Find one near you, a new batch of 28 "New Reading Spaces in a Child-Friendly City" are open in Shanghai

In the new child-friendly reading space of Nicheng Town Library in Pudong New District, there are young readers surrounding the mobile terminals newly distributed by the district library, playing games and learning knowledge in the ocean of children's digital resources. There are also young readers in the newly arranged reading space. Browsing through the new books that were just delivered, chatting softly with the parents beside you... Reading is more child-centered, so reading can be more warm. "June 1st" is approaching, and the 2024 Shanghai Municipal Government's practical project for the private sector "Creating 100 New Reading Spaces in a Child-Friendly City" has released a new batch of 28 new reading spaces for children on the basis of the first batch of 20 new spaces. International Children's Day gifts for kids.

Reading is not just in the traditional library - the Hongkou District Heping Academy·Children's Library located in the park is where you can read books and get close to nature. The "Locomotive" urban bookstore in Haiwan Town built in Fengxian District has become a local "Internet celebrity" landmark with the shape of two train cars. The urban cultural landscape is integrated with children's reading and aesthetic education. The new child-friendly reading space of Nanjing East Road Street Library in Huangpu District innovates the "1N" model to achieve multi-space linkage, break the campus walls, open up the new space and the school library, and realize resource sharing.

New child-friendly reading space in Lokomotiv City Bookstore, Haiwan Town, Fengxian District

New child-friendly reading space in Nanjing East Road Street Library, Huangpu District

Reading is not just about immersing yourself in a book - in the new reading space of child-friendly cities, social activities are becoming increasingly apparent. The new child-friendly reading space of Zhoujiaqiao Street Library in Changning District continues the classic story written by Hong Xuntao, the father of "Ma Liang", and launches the "Little Storyteller" speech contest. The new child-friendly reading space of Changqiao Street Library in Xuhui District carries out the "Qinghe Readers" reading activity, which encourages children to use their voices to spread classics through campus elders and Shanghai-style famous readers. The new child-friendly reading space of the Siping Road Street Library in Yangpu District has created the "Siji Little Study Room" brand, where a group of teenage "anchors" tell their favorite picture book stories.

New child-friendly reading space in Zhoujiaqiao Street Library, Changning District

New child-friendly reading space in Changqiao Street Library, Xuhui District

New child-friendly reading space in Siping Road Street Library, Yangpu District

Reading is not just about listening to adults - the new reading space in a child-friendly city is also a window for children to integrate into society. Children can participate in the decision-making of what books to buy and what activities to carry out. The Children's Service Center in Kangqiao Town, Pudong New Area, has established a "Children's Council" mechanism to give full play to children's subjective initiative, cultivate children's sense of ownership, and participate in the construction and operation of children's reading spaces. Zhongshuge Thames Store, known as the "most beautiful bookstore" in Songjiang District, has specially opened a childlike "Time Children's Library" for children, as well as a "Little Store Manager's Recommended Book List". The new child-friendly reading space of Maqiao Town Library in Minhang District launched the "Reading Passport" program. The children's library of Zhenxin Street Library in Jiading District has created scientific and innovative features and moved the central live broadcast room, VR equipment, etc. into the reading space.

The Children’s Service Center of Kangqiao Town, Pudong New Area established a “Children’s Council” mechanism

"Little Store Manager Recommended Book List" from Time Children's Bookstore in Zhongshuge Thames Store, Songjiang District

The new child-friendly reading space of Maqiao Town Library in Minhang District launches the "Reading Passport" program

Jiading District Zhenxin Street Library Children’s Center creates scientific and innovative features

During the "June 1" period, various new child-friendly urban reading spaces will carry out a variety of children's reading activities. During the summer vacation, a number of completed new child-friendly reading spaces will be opened to the public.

The Municipal Children's Library will launch the "Children's Library Wonderful Night" special reading event in the evening of Children's Day, and the "Sky Painting Board" light and shadow show will be lit up again. Children and their families embarked on a "time machine" and traveled to the Ming Dynasty more than 300 years ago, "dialogued" with Song Yingxing, appreciated the ancestor of the encyclopedia "Tiangong Kaiwu", and immersed themselves in ancient Chinese technology.

During the festival, young readers can watch the shadow play of "One scene with a three-foot stage, borrowing lights to show the string music" at the Municipal Children's Library, and experience the modern expression of traditional art in the light and shadow; experience the "Approaching Su Shi" themed book exhibition, Feel the thoughts and talents of ancient literati. In addition, there are also activities such as lectures on book music appreciation, future young engineers, young STEM masters, young architects, and archeology lecture series, allowing children to enjoy the festival while savoring the fragrance of books.

