Welcome to the Youth Room!

To request materials without coming into the Library, fill out our Curbside Pickup form, use your Baldwin Library card to put items on hold through our online catalog, or contact the Youth Reference Desk via phone (248-554-4670) or email (youth.reference@baldwinlib.org).

Check out our wide selection of programs including book clubs, take home kits, story times, and more!

Want to stay in-the-know on upcoming youth programs?  Sign up to receive our newsletter.

Are there titles you’d like to see at Baldwin? Make a recommendation! Or use our Indie Author Submission form if you would like us to consider your own book for the collection.

Baldwin Boosters: In order for the library to stay in compliance with recent changes to state employment law, we are so disappointed to share that we have cancelled the Baldwin Booster program for 2025. Michigan’s Youth Employment Standards Act (YESA) now mandates that any minors ages 14 to 17 must receive a work permit to volunteer at the Baldwin Public Library. Minors under the age of 14 are not eligible for a work permit. If a student is 14 years or older, please visit baldwinlib.org/volunteer for information about volunteer opportunities and new requirements. Any feedback about changes to this law should be directed to your Michigan State Representative at https://www.house.mi.gov/. Here are some places that may accept volunteers under the age of 14.

Upcoming Programs

Details and registration can be found on the calendar. 

May 2 Wiggle Worms Ages Birth – 2

May 3 Project Kidsight Vision Screening

May 3 & May 4 Free Comic Book Day! & May the 4th

May 12 No Bake Kids Recipes Grades 3-6

May 15 Kids Library Society Grades 3-6

May 19 Brick Builders Grades 1-3

May 20 Ruff Readers Ages 6 & up

May 24-26 Library Closed 

May 31 Family Board Game Club Grades K-6

Story Times

Reading to your child is a great way to grow a lifelong reader. And it’s easy to start them early with engaging story times led by our enthusiastic librarians. Browse our story times for young listeners and their grownups from birth through age 5.

Youth

Research & Learn 

Explore educational and fun online resources to keep your kids learning and entertained. Selected by Librarians for children in preschool through sixth grade.

TALK

Make any time learning time!
Sign up for Text and Learn for Kindergarten to receive 8-10 messages per month with fun activities you can do at home to help prepare little ones, ages 5 and under, for school success.

Storybook Trail

Visit Beverly Park and walk the 0.4 miles trail and read an entire book that is posted on permanent posts throughout the park. Experience a new story every month April to December.

The current book is What to Do with a Stick by Jane Yolen.

Book Clubs

Reading becomes an even richer experience when it’s a shared one. Our book clubs are a great way to get readers of every age more comfortable discussing key themes in books. to find the right one for you.

Browse our various book clubs  to find the right one for you.

Battle of the Books

Fourth and fifth grade students enrolled in the Birmingham Public School District are invited to participate in this challenging and fun book battle that encourages students to read and explore books of varying genres. The Battle website is updated throughout the year as details are announced.

Birbery

Birbery is a mock Newbery program for 6th to 8th graders in Birmingham Public Schools. Students participate through their school. Details can be found by visiting the school library’s website:

• BCS Library
• Berkshire Middle School Library
• Derby Middle School Library

View the 2025 Birbery Titles and place holds using your Library card.