Category: Youth

The force is strong with you!

Check out this Star Wars Day link for fun games and activities. You can also click on the links below for printable coloring pages and activities.

Maze     Matching     Darth Maul     Look&Find

Take a picture of someone you “catch reading” and post it on Facebook or Twitter. Will you catch your parent, your child, your aunt, your brother, or maybe even your dog? Get creative and be a detective.

Print out the Story Monster’s Get Caught Reading coloring page.

Find out more at getcaughtreading.org.

You can still have Pokémon fun at home!

Listen to the soundtrack for Pokémon the Movie or watch Pokémon: The First Movie. Both available for free on Hoopla.

Also, check out these 17 Epic Pokémon Activities For Kids from Crystal and Co.

Not sure what to read next? Our staff has been working hard to update and add new booklists for kids to our collection.

We have booklists for preschoolers through 6th grade, as well as award winning books.

Use this link or go to our Youth Page & there is a button on the right.

Check out Early Literacy Tips every Sunday on our Facebook page!

They will then be added to our Early Literacy Tips page right here on the Youth Page. Just look for the button on the right.

Each tip will give simple practices for parents & caregivers to help develop early literacy skills from birth to age 5.

Enjoy book recommendations tailored to you and your family’s individual preferences. You can log and keep track of what you are reading, as well as a variety of age appropriate booklists. You can have all your family members under one easy to use account.

Tumble Book Library has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated talking picture books. Plus Graphic Novels – a kid favorite! There are no check-out times or wait lists: the books are always available to everyone!

Watch movies, TV shows, and documentaries in categories like literary classics, language learning, shorts, food and nutrition, history, and more – for kids of all ages.

Hoopla has a “kids mode” that is a kid friendly setting for kids to find videos, music, comics, audiobooks and eBooks. Best of all, they are always available. No Holds!