{"id":3747,"date":"2015-08-05T15:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/?page_id=3747"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:03:55","slug":"youth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/programs-databases\/youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/i>Youth<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>Teens<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>Youth Resources<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>Community Event Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Welcome to the Youth Department of the Matheson Memorial Library<\/strong><\/h2><\/span>
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We have many opportunities for imaginative, collaborative, and educational play for all ages. Our three play areas are always open during library open hours and include a kitchen & barn, road carpet, and Lego walls and more in the Construction Corner. We also offer board games and card games for in-library use and you will find coloring supplies at the Youth Services Desk.<\/span><\/p>\n

All ages can enjoy our monthly scavenger hunt, follow the Storywalk on the ramp, or join in one of our changing interactive activities. Listeners are invited to join our year-round reading program, Read and Grow, and summer reading is available from the first Saturday in June to the third Saturday in August.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact the Youth Services Librarian, Jennifer Wharton, with questions or suggestions at jwharton@elkhorn.lib.wi.us<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/i>Sign-up Today!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Sign up for email news about youth programs for families, kids, & teens.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What can you borrow from youth services?<\/span><\/h2><\/span>
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  • Check out for <\/span>three weeks<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n
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    • Board books, picture books, early readers, fiction and nonfiction chapter books<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Audiobooks in many formats, including CD, Playaway, Vox books, Tonies, and Yoto<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Kits including Maker Kits (include tools and consumables) and Read \u2018n\u2019 Play bags<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Board games and card games<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Check out for <\/span>one week<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n
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      • Movies on DVD and video games in multiple formats (limit of 10 video games per library card)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Fine-Free Children’s and Young Adult Materials!<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Children\u2019s and young adult materials, owned by the Matheson Memorial Library, do not accrue overdue fines. Borrowers will be billed for materials which are long overdue and will be unable to check out materials until the overdue items have been paid for or returned.<\/p>\n

        Materials belonging to other libraries may still accrue fines. For more information, check out the website or ask!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3747","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":368,"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10358,"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3747\/revisions\/10358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}