{"id":8714,"date":"2018-04-04T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/libtest\/?page_id=8714"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:21:48","slug":"children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/children\/","title":{"rendered":"Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Children\u2019s collections housed in each branch of the Springfield City Library are geared for babies through age twelve, as well as their parents and caregivers. People of all ages are welcome to use the children\u2019s collections, but use of the children\u2019s spaces is reserved for children with their parents or caregivers. (Children age 8 and up may use the library on their own.) Computers are available for use by children in each of our branch locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018One Read, One Springfield\u2019 initiative returns to city after 15-year hiatus<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Springfield is reading \u201cBraiding Sweetgrass\u201d by Robin Wall Kimmerer this summer, with programs to follow in the fall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Wellman Hall is closed today due to unhealthy heat and humidity levels.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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One Read, One Springfield<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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One Read, One Springfield, a community-wide event that encourages adult readers to all read the same book, is back! <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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East Springfield Branch Library secures $500K in federal funds for renovation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The allocation is made possible by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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The MBLC Awards Grants for Library Construction<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Springfield was provisionally awarded $6,837,061 for construction of the East Springfield Branch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Children\u2019s collections housed in each branch of the Springfield City Library are geared for babies through age twelve, as well as their parents and caregivers. People of all ages are welcome to use the children\u2019s collections, but use of the children\u2019s spaces is reserved for children with their parents or caregivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8714"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38526,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8714\/revisions\/38526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}