Online Resources
Free Digital Collections with Your Library Card:
Libby (Tennessee READS Kids): Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more for free with your library card
hoopla Digital: Borrow audiobooks, comics, ebooks, movies, music, and TV for free with your library card
Homework Help & Educational Fun (games, videos, facts, and more):
Gale in Context Elementary: Learn about animals, plants, music, science, sports, and more (may need to sign in with library card)
TEL4U: Homework help, ebooks, and games & activities from the Tennessee Electronic Library
Funbrain: Educational games for kids of all ages (math, grammar, science, spelling, history)
National Geographic Kids: Educational games, videos, and other activities, centered mostly on animals and the natural world
PBS Kids: Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts, and other PBS KIDS shows
Highlights Kids: Play games and discover new jokes, surveys, answers to science questions, and fun crafts and recipes
Early Literacy and Reading Levels:
Day By Day TN: A daily family literacy calendar featuring songs, activities, book suggestions, and videos
Scholastic Book Wizard (Bookfinder): Lists reading levels, interest levels, and lexile for most books (can search by keyword)
Lexile Bookfinder: Matches students to materials at the right level of difficulty using the Lexile Framework for Reading
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder: Matches students to materials at the right level of difficulty using the AR program
“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
- Maya Angelou