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Children's Resources


To use the following Premium Subscription Resources simply enter our library's ID number PL3174 and the six-digit code from your individual library card.

 

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer was created for students in grades K through 8 and provides elementary and middle school students with an easy-to-use, information source they can use to search on their own.

SIRS Discoverer
Animals, arts, science, or sports—whatever the topic make research a blast with books, magazines, videos, pictures, websites, and more using SIRS Discoverer. You will find articles, books, biographies, stories, games, activities, colorful pictures and maps and lots of fun safe web sites. It's the perfect site when you have homework. Let SIRS Discoverer help you make the grade. How to Use SIRS Discoverer (PDF)  | SIRS Discoverer Tutorial
Videos: Introduction to SIRS Discoverer (Flash)  | (YouTube)

Kids Search

NoveList K-8 can help students find their next book to read. This online resource of over 64,000 fiction titles for kids of all ages lets them use a favorite book or author to link to other books they might enjoy.

The easy to use Find box enables students to quickly find books, authors, series, lists and more! For example, a search for Harry Potter provides all of the Harry Potter books as well as additional feature content to further enrich the reading experience such as BookTalks, Grab and Go Book Lists, and the Harry Potter series.

Not Sure What Book To Look For? Click on Recommended Reads to browse through hundreds of titles carefully selected by librarians and organized by reading level as well as genre or topic. OR type in a topic of interest (baseball, summer vacations, adventure) and have fun finding new books to read. Check out the "If You Likes..." to find read-alikes for many popular titles. NoveList Scavenger Hunt (PDF)


My StoryMaker

Can a lion share a cupcake with an astronaut?

What happens when a pirate meets a fox in the woods? You have the power to decide -- meeting new characters, going on great adventures and creating your very own story along the way.

My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, save it online or print it out.

> Play My StoryMaker


Web Sites for Children

New Books for Children:

We have been purchasing a number of new books for children as well as Juvenile and Teen books. When a local fourth grade teacher passed away some of her memorial money was used to purchase new juvenile titles. Some of them are: The Nate the Great Mystery Series; The Harriet The Spy Series as well as numerous other titles. Some new titles getting ready to go on the shelves include:The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. Just As I Am! by Karen Sapp. Look & Find Fairies and Look & Find Princesses and Afraid of the Dark by Karen Sapp. The picture books are all prominently displayed together on the easy shelves.  These books are proving to be very popular.

      
 

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My Story Maker:
Create your own online story with My StoryMaker. You choose the characters, the background, what the characters do, how the characters feel and how they interact and My Story Maker creates the story. You can then save the story or print it out.  My StoryMaker is linked here courtesy of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.