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Welcome to Youth Services!

The Yarmouth Town Libraries welcome children of all ages and their caregivers to enjoy many opportunities of family literacy, S.T.E.A.M. connections, entertainment and enrichment. We choose materials for our collections that reflect the diversity and multiple interests in our community. We can loan you magazines, movies, books and music, educational games, puzzles and more.

We encourage natural curiosity and the love of lifelong learning.

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Staff Picks

for July

Staff Pick J Non-Fiction
Flying Deep: Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin
by Michelle Cusolito,
Illustrated by Nicole Wong

On the Alvin, a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, three scientists dive into the Pacific Ocean to discover if life thrives at the bottom of the sea. Written in a loose logbook style, the book captures the emotions of the scientists who are hopeful that their work will lead to new discoveries. Experience a normal day on the Alvin and with sound effects, repetition, and challenging vocabulary, kids will enjoy this suspenseful and informative plot.
J 627.704 CUS K-Grade 4

Staff Pick Young Adult Nonfiction
Rising Troublemaker: a Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens
by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Nigerian-born best-selling author Ajayi Jones offers invaluable advice with forthrightness and honesty to teens in this young readers adaptation of her adult book Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021). Chapters are divided into sections titled “Be,” “Say,” and “Do” encouraging teens to know themselves, overcome their insecurities, and speak up for what they want and need. Readers are encouraged to find helpers, embrace change, aspire to be kind, and fight their fears. YA NF 158.1 AJA Grade 7+.