{"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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Springfield City Library Recognized for Supporting Teen Mental Health<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The Health and Wellness project gave teens across the city\u2019s branch libraries new tools for managing stress and connecting with their own creativity.<\/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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Capital campaign launched for new East Springfield library<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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The new building will allow the library to expand services, technology, and collections for the neighborhood.<\/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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\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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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\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}]}}