Starting Thursday, March 27, through Monday, March 31, the Handley Library parking lot will be closed for paving.
🔹 Book returns will not be accessible during this time.
🔹 Curbside pickup will be unavailable.
🔹 Please plan accordingly and return materials inside the library during open hours.
We appreciate your patience as we improve our parking lot! 📚🚗
The Kanopy database has been upgraded to include 30,000 titles. Kanopy Kids is one of the great features of the database. Kanopy Kids has unlimited viewing! You can access any title on Kanopy Kids without spending any of your monthly tickets. From storybook videos to read-alongs to TV shows and movies, you will find it all on Kanopy Kids.
The Juvenile Read-Along collection boasts more than 600 titles. Recently, many Read-Along chapter books have been added to the catalog, ranging from classics: Ramona the Brave and The Mouse and the Motorcycle to new favorites: The Wild Robot and The Last Kids On Earth. Books from some of your favorite series are now available in Read-Along format, such as Big Nate, and The Adventures of Captain Underpants. Several titles are available in Large Print.
There are so many new YA non-fiction books covering such a wide variety of topics that you are guaranteed to find something that interests you! Here are a few examples:
Have you checked out any of our Juvenile Read-Along books?
Find general information about our Juvenile Read-Along collection HERE on our website.
The library’s collection of bilingual (English/Spanish) picturebook Read-Alongs continues to grow. A quick search of “bilingual read-alongs” in the catalog reveals more than 50 titles. Some favorites are featured below.
Did you know that you can stream or download lots of great Young Adult audiobooks for free on Hoopla with your library card?
Hoopla is a web and mobile library media streaming platform that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, phone, or TV.
Check out these titles and find many more on Hoopla!
(Summaries provided by Hoopla)
Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser, illustrated by Brad Woodard
A notable perk of parenting or grandparenting toddlers is the introduction to the existence of Sandra Boynton board books. To find board books such as hers that are both engaging for young children and entertaining for adults is no trivial thing. In fact, it is worthy of an ode, an ode to Sandra Boynton. Merriam- Webster includes this definition for ode: “something that shows respect for or celebrates the worth or influence of another.”