Municipal Children’s Library Children’s Day themed reading series activities

Link: A new batch of new reading space spots in Shanghai’s child-friendly city

Warm reminder: The opening hours of each space may be slightly adjusted due to holidays, winter and summer vacations, venue maintenance and other factors. The specific opening hours are subject to timely announcements by each space.

01Children’s Service Center, Kangqiao Town, Pudong New Area

Address: No. 9, Lane 156, Yuxia Road Opening hours: Wednesday: 08:30-11:30 Thursday to Sunday: 08:30-17:30

Feature introduction: Bookshelves of different heights are configured according to children's height, equipped with picture books in various forms such as science popularization and family education; there is a parent-child reading picture book area, a children's picture book story display stage, a children's reading exchange and sharing area, etc. Through rich space construction and multi-dimensional emotional expression, it provides children with a reading space full of imagination and creativity.

02 New child-friendly reading space in Nicheng Town Library, Pudong New Area

Address: No. 8, Lane 3156, Hongyin Road Opening hours: May to September: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00 October to April: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-16:30

Feature introduction: Provide book lending, picture book reading, story telling, handicraft activities, animation appreciation and other services to children and adolescents in the jurisdiction, cultivate children's reading interests and habits, and stimulate creative talents and good moral character.

03 New child-friendly reading space in Lujiazui Street Library, Pudong New Area

Address: No. 155 Rushan Road Opening hours: Monday: 13:00-17:00 Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-17:00

Feature introduction: The entire third floor is a children's reading space, including children's bookshelves, picture book shelves, children's reading area, children's activity room, and parent-child activity area. There are more than 50 special reading seats for children, and there are also shelves for children's periodicals. According to the reading needs of children of different ages, we provide activity space for community children and carry out popular science family education guidance and other activities. There are also children's psychological consultation rooms, parent-child restrooms, etc.

04New child-friendly reading space in Nanjing East Road Street Library, Huangpu District

Address: Central Library Area: Room 103, Room 201, No. 101 Jiangyin Road Bookcase·City Study: Reader No. 111 Guling Road·Suhe Cultural Space: Second Floor, No. 1015 South Suzhou Road

Opening hours: Central library area: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:30 Monday only reading books·City study room: Monday to Friday: 15:00-18:00 Saturday and Sunday: 10:00- 17:00 Reader·Suhe Cultural Space: Monday: 10:00-18:00, reading only Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-21:00

Feature introduction: Combined with the concept of 15-minute living circle, with the central area of ​​the street library as the core, it links two special community libraries, "Bookcase·Urban Study Room" and "Reader·Suhe Cultural Space", to create a children's "doorstep" Great place to read. At the same time, we have joined hands with Shanghai Gezhi Junior High School to revitalize the co-construction and sharing of social and school resources, and launched the "Enjoy the Joy of Reading with the Heart to Find Children's Fun" brand activity to upgrade children's reading experience.

05 New child-friendly reading space in Wuliqiao Street Library, Huangpu District

Address: Room 215, Room 205, 2nd Floor, No. 600 Longhua East Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-18:30

Feature introduction: The 100-square-meter children's reading space and the "Ketang" offline experience space are dedicated to creating a world of growth for children that includes education and fun. The children's reading area combines children's reading characteristics, hobbies and safety needs, and is equipped with "little people" bookshelves and picture bookshelves. The "Ke Tang" offline experience space cleverly combines reading and science popularization, creating a science popularization reading space with a strong sense of interactive experience.

06 Weiyang Academy, Community Cultural Activity Center, Shimen 2nd Road, Jing'an District

Address: Building 8, No. 1501 South Suzhou Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 09:00-19:00

Feature introduction: Based on Weiyang Academy, a community cultural activity center on Shimen 2nd Road, it is integrated with the "one river and one river" waterfront landscape. Its internal functions use traditional culture to nourish the heart and enlighten the mind, creating a new "15-minute living circle" in the area. Scenes. With the brand of "Shi Er Chinese Studies, Neighborhood Children's Reading", it highlights the characteristics of Chinese studies, combines traditional cultural space with children's cultural cultivation, and promotes the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

07 Children’s Library, Nanjing West Road Street, Jing’an District

Address: No. 602, Yan'an Middle Road Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 09:30-17:30

Feature introduction: There are different functional areas such as reading area, service area, special shelf area, and activity area. The library has a collection of more than 10,000 books, with more than 2,000 new volumes added to the collection every year, and a variety of children's activities are held regularly.

