Download & Stream

Download & Stream

Find all of the library resources you and your child can connect to from anywhere. You'll just need your library card!

 

Britannica School (English & Spanish)

Offers age-appropriate levels for conducting research, completing homework assignments, and working on special projects in the library or at home. Also available in Spanish at Brittanica Escolar.

 

Kids InfoBits

Features full-text content from elementary reference sources and magazines. It covers geography, current events, the arts and sciences, people, government, history, and more.

 

Mango Languages

Language-learning tool for a wide variety of languages.

 

OverDrive

Download audiobooks & ebooks.

 

TumbleBooks

View animated, talking picture books, ebooks, and videos. Includes books in several languages.

 

Upcoming Events

Early Readers Book Club

3:00pm - 3:45pm
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Families, Kids
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club. This program is meant to introduce excellent emerging reader books to children who have graduated from storytime and are being introduced to more formal “learn-to-read” technique...

Tween Book Club: A Wish in the Dark

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Open
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Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
About this event::
Children ages 9-13 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club! Book Club will meet virtually via Zoom. Participants are welcome to bring suggestions for future books or genres to read together! Registration is required as space is limited. Register...

Kids Crafternoon: Valentine's Day!

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
About this event::
Families are invited to enjoy a variety of Valentine's Day arts & crafts activities at this fun drop-in program for all ages! We'll have craft stations in the Thaler/Howell Room and in the Children's area of the Youth Services Department. Come jo...

Families Learning Science Together: Electrochemistry and Electromagnetism

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner Full
Age Group: Families, Kids
Program Type: STEAM
About this event::
Children ages 5 and up and their families are invited to a free science program co-hosted by Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR). This month, families will explore how the movement of an electrical charge can affect chemical reactions and ma...

Award Winners Book Club: When Stars Are Scattered

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs, Classes and Workshops
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
Community homeschoolers ages 9-13 are welcome to join this bi-monthly book club! In February we will be discussing the graphic novel When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed. We will be joined by special guest Rayan Mohamed...

Puppet Show by the Ithaca Waldorf School

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: Music, Storytimes
About this event::
The skilled and artful puppeteers from the Ithaca Waldorf School will be presenting the story "The Apple Cake," based on the book by Neinke van Hichtum at 1:30 and 2:30 pm. Beautifully crafted scenery and props add magic and whimsy to this charmin...