Lending Library

Welcome to the Lending Library


What is the Lending Library?

It's a fun, easy and convenient way to enhance your environment and the experiences for children birth-5yr!  A variety of materials are available for providers and parents to "borrow" for up to 2 weeks at a time.  

Download Flyer that explains the types of items available (revision date 10/21/11) 
Download two page list of titles and topics

What's available?

- Experience Bins- Infant/Toddler

Experience Bins- Preschool 

- Story Stretchers (including BigBooks)

- Books on Tape

CARES (Infant/Toddler & Preschool Topics are the same; contents are different)

- Teaching/Curriculum Resource Books

Please review the User Agreement for more specific information regarding user responsiblities.

Where/How do I check out and return materials?

Office for Young Children is the designated hub for the Lending Library serving Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia and Shiawassee Counties.  

We offer curb-side service for pick up and drop off, if needed, at the Ingham County Health Department, Lansing. 
In addition, for your convienence, we have established a number of partner sites available to assist with the check out and return process.  Some sites have specific items available on site.  However, all items are available for pick up and drop off at these sites.


Office for Young Children - 800-234-6996 or 517-887-4319

Additional Lending Library Sites serving Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Shiawassee
Clinton MSU Extension
100 E State, Ste G100, St. Johns
c/o Theresa Silm 
989-224-5252 All items available for pickup and drop off.
Items on site include


CARES Inf/Tod & CARES Preschool
Clinton Great Start/RESA
4179 S US 27, St. Johns
c/o Karen Black 
989-224-6831 All items available for pickup and drop off.
Items on site include


CARES Inf/Tod & CARES Preschool


Experience Bins (Infant/Toddler): Pond; My Body; Building & Blocks; Around Town
Experience Bins (PreK): Building & Blocks; Around Town; Run Into Fitness; Space
Story Stretchers: Color Dance; Jamaica's Find; Jamberry; Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel; The foot book; The Mitten
Eaton Great Start
311 W. First St., Charlotte
c/o Ronda Rucker 
517-541-8987 All items available for pickup and drop off.
Items on site include
Experience Bins (Inf/Tod): Around Town, Baby Animals, Friends & Feelings, Little Artist, My Body, Pond, Strike Up the Band, Transportation Station  
Story Stretchers: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Going On A Bear Hunt, Goodnight Moon, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, Mouse Paint, Old McDonald Had A Farm, Planting A Rainbow, Silly Sally, There Was An Old Lady, Very Hungry Caterpillar
Shiawassee Great Start/SRESD
114 W North St, Owosso
c/o Lori Noyer
989-725-2581  ext 2113
no specific inventory on site, but items can be picked up and dropped off at this location
 

(If outside of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia and Shiawassee, please contact your local Regional Resource Center at 1-877-614-7328 for their lending library information.)