Services
Borrow Developmental Toys
Manatee Library's collection of developmental toys is designed to support children with special needs by providing access to assistive and adaptive tools that encourage interactive play and skill-building.
Borrow Early Literacy Kits
Borrow Early Literacy Kits filled with books and activities to support preschool and elementary-age children in building essential skills at home.
Borrow from the Library of Things
The Library of Things includes items such as telescopes, musical
instruments, tools, binoculars, hotspots, children's developmental toys
and literacy kits, museum and attraction passes, and more!
Reserve Museum and Attraction Passes
Manatee Library offers complimentary passes to attractions and
museums including The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, the Big Cat
Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary, the Florida Railroad Museum, and
Imagine Museum.
Yes! Manatee Library has many other types of materials for checkout including eBooks, eAudiobooks, DVDs, games, early literacy kits, telescopes, binoculars, musical instruments, hotspots, tools, and more. See the Library of Things and the Library Catalog to discover more about these items and put them on reserve.
| Attraction passes: | 1 day
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| DVDs: | 1 week |
| New books: | 2 weeks |
| Most books, audiobooks, and music CDs: | 3 weeks |
| Library of Things items (tools, telescopes, musical instruments, etc): | 3 weeks |
| STEM/Early Literacy kits, Playaways, and Launchpads: | 3 weeks |
| Book Club in a Bag: | 4 weeks |
| Digital items: | varying due dates, automatically expire |
| Interlibrary Loan from other library systems: | set by lending library |
Materials may be borrowed from any Manatee Library location and returned to any other, with few exceptions. All Library locations have indoor and outdoor book return. Lakewood Ranch Library is the only location with a drive-thru return/pick-up window.
Library of Things items (such as telescopes, hotspots, literacy kits/games, and tools) must be returned directly to the circulation desk.
Items borrowed from other library systems via reciprocal borrowing (for example, Sarasota or Pinellas) must be returned to a location in that library system, not to Manatee Library.