Children's Center - 2nd Floor

The Fisher Children's Center provides a variety of services, exhibits, and programs to promote children's enjoyment of literature, media, information and recreational reading. The Center is for children, parents, childcare providers, educators, individuals and researchers.

Features

•  Main Children's Center is on Twitter! #MainChildrensSFPL

•  SFPL on Facebook!

•  Children's Center Storytime Calendar

• Banned Books Week Display - Free to Read, Free to Be

• Mamava is available for mothers who need privacy for breastfeeding and pumping

Collections

• Parent/educator materials on early childhood development

• International publications in multiple languages

• Magazines, graphic novels and comic books for home use

• Computers with Internet access and word processing software

• Movies, music and educational films (CDs, DVDs, & Blu-rays)

• Play-to-Learn interactive learning space

• Effie Lee Morris Historical and Research Collection of Children’s Literature

• eBooks for kids

Services

• Baby rhyme time, toddler tales, and family story times

• Class visits for pre - K through middle school-aged students should be scheduled two weeks in advance.

• Discover & Go - FAMILY PASS to local museums and attractions.

Languages Spoken by Staff 

• Cantonese

• English

• Spanish