Beanstack is our digital resource that makes it easy to record what you read, find curated book lists and participate in fun reading challenges for all ages. Add the app on your mobile device!
Start your research with Explora! Designed for the student, young researchers can look up biographies, articles on current events, or encyclopedia entries. The homepage features collections—arts and literature, biography, business and careers, current events, geography and culture, health, history and social science, and science and math—so users can easily browse by topic.
Explora Primary School is a complete digital reference collection for elementary schools. The databases include full-text children's magazines, e-books, biographies and encyclopedia entries as well as professional development resources for educators.
The Just for Kids Streaming Collection gives children—and their parents—a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. Just for Kids has the educational videos children want to watch—Sesame Street™, PBS Kids, Vooks, Doggyland, The Electric Company, Arthur, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and thousands more—plus songs, games, and other interactives that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire young people. Plus, the collection is ideal for activities for preschoolers and early learners, an after-school or ESL/ELL program, homework help for students, or resources for homeschoolers that they can access anywhere, anytime.
This video streaming service offers educational and entertaining videos for children including TV shows, movies, animated storybooks, and more. Kanopy Kids is the safe, educational, and parent-trusted streaming platform with over 2,000 titles, ranging from beloved characters like Paddington Bear, Madeline, Blippi, Sesame Street and PBS Kids, to read-along story books by Vooks, Highlights, and Signed Stories.
You’ll be able to set up parental controls and a pin number so children can view content only located in the Kanopy Kids collection.
Please note you will find access to Kanopy Kids on the Kanopy homepage by clicking “Kids” in the upper right hand corner. In the mobile app, tap “More” at the bottom of the page and then “Go to Kanopy Kids.”
LOTE4Kids is an online database of children's books in a wide range of languages, that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English ). Each book also comes with English translations to help kids learn language.
LOTE4Kids has 5000+ digital picture books in 75+ languages, with new books and languages released each month to help libraries to provide a more diverse and inclusive library service for their communities. The resource is ideal for bilingual families reinforcing a native tongue or for anyone needing practice and exposure to a new language they are learning.
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Magic Desktop is edutainment software for Windows that prevents children from going onto windows and instead provides a safe, educational online playground for them instead. Kids can learn through the educational games on the website, watch educational videos and movies, and paint and draw digitally.
Available for in-library use only
Enjoy this unlimited collection of E-books specially curated for children. With over 1200 animated and talking picture books, this is a great way to encourage children to enjoy reading. Books are available in Spanish, French, chapter books, non-fiction and includes game and puzzles!
