Library programs

Librarians and volunteers visit patient rooms and read at the bedside. To request a 1:1 Storytime for your child or have books brought to your room, contact the Family Resource Libraries or call 214-456-0222.

Librarians and volunteers take our bookmobile to all areas of our inpatient and outpatient locations with carts loaded with books for all ages (board books, chapter books, young adult, adult and research-level) in English and Spanish when available. We can also provide bookmarks and activity packets so each family can select their forever book and packet to take home. The activity packets coloring pages, word games, library information, crayons, and color pencils for the entire family.

The long-term reading program provides story times and activities supported by librarians and volunteers on a weekly basis. These are created to be personal to each patient we meet with during their stay in the hospital. Meet reading goals and win prizes!

Request a reading goal checklist from the Family Resource Libraries to learn more.

Mini unit libraries are "mini lending library" hosted on different floors in the hospital. These give patients 24-hour access to books close to their rooms. Each mini library includes a bookshelf on wheels, a selection of books for patients & families, and a scannable stand to check out books.

Is your child in isolation or is your visit to the hospital short? You can pick a book to take home. Librarians are passionate about getting books into the hands of our patients, and families. Thanks to our many generous donors’ new books and trinkets are available to take home throughout the year.

Tune into channel 77 on Thursdays at 10 a.m. to listen to our featured book of the week. Each month the library features books from our collection. Come by the library to get a complimentary activity packet to match the book that week.