Resources by Audience: Kids

Beanstack is a platform for tracking reading to encourage everyone to have fun while learning. You'll be able to track your reading anywhere you go with a free account for the Summer Reading Challenge and more. View Resource

Boundless (formerly Axis360) provides access to popular and bestselling eBooks and eAudiobooks. The collection includes thousands of titles for adults, teens, and children. Titles are automatically returned at the end of the loan period with no late fees.

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This platform provides access to thousands of digital comics for patrons of all ages. Our subscription includes digital access for every patron on desktop, mobile device, or tablet. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. View Resource

Creativebug.com has thousands of award-winning art and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. View Resource

Explora Primary Schools is a research interface designed specifically for schools that features reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.  For students in kindergarten through 5th grade. View Resource

This database provides over 25,000 full-text encyclopedic entries and offers brief biographies covering a variety of subject areas. It is searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. View Resource

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides information about many of the most popular hobbies, crafts, and recreation activities such as collecting, games and electronics, model building, needlework, outdoors and nature, scrapbooking, and papercraft. View Resource

Download or stream movies, TV shows, music, eAudiobooks, eBooks, and comics on your device. Enjoy a kids' mode, instant access, and automatic returns. View Resource

Stream thoughtful entertainment such as documentaries, rare titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema. Access includes Kanopy Kids and Great Courses.

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Download eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines, and more for all ages through eMedia Library available via the Libby app and powered by the company, OverDrive.

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LOTE (Languages Other Than English) Online for Kids is a database of digital picture books in world languages that helps libraries engage multilingual families in their communities, while encouraging kids to enjoy books and learn language through the magic of storytelling. View Resource

This database is designed for middle school students and contains full text articles for popular middle school magazines assigned to Lexile reading level indicators.  Find biographies, historical essays, reference books, photos, maps, flags, and primary source documents. View Resource

All the information you could want about books, authors, and series! Includes book descriptions and suggests similar books and authors to read, plus you can search for different topics or Lexile reading levels. View Resource

Designed for elementary school students, this database contains full text articles from popular elementary school sources with assigned Lexile reading level indicators.  Find biographies, historical essays, reference books, photos, maps, flags, American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals™, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. View Resource

ProQuest invites you to explore this website that focuses on Black Freedom and features select primary source documents related to intrumental people and events in African American history. View Resource

TumbleBook Library collection has over 1100 titles and is perfect for public libraries and elementary schools, with content most appropriate for those in grades K-6. It includes animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, graphic novels, playlists, and books in French and Spanish. View Resource

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. View Resource