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Get a Card	Play and Literacy (PAL) Center
Internet Safety	Every Child Ready to Read
Interpret the Catalog	Summer Reading at your library
Book a Program	Suggested Websites
Tours

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Interpret the Catalog

How to interpret catalog abbreviations

E - Easy
EZ - Beginning reader books
B - Biography
Big Books - Oversized picture books (must be returned to the location where they were checked out)
BRD - Board book (used with infants)
J - Juvenile
PAL - Books found in the Play and Literacy Center (they do not check out)
Pbk - Paperback
PEC - Parenting & Early Childhood materials; bibliotherapy materials
Quik - Themed kits available at the Hughes Main Library
YA - Young Adult

Example: JB Washington is a juvenile biography about Washington.

Book a Program

Programs may be scheduled for groups of 10 or more.
Schedule programs at least two weeks in advance.
Call 242-5000 x2248.

Please have the following information available when you call:

Name of the school or group
Name, phone number, and email of the group’s primary contact person
Expected number of attendees
Age range of the group
Primary, plus an alternative date and time preference

Dewey Decimal - Dive into the Dewey Decimal System with fun facts, a quack-tastic game and a flock of unforgettable friends. 45 min. 3rd-5th grade. Hughes Main Library.

Story Time - Book a private story time for your group or class of 10 or more. Call 242-5000 x2248. Time: 30 min.

Shelf Elf - Based on the popular children’s book, this program teaches children the care, handling, and arrangement of library materials and gives them “hands on” experience. (K4 & up) Time: 30 min.

Tours

We offer several tour options for groups of 10 or more.
Schedule tours at least two weeks in advance.
Call 242-5000 x2248.

Please have the following information available when you call:

Name of the school or group
Name, phone number, and email of the group’s primary contact person
Expected number of attendees
Age range of the group
Primary, plus alternative date and time preference
Type of tour (see descriptions below)

Dr. Seuss tour - Children search for Dr. Seuss’s characters as they explore the library. Available at all library locations. Time: 30 min.(ages K5-2nd grade)

Safari tour - This look-and-find adventure tour will take children through the Hughes Main Library. Time: 30 min. (ages 3rd-5th grade)

Behind the Scenes tour — Get a glimpse of how materials are processed, the computer room, SC Room archives and more. Time: 75 min. (5th grade and up -- Hughes Main Library)

Computer Lab/Reference tour — Library staff will guide students in accessing the quality resources and services offered by the Greenville County Library System. Sessions can be tailored to student needs. Class size is limited to groups of 10 or more. Time: 1.5 hours (5th grade and up -- Hughes Main Library)

Play and Literacy (PAL) Center

More than just a playroom!

Built especially for pre-readers and filled with books, puzzles and toys designed to encourage early literacy, the PAL Center at the Hughes Main Library is the perfect environment for children ages 0-4 to laugh, play and most important – learn!

Every Child Ready to Read

Ready to Read

The Greenville County Library System has an exciting program series designed to help get “Every Child Ready To Read®.” Current research shows that children who learn six critical pre-reading skills before they start kindergarten become better readers. Children who do not know these skills when they come to school have a much more difficult time learning to read.

You can learn about the six skills and how to develop them in children from birth to age five @ your library. Each of the programs explains why the skills are so important, demonstrates how to help children learn the skills, provides titles of high-interest books that are age appropriate, and sends you home with early literacy activities to incorporate into your family’s daily routine.

Parents, daycare providers and caregivers; call 527-9249 to schedule an Every Child Ready to Read workshop at your location. Workshops last 90 minutes; groups of 12 or more.

Laugh n Learn Laugh 'n' Learn for Reading Readiness!
Monthly at the Hughes Main Library and the West Branch on Anderson Road – Check the calendar for dates/times
Interact with your child at each of our early literacy play spaces (music, crafts, puzzles, etc.). Take ideas home with you. Practice them for a future payoff in school readiness and reading success for your child. Ages 4 and under with an adult caregiver. English/Spanish materials available. No groups; three children per adult caregiver maximum.

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