Youth Services

As a Family Place Library™, RHPL provides a welcoming community environment with resources to help families nurture their children's development and early learning during the critical first years of life.

One of the great things about living in Michigan is that, rest assured, we’ll get to experience the change of the seasons. As we consider this change we might ask ourselves, “is there a way to connect literacy to winter?” And the answer is “Yes!”

DINOvember is a month-long celebration of all things dinosaurs. It’s the perfect time of the year to engage children's imaginations about these big creatures that lived millions of years ago.

RHPL youth librarians will be visiting local elementary schools to speak with area fifth graders in October and the Battle of the Books will officially kickoff on Wednesday, November 12

RCS Students and Parents, As you may know, students in Rochester Community Schools are automatically issued a Rochester Hills Public Library (RHPL) card at enrollment. In an effort to standardize barcodes and assist educators who do not have access to RHPL records, RCS student library barcodes are now their student ID, and no longer the traditional library number that begins with 2315. You can find this ID number in the StudentVue or ParentVue app. You can now use this numbe

Exploring your family’s past can help you better understand where you come from - and perhaps even gain a deeper understanding of yourself.

Comment cards, Share your Story submissions, behind the scenes tours, phone calls, emails, face-to-face conversations, RHPL gives you...

Five simple practices can help your child get ready to read: Reading, Writing, Singing, Talking, and Playing.

The new "Blue Bus" sits outside RHPL waiting to hit the road. Thanks to the overwhelming approval of a new millage from Rochester Hills...