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

Ballet and Books

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner Full
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: Classes and Workshops
About this event::
Ballet & Books is a national, non-profit organization that provides 3-9 year old children with an opportunity to improve their literacy skills through a combination of dance instruction and literacy-focused mentorship with high school and college...

Early Readers Book Club

2:45pm - 3:30pm
Waitlist
Registration
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...

Families Learning Science Together: Science of Sound

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 learn what sound is and how it is made. They will then have the chance to create 4 in...

Ballet and Books

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner Full
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: Classes and Workshops
About this event::
Ballet & Books is a national, non-profit organization that provides 3-9 year old children with an opportunity to improve their literacy skills through a combination of dance instruction and literacy-focused mentorship with high school and college...

Tween Book Club: Catherine, Called Birdy

3:45pm - 4:45pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
About this event::
Children ages 9-13 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club.  In October we will be reading Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. Registration is required as space is limited. Register online and reserve a copy of the book to borrow. Pic...

Cornell Girls Who Code and TCPL present: Tween Robot Wrestling

4:15pm - 5:45pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Digital Lab
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Classes and Workshops, Digital Lab, Makerspace, STEAM, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
TCPL and the Women in Computing at Cornell's "Girls Who Code" are inviting youth ages 8 - 12 to a robot wrestling challenge! At this event participants will program Arduino based wrestling robots and design armor to compete in 1-on-1 matches. The las...