Friday, October 3, 2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Youth Library Services
Activities for Families & Kids
For more information on monthly programs at all branches, visit the library's online calendar. For more information on ongoing activities, explore the links below.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
ICCA Battle of the Books
Features
Friday, October 3, 2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Usher in Autumn with this all ages, family-friendly Harvest Festival!
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a free, live concert!
Free activities include pumpkin painting, harvest games, face painting, petting zoo, and more!
Snap a photo with the Fall photo backdrop, wander through the StoryWalk, enter to win guessing contests, and play lawn games!
Hot dogs, burgers, chicken sandwiches, beverages, and desserts will be available for purchase--you can even order to-go.
All proceeds support the Summer Reading Program.
Don't forget to visit the Friends of the Eldridge Library Book Sale held inside the library for great bargains.
Do you love reading and recommending books to friends?
This opportunity is for you!
Apply to be a “Kid Librarian” and create a display of your favorite books. The display will be up for 2-3 weeks.
Kids that are 8-12 years old may apply.
Fill out the application, return it to the Eldridge Branch, and we will contact you when you are chosen as the next “Kid Librarian”!
Complete the application online or download and print the attachment. Paper applications are available at the Eldridge
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There is a reading crisis in the United States, with as many as 40 percent of kids unable to read at grade level. Factors such as increased screen time, shortened attention spans, poverty, and the COVID-19 lockdowns play a role; however many of these factors can be mediated by systematic phonics instruction. (Phonics is learning the sounds of letters and letter combinations and being able to break down (or decode) words based on these sounds).
The Scott County Library System is committed to supporting emergent readers with decodable texts and phonics resources based on Science of Reading research. Thanks to a 2025 Regional Development Authority (RDA) grant, we...