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Contact:
South Dakota State Library
MacKay Building
800 Governors Dr.
Pierre, SD 57501
1-605-773-3131
1-605-773-6962 (FAX)
1-800-423-6665
(SD Only)
library@state.sd.us 
Hours: Mon-Fri
8 am - 5 pm CT
7 am - 4 pm MT
Library Outreach/ LSTA | Children's & Youth Services
Children's & Youth Services
- Book Awards
- College, Career and Life Ready
SD Dept. of Education - Homework: Electronic Resources (Elementary)
- Programming Resources
- Reader's Advisory
- Read! SD South Dakota's Summer Reading Challenge
- Special Needs
- Summer Reading Program
- Young Adult Services
Book Awards
South Dakota's Prairie Bud, Prairie Bloom and Pasque Awards
The Prairie Bud, Prairie Bloom & Pasque Children's Book Awards are sponsored by the South Dakota Library Association. Prairie Bud Awards cover grades Pre-Kindergarten through 1st. Prairie Bloom cover grades 2nd through 3rd. Prairie Pasque Awards cover grades 4th through 5th.
More Information on Prairie Bud, Prairie Bloom and Prairie Pasque
YARP: South Dakota Teen Choice Book Award
Each year the Young Adult Reading Program (YARP) Committee of the South Dakota Library Association publishes a list to promote quality literature and to help South Dakota teachers and librarians in selecting and promoting books for adolescents.
More Book Awards:
Programming Resources
Links and book recommendations for activities, decorating, puppetry, and infant/toddler programming
Continue on to Programming Resources
Performer's Database 
A performer listing created by the South Dakota State Library as a service to public libraries and other organizations that want to hire quality performers for their children's programs.
Continue on to the Performer's Database
Reader's Advisory
Tip Sheets
How To Choose Good Books For Your Child
How To Read Aloud To A Classroom Of Children
How To Read Aloud To Your Child
From the South Dakota Historical Society Press:
Special Needs
Resources for patrons with special needs.
Braille and Talking Book Library
The South Dakota Braille & Talking Book Library (B&TB) has both fiction and nonfiction books for children in print/braille (twin vision), braille, and talking book formats. Materials in the collection begin at the preschool level.
More Information on Braille and Talking Book.
ALA's ASCLA: Library Accessibility — What You Need to Know
This toolkit series of fifteen tipsheets was developed to help librarians in all types of libraries understand and manage access issues. Includes “Children with Disabilities”, “Developmental Disabilities”, “Learning Disabilities” and more.
Summer Reading
Jumpstart
Grab your travel gear and head to a Jump Start workshop near you! Scheduled every February.
More Information on Jumpstart
Collaborative Summer Reading Program (CSLP)
A grassroots consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries.
Young Adult Services
Homework, YARP: South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards, and more. Formerly known as the “TeenCenter”.
More Information about Young Adult Services
The 2019-20 Nominee list is announced!
South Dakota State Library Cornerstone
SDSL's e-Newsletter articles include:
- Children and YA Services
- Maker Spaces
- School Libraries
- Summer Reading
and many more!
Collect+Connect
A School Library Blog from SDSL
Contact:
Laura Kelly
Children's & Youth Services Coordinator
605-773-5066
605-773-3131, Option 5, 1
Alissa Adams
School Library Technology Coordinator
605-295-3152
605-773-3131, Option 5, 3
