Archive and Digital Resources for: "kid"
Access Video on Demand
Documentaries, independent films, news reels, self-improvement guides, Rolie Polie Olie, and special television features
View more about: documentary, movie, news, TV show
BiblioBoard
Select either the “RAILS” or “biblioboard open access” from the BiblioBoard main menu to browse curations that include collections, anthologies, images and ebooks. Download content using the BiblioBoard Library app.
If you create a user account profile while you are in Illinois, you can
- access BiblioBoard when you are outside of Illinois
- download content to your Offline Bookshelf
- add bookmarks and notes
BookFlix
Interactive digital stories, true books, and games. Watch the story, read the book or play word match. Some books can be read and displayed in Spanish.
For pre-kindergarten through grade 3.
View more about: ebook, enl, game, read along
eMediaLibrary – Overdrive
Download ebooks and digital audiobooks using the Libby app.
- No fines – titles will be returned automatically
- Check out titles for up to 21 days
- Borrow up to five titles at a time
- Place up to five books on hold at a time
Freegal
Download up to five songs per week to your personal collection. Stream music to your device for three hours per day.
On your mobile device, download the Freegal Music app, enter your zip code, choose your library, enter your library card number, and access your free music and music videos.
- Download up to five songs per week
- Stream music for three hours per day
Hoopla
Borrow, stream, and download movies, TV series, ebooks, audiobooks, and comics.
Loan Information
Maximum number of items – five per month
Maximum Loan Periods
- Audiobooks – three weeks
- Ebooks and comics – two weeks
- Music – one week
- Movies – three days
- TV shows – three days
International Children’s Digital Library
Books from around the world. Browse by age, genre, book length, character types, or even the color of a book’s cover.
For pre-kindergarten through grade 5.
View more about: ebook, picture book
Just for Kids Access Video
Educational content, including Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, and Franklin.
For birth through grade 5.
View more about: game, interactive, music, video
Kanopy
Rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema with collections from Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Samuel Goldwyn, The Orchard, The Great Courses, PBS, and thousands of independent filmmakers.
Loan Information
- Check out films for three days
- Borrow up to five films per month
Little Pim
Online language program that makes it fun for kids to learn a language. Choose from 12 different languages including Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, and more. For birth through 6 years.
View more about: enl, language
Novelist K-8
Suggested reads, book lists, discussion guides. Includes Lexile measure, which indicates the reading level, demand, difficulty, and complexity of the sentences.
Categories include funny and engaging, issue-oriented and emotionally intense, and fast-paced and strong female.
For grades K-8.
View more about: lexile, recommendation, review
Novelist Plus
Expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists, and more. Includes audiobook recommendations and read-alikes.
View more about: lexile, recommendation, review
RB Digital Audiobooks (OneClick Digital)
Over 4,000 audiobooks.
Loan Information
- Check out titles for 21 days
- Borrow up to 10 titles at a time
Science in Context
Key concepts taught in school classrooms, including Earth Science, History of Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Science and Technology, Science as Inquiry, Space Science, and more.
View more about: homework, science
Teen Book Cloud
Videos and chapter books such as Shakespeare, poetry, non-fiction, science, history, and geography. Includes ebooks, read-alongs, graphic novels, National Geographic videos, and audiobooks.
Proprietary ebook format, with bookmarking, text, font and color controls.
Most titles include full audio narration and sentence by sentence read along. Makes more difficult titles accessible to reluctant, struggling, and ESL/ENL readers.
For grades 6-12.
View more about: audiobook, ebook, enl, graphic novel, read along, video
Tumble Book Cloud Junior
Read-along online titles for early readers, chapter books, classics, and poetry. Have the book narrated aloud, turn the page automatically, and customize the screen for font size, text, and screen color.
For grades 3-6.
View more about: audiobook, enl, read along
Tumble Book Library
Read-alongs, chapter book ebooks, audiobooks, online puzzles, graphic novels, and games. Books are available in Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and Chinese.
Some books include quizzes to assess the reader’s comprehension.
Find books based on time to read, accelerated reader level, Lexile score, Common Core level, and more.
For pre-kindergarten through grade 5.
View more about: audiobook, ebook, enl, game, graphic novel, lexile, read along