Books in the Children’s Room are shelved by reading level, type of book or subject. These include, easy picture books, pre-primers, easy readers, juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Other collections include Reference, Parents, Indiana, Foreign Language and Careers. Books available for loan for specific holidays and special projects such as science fairs, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and essay contests generally circulate for one week and have a limit on the number of books that can be checked out. To see specific titles available at the Elkhart Public Library, search the on-line catalog.
Children’s Books Loan Information
Reference Books
- Renewals are not allowed
- Reserves are not allowed
- A few Reference books circulate and may be checked out for 3 days
Books
- Renewals are allowed
- Reserves are allowed
- Circulate for three weeks
- Six week Teacher or vacation loans are available
- No limit on number of books that can be checked out