08 New child-friendly reading space in Changqiao Street Library, Xuhui District

Address: 4th floor, No. 237 Luoxiang Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 09:00-17:00 Only books are returned on Mondays

Feature introduction: It consists of a 100-square-meter experience area for children aged 0-3, an 80-square-meter parent-child reading area for 3-6 years old, a youth self-study area, a children's science popularization activity area and a reading and sharing space. Brand activities such as "Bridgeside Children's Reading Club", "Little Scientists", "Plant Nature Class", "Qinghe Readers" and "Famous Lectures" are carried out regularly.

09New ​​child-friendly reading space in Tianlin Street Library, Xuhui District

Address: No. 588 Tianlin East Road Opening hours: Parent-Child Book Club: Monday to Sunday: 07:00-18:30 Children's Reading Room: Monday: 13:00-17:30 Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-17:30

Feature introduction: Regularly organize parent-child reading promotion activities, such as Tian Xiaoxiao Yue Reading Club, Tong Xinhui, etc. It collects a large number of popular science books and magazines, covering astronomy, geography, biology, physics and other fields. It has rich popular science content and provides scientific experimental equipment and models to improve children's hands-on ability and innovative thinking.

10New child-friendly reading space in Zhoujiaqiao Street Library, Changning District

Address: No. 6, Lane 1488, Changning Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00

Feature introduction: Relying on the "Hongxuntao Children's Library", a series of cultural activities are regularly carried out, such as the original sitcom "The Magic Pen "Painting" Zhou Qiao", "Ma Liang Roots" Hometown Study, etc., while enriching the lives of young people in the community, amplifying "Ma Liang" Cup" connotation and influence.

11New child-friendly reading space in Tianshan Road Subdistrict Library, Changning District

Address: Building 1, No. 122, Tianshan Fourth Village Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00

Feature introduction: The library has an independent parent-child reading space, and provides community youth with social practice positions including venue explanations, order maintenance, book lending, reader consultation, document circulation, etc. during winter and summer vacations, thereby creating patriotism education and research practice for young people. , popular science education, labor work, and volunteer service in parallel social practice platform.

12 A new child-friendly reading space for children in Caoyang Xincun Street, Putuo District

Address: No. 317, Xingshan Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00

Feature introduction: Based on children's perspective, respect the physical and mental development characteristics of children, consider the activity characteristics of children and caregivers, take into account the needs of special children groups, and follow the direction of "internal and external linkage, combination of dynamic and static, and full participation" to stimulate children's interest in reading. Develop good reading habits.

Address: 2nd floor, No. 1988 Xincun Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00

Feature introduction: There is a parent-child reading activity space suitable for children, a reading self-study space suitable for primary and secondary school students, and an exclusive reading communication space. The "Happy Frog" 17 Growth Companion Club is carefully organized to provide community teenagers with reading services close to their doorsteps. Reading activities and public welfare practice platform.

Address: Building 16, No. 891 Tianbao Road Opening hours: Monday: 13:00-20:00 Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-20:00

Feature introduction: Hongkou District Heping Academy·Children's Library is a new children's reading space in the Heping Branch of the Hongkou District Library. It is located in Heping Park. It takes natural science and green ecological environmental protection as the characteristics of the collection of literature and the focus of children's reading promotion.

15 New child-friendly reading space in Siping Road Street Library, Yangpu District

Address: 2nd Floor, No. 360 Fushun Road Opening hours: Monday: 08:30-17:00, viewing only Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-20:30

Feature introduction: The space is brightly colored and full of childlike interest. It is divided into picture book areas, Western reading shelves, reading areas, science popularization innovation rooms and other special areas according to different ages. The reading brand "Siji Little Study Room" and the popular science brand "Qiaoshou Xiaoluban" combine online and offline activities to actively carry out various reading activities to cultivate children's curiosity and interest in reading.

16 New child-friendly reading space in Gaojing Town Library, Baoshan District

Address: 5th Floor, No. 371 Gaojing Road Opening hours: Monday: 13:00-19:00 Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-19:00

Feature introduction: There is a youth reading room and a children's reading activity room. The building is spacious, bright and reasonably laid out. There are more than 5,000 picture books in the children's reading activity room, which is open to families with children aged 0-6 years old. According to the two age groups of 2-4 years old and 4-6 years old, online and offline parent-child picture book reading activities are carried out throughout the year.

17 New child-friendly reading space in Dachang Town Library, Baoshan District

Address: No. 2010-1, Hutai Road Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-18:30

Feature introduction: The picture book library on the first floor contains about 20,000 books, mainly domestic and foreign classic picture books. The interior decoration is warm and lively, and the walls are mainly hand-painted cartoons. It is also equipped with a panda cartoon self-service borrowing and returning machine. The library offers parent-child reading activities all year round.

