the month, FREE, 7pm - 8pm,
Women's Resource Center,
1926 Manatee Avenue W,
Bradenton. Call 941-747-6797, to
find out the book of the month.
Library Systems offer a variety of children's programs, including
storytelling for pre-schoolers, "Tot Time" and "Toddler Time" and much
more. For more information, click on the links below:
- Manatee County Library Locations, Hours &
Programs - scroll down for children's programs below
Reading Skills & Activities
Reading Recommendations
Infant - 5 years
School Age
Teens
back porch of the Four Winds
Café every Sunday between 10
AM and 3 PM. There is no limit to
the number of books you are
allowed to take, so come early
before all the good books are
gone!
Contact
brooke.denmark@ncf.edu or
(941) 360- 5476.5700 N. Tamiami
Trail on New College of
Florida/USF
read with your child. Every child will have books of their very own, at no cost to you, thanks to Early Learning
Coalition of Manatee County, Inc. and Dolly Parton. Each month a new, carefully selected book will be mailed
in your child’s name directly to your home. He/she can look forward to new and exciting reading adventures
from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library until he/she turns five years old as long as you remain a resident of
Manatee County. Should the child move outside Manatee County, he/she automatically exits the program.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a FREE GIFT to your children! All you have to do is read to your children.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE? This program is currently being offered to children living in Manatee County, born since
July 2005.
WHAT ARE MY RESPONSIBILITIES?
Be a resident of Manatee County.
- Submit an official registration form, completely filled out by parent or guardian (form must be approved
and on file with Early Learning Coalition of manatee County, Inc.) - Notify Early Learning Coalition of Manatee, Inc. any time your address changes. Books are mailed to
the address listed on the official registration form. If the child’s address changes, you must contact the
Early Learning Coalition of Manatee in order to continue receiving books. - Read with your child.
books will begin arriving at your home and will continue until your child turns five or you move out of Manatee
County.
Dolly Parton's IMAGINATION LIBRARY Official Registration Form Electronic submition is still
under construction. Please download this registration form and mail it to:
Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County, Inc.
1112 Manatee Ave. East
Bradenton, FL 34208
Tuesdays:
- 10 am Family Story Time- Island Branch Library-
- 10 am Preschool Story Time - Palmetto Branch-
- 7pm Storytime (en espanol)- Central
Wednesdays, Nov 2, 9, 16, 23:
- 10 & 10:30am Tot Time Braden River-
- 10 am Preschool Story Time- South Manatee-
Thursdays: Nov 3, 10 & 17
- 10 am Toddler Time, Central Meeting Room
- 10am Preschool Story time Central Library
- 10:30 Preschool Story time- Rocky Bluff
- 7pm Family Story time- Braden River
- 7pm Family Story Time- Central Children's Room
Sundays: Nov 8, 15, 22 & 29
- 2:30pm Story time (en espanol) Central
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