2400 N. Croatan Hwy, Suite D PO Box 2539 Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 Phone 252-441-0614 Fax 252-441-3580

Library

Dare County Library
www.earlibrary.org

Manteo Library
Kill Devil Hills Library
Hatteras Library
 252-473-2372
252-441-4331
252-986-2385
 Route 64 & Burnside
400 Mustian Street
HWY 12 in the Community Building

The Dare County Library offers varied services for our youth and families including public computers, Internet, fax, and copier access at all 3 locations. Today's library offers so much more than just books. Check it out, you’ll be amazed! The Dare County Libraries are part of the East Albemarle Library System, so our borrowers also have borrowing privileges in Currituck and Pasquotank-Camden County. You can request items owned by one library to be delivered to the library you use. Our collection includes separate fiction an non-fiction collections for adults, children and teens. Board books, picture books an "EZ readers" for the youngest children. Large print books, books on tapes, books on CD, videotapes, DVDs, music CDs, and magazines can all be borrowed.

Outreach: Dare Dare County Library can arrange to deliver library materials to persons unable to get to the library due to age or illness. Call the Manteo location for more information, 252-473-2372.

Eligibility: Some services are restricted to registered borrowers of the Dare County Library. Many services such as use of public computers, Internet access, fax and copy machines are open to all.

Fees: Use of public computers and Internet access is free, but there is a fee for each page printed. There is a charge for fax service and use of copiers. Check with library for current fees.

Put Reading First, A Guide for Parents

Parent Partners Empower, Reprinted with permission by Exceptional Children's Assistance Center Parent Partners is a project of the Exceptional Children's Assistance Center

Learning to read is hard work for children. Many studies and research suggest common themes on how to give a child a good start in reading. Becoming a reader involves the development of important skills, including learning to:


  • Use language in conversation

  • Listen and respond to stories read aloud

  • Recognize and name the letters of the alphabet

  • Listen to the sounds of spoken language

  • Connect sounds to letters to figure out the 'code' of reading

  • Read often so that recognizing words becomes easy and automatic

  • Learn and use new words

  • Understand what is read

  • When children become good readers in the early grades, they are more likely to become better learners