Children
SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Annual Bookmark Contest
Kiwanis Storytime to Go Kits
Live Online Homework Help
Library Reading Challenges
GUSD Student Library eCard
Explore Central Library’s new Children’s Space!
Click on the images below to see storytime session dates and times for each age group.
BABY STORYTIMES (0-18 months)
TODDLER STORYTIME (18 - 36 months)
FAMILY STORYTIME (all ages)
GLOBAL STORYTIMES (0-9 years)
Reading Programs
The Library currently offers two year-round programs to encourage reading for children ages 0 through 8th grade. And now you can easily track your child’s reading journey digitally through Beanstack. Join today!
ABCmouse
Educational games, books, puzzles & songs for kids ages 2-8. Use your library card number and PIN to check out an ABCmouse account to use at home for up to 4 weeks. Families can now create up to 3 different profiles on one family account. View tutorial.
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Early Literacy at Home
Read-Aloud Books - Children can push a button to listen and read along with this special collection of talking VOX™ Books and Wonderbooks. These professionally narrated audiobooks are permanently attached to actual books and do not require any extra downloads, computers or electronic devices.
Kiwanis Storytime to Go Kits - Find everything you need to share a storytime at home with your baby, toddler or preschooler, including a storytime layout complete with songs, bounces, fingerplays and more.
GLAC Online Storytimes - Your favorite Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Children's staff present storytime videos that you and your children can watch from home.
Parent-Child Early Literacy Activities - Looking for ways keep your little one engaged at home? Check out these simple and fun activities to help get your child ready to read.
Digital Library
CloudLibrary - Ebooks and audiobooks. View tutorial.
Freading - Find children’s ebook titles under the “juvenile fiction” and “juvenile nonfiction” categories. View tutorial.
Hoopla - Ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, and television. View tutorial.
PressReader - Magazines, featuring publications from over a dozen different countries and languages. View tutorial.
TumbleBookLibrary - Animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. View tutorial.
Book Lists & Recommendations
Not sure where to start? Use these resources to find your next read!
Novelist K-8 - Find similar reads or browse by genre with this database. View tutorial.
Reading Lists - Staff curated lists for kids of all ages.
Student & Teacher Resources
Access online learning support, homework help, databases, continuing education and teach from home tools.