Children

ABC Mouse is a learning tool for preschoolers and elementary-aged children.

The AP Images Collection database captures the greatest events in history and brings them to life with photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text. *

Try our library's app to browse books, put holds on items, and even check out items.

Be Internet Awesome teaches kids how to be safe online and how to be good digital citizens.

Beanstack is used by our libraries to help you keep track of your reading while possibly winning prizes.  Log in and sign up for our challenges throughout the year.

The Black Freedom Struggle resource is provided at no cost to the POWER Library by ProQuest. It features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African-American history.*

BookFlix® is a digital literacy resource that pairs more than 120 animated stories with a best-selling nonfiction eBook on a similar subject. The pairings are designed to strengthen early literacy skills while exposing young learners to real-world concepts. *

Britannica School PreK - 5th is a comprehensive source of informational text for younger learners pre-K to grade 5. It includes encyclopedia articles, images, videos, and magazine articles. There is a Britannica Fundamentals section for children Pre-K through grade 2. Tools such as a world atlas, virtual tours, country comparison, etc., allow learners to explore geography and animal kingdom topics. A Britannica Fundamentals provides materials for...

Find ebooks for kids of all ages. You'll find both fiction and non-fiction books.

Find read-aloud suggestions, a game, and more.

Dial-a-story offers a short story available by phone or online.

Ebsco eBooks allows you to select from over 16,000 eBooks from the world’s leading publishers across all major subject areas. Perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online.*

The Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School studies the positive and negative effects of the digital media that young people — from birth through young adulthood — use and how they use them.

Our wakelet contains pre-recorded programs for story time and more.

Visit our YouTube channel for how-to videos, Library of Things introductions, and more.

Find some ebooks from Gale.

Gale’s PowerSearch allows you to search all the Gale databases at once.  Discover a collection of authoritative periodicals, scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference content *

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. 

LOTE4Kids is our online database of digital books in World Languages, that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English).  Each book comes with English translations to help kids learn languages.

Learn It Live offers live and on-demand classes, quick tip videos, and programs for wellness and personal development.

Libby (Overdrive) has over 4000 ebooks and 800 downloadable audio, all you need is your library card to borrow. You can either use the website or download the Libby app 

NoveList Plus will help you find your next great read.  Find read-alikes and explore your favorite genres.

NoveList K-8 Plus will help you find your next great read. Great for students and those helping students.

PA 529 plans help families save for college and career education. They are easy to use and easy to set up for your children or grandchildren.

PBS Kids have lots of games and learning opportunities.

POWER Kids provides quick access to all the state provided e-resources chosen specifically for children.*

POWER Library e-resources provide access to thousands of full-text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, photographs, pictures, charts, maps, and reference material for Pennsylvanians of all ages.*

Need help finding a book to read? We can help with that! Fill out the form to get started!

From PBS Kids, you’ll find videos, games, and more.

Go to Sesame Street for videos, games, craft ideas and more.

Whether you’re a true language learning beginner, dusting off your old high school Spanish, or eager to tackle your tenth language—Transparent Language Online will help you get started and stick with it.

Transparent Language Online for our young patrons. Use games and more to gain a new language.

Transparent Language Online for our young patrons. Use games and more to gain a new language.

Transparent Language Online for our young patrons. Use games and more to gain a new language.

Transparent Language Online for our young patrons. Use games and more to gain a new language.

Transparent Language Online for our young patrons. Use games and more to gain a new language.

Transparent Language Online for our young patrons. Use games and more to gain a new language.

Offering dozens of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning, TrueFlix® is a highly-engaging multimedia resource. *

Continually updated, the World Book Online is a great source of accurate and accessible information geared to all age levels.