Youth Digital Collections
The demand from young people for engaging materials that they can access from anywhere, at anytime continues increase dramatically.
Alligator Pie
Alligator Pie provides valuable early literacy support by Library staff to vulnerable children in daycare centres in the Downtown Eastside, Strathcona, and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods.
Man in the Moon
VPL’s Man in the Moon program provides opportunities for fathers and other male identifying caregivers to learn about how to best support early literacy and language development in their children through playing, singing, talking and reading together.
Mother Goose
Vancouver Public Library’s Mother Goose program is a targeted early literacy initiative for parents and caregivers who are facing challenges and require extra support.
Roots of Reading Expansion
The Roots of Reading is a fun and appealing collection of YouTube videos designed to support adults with their ability to share engaging songs, rhymes, and stories with young children.
Video Streaming for Kids
Kanopy Kids is a collection of movies and shows for children ages 2 and up, available for streaming to public libraries. Kanopy Kids features a collection of films and TV series...
Central Children’s Library Expansion
Fostering and encouraging a life-long love of learning and reading starts at a young age.
Branch Early Literacy Spaces
Early Literacy Playgrounds are vibrant, interactive and multimodal spaces that engage children ages birth to five years in play-based learning.
Digital Literacy Supports
VPL is committed to offering a range of programs, resources and lifelong learning opportunities so that Vancouverites can build the new skills and literacies they need to succeed in the 21st century.