It’s never too early to start reading with your child. Take the challenge to read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten!
Check out these books for young readers, hand-picked by FCPL's Youth Services Staff.
Learning Curve introduces you to resources for literacy and learning in preschool, elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Explore an online reading resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks.
Read or listen to fiction and nonfiction eBooks and eAudiobooks designed to promote early literacy.
Watch thousands of kid-friendly, advertisement-free educational and fun videos, including games, songs, and more. Learn about the ABCs, math, people and places, science, and more.
Digital books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Patrons can read and watch youth story titles in a variety of languages including Hindi, Korean, Spanish, Tamil, and Telugu. Each title is also available in English. Learning activities are also part of the database.
Apps available: LOTE4Kids for iOS (download), LOTE4Kids for Android (download)
(Grades PreK-5) Read eBooks or eAudiobooks for kids, focusing on grades K-5.
Apps available: Libby for iOS (download), Libby for Android (download), Browser (libbyapp.com)
Exchange after school cartoons for after school animated picture books using TumbleBook Library. Enhance the reading experience, and explore the TumbleBook Library for books in Spanish and French, puzzles, and videos by National Geographic.
Apps available: TumbleBook Library for iOS (download),
TumbleBook Library for Android (download)
Access a comprehensive collection of math stories for students in PreK-5. TumbleMath combines stories, videos, and quizzes to supplement the math your child learns in school.
(Grades PreK-3)
Explore an online collection of video storybooks that feature classic tales and popular recent favorites.
Penny Draws a Best Friend
by Sara Shepard
The Secret of the Dragon Gems
by Rajani Larocca
Stuntboy, In-Between Time
by Jason Reynolds
Make a Move, Sunny Park!
by Jessica Kim
Charlie Numb3rs and the UFO Bash
by Ben Mezrich
Sea of Gold
by Gregory Mone
Saving Chupie
by Amparo Ortiz
Don't Trust the Cat
by Kristen Tracy
Flora La Fresca and the Art of Friendship
by Veronica Chambers
Hope in the Valley
by Mitali Perkins
Ginny Off the Map
by Caroline Hickey
Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is
by Casey Lyall