet Show Tour is coming to a branch near you! Don't miss KFPL’s puppeteers for a series of fun, free performances filled with music, storytelling and beloved characters.

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Grow Newsletter

Grow - for families and children

Subscribe to the Grow newsletter. You’ll receive the latest information on our programs and services for children of all ages.

An adult and two children sitting on a couch with an opened book. The KFPL logo is behind. Text is overalyed on the image: "1000 Books Before Kindergarten. Read it and Reap!"

1000 Books Before Kindergarten (1BBK) is a free literacy program for newborns, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. The goal? Read 1000 books with your little one before they start Kindergarten. Get started now!

Every Child Ready to Read

Every Child Ready to Read

Before children can learn to read, they must develop a range of early literacy skills. Learning begins the moment they are born, through language and play. Find out about the five simple practices that will help you raise a reader.

Reading Buddies for Newcomer Youth

Kids Events

Reading Buddies for Newcomer Youth

KFPL’s Reading Buddies program exists to nurture the developing ESL literacy skills of newcomer youth through one-one-one reading support and fun literacy activities. The Reading Buddies for Newcomer Youth program will be facilitated online with Zoom from August 9 to 13, 2:30-4pm.

This program requires free registration. Registrants are asked to provide an email address and we will send a link to a series of private Zoom meetings.

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