Welcome to Youth Services, a dynamic place to learn more about the services of the library. Use this section to keep up-to-date with what’s happening at the library and to learn more about the services the youth library has to offer. Click on the images below to find out more about our services and membership requirements.
Events & Activities
Read & Win!
There are 140 tickets hidden in library books throughout the library. Check out and read as many books as you can from April 8th – June 14th. You may be lucky enough to find a GOLDEN TICKET. Turn in your ticket to earn an entry into the GRAND PRIZE DRAW. Draw will take place on June 16th, 2025. BE A WINNER, READ!
TUESDAYS
RESUMES APRIL 15th
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
WEDNESDAYS
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
AGES: 14-18
EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AS YOU
ORGANIZE PROGRAMS FOR TEENS AND
ASSIST WITH LIBRARY PROGRAMMING
THURSDAYS
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
RESUMES APRIL 17th
A DIFFERENT BUILD THEME EACH WEEK
STEAM CLUB
SAT. APRIL 26 – 11:30 am -12:30 pm – PLANET MATH GAMES
*THURS. MAY 22 – 4:00 – 5:00 PM –Dr. Reisman the Audiologist: Hear All About It!
(includes free hearing test with parents’ permission)
SAT. JUNE 28 – 11:30 am -12:30 pm – SLIME MAKING
LIMITED SPACE
REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
For further information, contact Mr. Hall at kehall@gov.bm
July 1 – August 16, 2025
Log reading time to earn minutes. Earn 600 minutes to complete reading challenge and be entered into the grand prize draw. There will be also be prizes for reaching 200 and 400 minute levels for participants. https://youtu.be/Xi2i8SMgv-Q
National Library Week April 6-12, 2025
DRAWN TO THE LIBRARY!
Hundreds of people across the island visit the library every week. What’s the draw? Everything.
From young families stopping in for play and storytime, to students seeking resources for schoolwork to seniors seeking tech help and everyone in between, libraries of all kinds help us connect the dots from one part of our journey to the next. Chart your next literary adventure by browsing the stacks or joining a program. Let an author color your imagination, a S.T.E.A.M. Club activity fire up your creative side, or trace your history with your library’s genealogy resources. Make your mark and get involved with your library by volunteering or spreading the word.
Whatever draws you in, the library has something for everyone. Celebrate National Library Week, April 6 – 12, 2025.
Visit the library or website www.bnl.bm and find out about all the services we have for you!
TAB Poetry Competition 2025 Rules
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* A letter to my future/past self
* The masks we wear
* Unfinished conversations
* Colours of Emotions
POETRY SUBMISSIONS CAN ALSO BE EMAILED TO YOUTHLIB@GOV.BM OR DROPPED OFF VIA OUTSIDE BOOK DROP
You can read CRICKET, CLICK AND MUSE Magazines online. You can read the current issue as well as back issues.
Follow these instructions:
Using an Apple OR Android tablet or phone device:
Use the following link to download the Muse, Click Or Cricket Digital Magazine :
Apple Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id563500930
Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MuseMagazine.MuseMagazine
- Click on the lock icon in the upper right corner to access the Sign In window.
- Enter your Recipient Account Number (0028607661) as both the Login and the Password.
- Click the Sign In button.
Using the Internet:
* Go to https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/login.php?i=0&m=45325&l=1
* Enter your Recipient Account Number (0028607661) as both the Login and the Password.
* Click the LOGIN button.
ENJOY!
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. They are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sounds, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book (and some classics) which you can read, or have read to you. The language drop-down menu allows you to view the site in French and Spanish, instead of English. Click HERE to start reading!
Use your library card to access hundreds of free movies through our Kanopy library. Movies for children of all ages. Click here.
Chess gives children the skills that they need to excel scholastically and socially in the world today. If you would like for your child to learn chess or they need someone to play chess with, then sign them up for the Chess Club.
SATURDAYS
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Club run by Larry Ebbin
ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME
SATURDAYS
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
MAIN LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
AGES: 9-13
This club is designed to help young girls develop self-expression, confidence and charitable hearts while discovering their unique gifts and talents. It is a club worth joining where girls can have fun, make new friends and learn amazing new things.
RUN BY PHENOMENAL PEOPLE INC., BERMUDA
WEDNESDAYS 14-18 yrs. 4:00 – 5:15 PM
The mission of the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is to promote Bermuda Youth Library’s services to young adults by:
- Planning and implementing young adult programs
- Creating an inviting atmosphere at the library by maintaining a safe, attractive young adult area
- Promoting ideas in the young adult collection
- Promoting and encouraging reading by young adults
- Advocating the rights of young adults.
JOIN TODAY!
10:30 am AGES: 3 and up RESUMES APRIL 26th
Storytime is an early literacy program where we read books, sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, and get moving with manipulatives like shakers, scarves, and a parachute. Here are some of the benefits of story time.
* Gets kids excited about books and reading
* Develops a library habit
* Encourages socialization
* Improves attention span and listening skills
* Creates quality time between caregiver and child
* Introduces new books, authors, songs, and activities to do at home
Youth Library Auditorium
Thursdays & Saturdays
9:30 – 10:00 am
Ages: 3 month – 2 1/2 yrs.
JANUARY – APRIL
JUNE – JULY (SAT. ONLY)
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER
RESUMES APRIL 17th
Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, and educators worldwide. For each book, supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary school educator is provided, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners worldwide.
Visit Storyline Online at storylineonline.net.
The 
library reading app.
Thousands of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, videos and more – hand-selected by the library- are available for free. From New York Times best-sellers to classics, you’re sure to find something great to read! Warm, personal, and easy to use, Libby is great for users of all ages.
Reading has been associated as an early indicator of academic success. Public formal education does not typically start until ages 5-6. Before then, parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years. The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge is a simple (read a book, any book to your child, with the goal of reading 1,000 before kindergarten) and very manageable endeavor. PICK UP YOUR PACKET FROM THE LIBRARY!
Books-Your-Child-Should-Hear-Before-Kindergarten
For more information about the program, visit 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program
Keep your child’s library books and card safe and dry with a library bag and pouch. Library cards can be
viewed through the clear cover eliminating the need to take cards out to check out books. The library bag allows you to always know where your books are.
Pouches: Red, blue & black $4.00
Bags: Blue, yellow & orange $7.00
