Children's eResources

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All things Children's - eBooks, eAudiobooks, games, storytelling, online learning, movie and music streaming and more!

These resources are available for free to our members.

Busy Things

  • Learning games for 3 to 6 year olds
  • Designed for all aptitudes and abilities to help build literacy and numeracy
  • Introduces mouse skills, typing, coding and digital tools.

Explore Busy Things

10 Monkeys Math World

  • Game-based learning activities for 6 - 10 year olds
  • Topics include understanding numbers, basic maths operations and money
  • Light-hearted score sheet for stars, badges and monkey level.

Check out 10 Monkeys Math World

Story Box Library

Enjoy story time, any time.

Story Box Library allows children to view stories online that are read aloud by a variety of storytellers.

  • Story Box is a continually expanding library of enchanting, entertaining storytelling segments
  • It has Australian content for pre-schoolers and primary school aged children
  • Includes captions, Auslan 'storytelling' and 'at home' activities.

Accessible on the Apple Store, Google Play Store and desktop PCs

Kanopy Kids

  • Stream a diverse selection of educational and entertaining movies and TV shows
  • Unlike the main Kanopy collection, the Kanopy Kids titles don't use tickets
  • Set up an 'exit PIN' in parental controls to ensure children can't view other content

Accessible on Apple Store, Google Play Store and desktop PCs.

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Libby

  • eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines for all ages
  • Narrated picture books, beginner readers, comics and manga
  • Borrow up to 10 items with a 21 day loan period.

Accessible on Apple Store, Google Play Store and desktop PCs.

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BorrowBox

  • eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages
  • Australian children's classics, current favourites and early readers
  • Borrow up to 10 eBooks and 10 eAudiobooks at once with a 21 day loan period.

Accessible on Apple Store, Google Play Store and desktop PCs.

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Our Yarning

  • Free digital library of culturally relevant education resources created by and for First Nations people
  • Aboriginal and Torrens Strait Islander collection of books for all Australians.

Accessible on Apple Store, Google Play Store and desktop PCs.

Hoopla

Discover limitless entertainment with Hoopla!

  • Instant borrowing with up to 10 titles per month and with no holds and no waiting
  • eBooks, eAudiobooks and comics are available for up to 21 days
  • Movies and TV episodes are available for up to 3 days with music albums for 7 days.

Accessible on Apple StoreGoogle Play Store and desktop PCs. 

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Studiosity

  • For students from Years 3 to 12, TAFE or University
  • Connects students to qualified expert tutors for individual real-time conversations about homework, assignments, exam preparation, study questions.

Accessible on the Apple Store, Google Play Store and desktop PCs.

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Get a digital membership

Don't have a library card? You can join online now and get a digital membership with instant access to our Digital Library.

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Need help accessing our Digital Library?

For most resources you will need to know your library barcode number and PIN. 

If you have forgotten your PIN, or aren't sure of your library barcode number, you can reset your PIN / recover your barcode here (if you have an email address registered in your library account).

Some resources will require an email address and knowing your home library (e.g. West Torrens). If you are not sure of your home library please call us on 8416 6228.
 

If you need help accessing our Digital Library, please book in for Rewire tech help - free tech help sessions for computer and mobile technology users.

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