18 Minhang District Daling Bay Library·Picture Book World

Address: 3rd Floor, Zero Bay Library, No. 158 Lanping Road Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-20:00

Feature introduction: The overall design is spacious and bright, with a large and open space layout, interspersed with picture book exhibition areas with childlike interest, innocence, and aesthetic education as the main themes. Modular and flexible furniture is used to create a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere, making reading full of fun.

19 New child-friendly reading space in Maqiao Town Library, Minhang District

Address: No. 120 Fuzhuo Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-18:00

Feature introduction: Combined with the "15-minute community life circle", incorporating elements of the national intangible cultural heritage Maqiao hand and lion dance, highlighting childlike innocence, coordinating resources from all parties, carefully designing activities, and improving new child-friendly reading spaces in all aspects of software and hardware connotation.

20 "Jin Show Future" new child-friendly reading space in Pujin Street, Minhang District

Address: 2nd floor, No. 651 Jianghua Road Opening hours: Monday: 8:30-12:30, borrowing and returning books only Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-18:30

Feature introduction: The indoor layout is warm, using natural and environmentally friendly solid wood materials, soft walls, non-slip floors, bookshelves, tables and chairs with smart designs and appropriate heights. The adult reading area on the first floor is equipped with a monitoring screen to facilitate parents to understand the situation of the children's reading space on the second floor at any time.

21Children’s Library, Zhenxin Street Library, Jiading District

Address: No. 55, Lane 755, Xinyu Road Opening hours: Monday: 13:00-20:00 Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-20:00

Feature introduction: Featuring interstellar technology, it provides a comfortable reading space for children. The museum has a children's picture book area, a young children's reading and self-study area, a projection viewing area, a digital reading area, and an immersive space effect on the roof, allowing Shanghai style and technology to perfectly blend.

Address: No. 149 Moyu Road Opening hours: Monday: 13:00-17:00 Tuesday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00

Feature introduction: It has a special children's lending and reading area, which is a carefully designed and independent reading world for children. Activities such as parent-child reading and story telling are held regularly to provide young people with a place to enrich book resources and a warm reading environment.

23New child-friendly reading space in Zhujing Town Library, Jinshan District

Address: 3rd Floor, No. 360 Renmin Road Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:30-20:30 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 8:30-17:00

Feature introduction: There is a children's reading area and a parent-child activity area. The overall design of the space is in the shape of a "tree", which means "children's growth and development". It considers equipment, layout, color, materials and other aspects to provide a safe, rich and interesting environment to meet children's learning and growth needs.

24 New child-friendly reading space in Yueyang Street Library, Songjiang District

Address: No. 30, Lane 171, Renmin North Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-17:00

Feature introduction: It has a children's library, a children's electronic reading area, and a child-friendly playground. Various reading activities are carried out regularly.

25 Time Children’s Library, Zhongshuge Thames Store, Songjiang District

Address: No. 930, Lane 900, Sanxin North Road Opening hours: December to February: Monday: 11:00-18:00; Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-18:00 March to November: Monday: 11:00 -21:00; Tuesday to Sunday: 09:00-21:00

Feature introduction: "Time Children's Bookstore", as part of the "Most Beautiful Bookstore", carries out the "Time Reading" project to enrich the reading life of residents in surrounding communities and help family members grow together.

26 New child-friendly reading space in Zhujiajiao Town Library, Qingpu District

Address: No. 28, Shajiadai Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-16:30

Feature introduction: There are more than 3,000 volumes of comic books in the unique collection, some of which are hand-painted books that have been around for a long time. In each event, school teachers, social volunteers, and children's literature writers will be invited to share stories with young readers.

27 New child-friendly reading space in Lokomotiv City Bookstore, Haiwan Town, Fengxian District

Address: Northwest side of the intersection of Hainong Highway and Minle Road, Haiwan Town Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-16:30

Feature introduction: As an "Internet celebrity" landmark building in Haiwan Town, it is shaped like two train carriages, integrating the urban cultural landscape with Qixian's self-cultivation and aesthetic education. The "Octopus Country Children's Literature Creation Base" was established, and family reading projects such as the "Anna Reading Club" activity, the "Fun Le·Qing Feiyang" summer school class, and the "Chun Ni Wo" children's aesthetic education were cultivated.

28 New child-friendly reading space in Chengqiao Town, Chongming District

Address: No. 19, Lane 8, Dachen Road Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 08:30-16:30

Feature introduction: Located on the ground floor of the Chengqiao Town Community Party and Mass Service Center, it is adjacent to Chongming District Dongmen Primary School to the west, Chongming District Youth Activity Center to the south, and Chongming District Dongmen Center to the northwest corner. It has an excellent geographical location, where children gather, and convenient transportation. .