Kids eResources

Three downloads per week per patron. 

Freegal® Music is an ad-free music downloading service. Simply log in using your 14-digit library card number and your PIN to access today’s hits, and a readily available collection of over 1 million albums consisting of 15+ million songs and over 40 000 music videos from more than 200 genres that originate in over 100 countries. There is no software to download and no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions; just download your files and go! 

Every patron has access to three song downloads per week. Songs are yours to keep. Use Freegal's wishlist feature to keep track of songs and artists you are interested in! Your account also allows you to stream three hours of music per day. Music videos and audiobooks are also available through Freegal® Music.

Access Freegal® Music now. Download directly to your computer or use the Freegal® Music app for your Apple device or Android device. Download the instruction booklet to get started. 

Gale in Context Elementary (includes Kids InfoBits) has learning activities for primary school students, and includes indexed, searchable content with: 

• more than 16,600 images to visually enhance projects.
• over 1,700 charts and graphs for students to easily download and add to reports.
• more than 600 high-quality educational videos.
• over 1,050 topic pages for "one-stop-shop" learning.

hoopla will be offering Bonus Borrows for the month of February. Patrons can choose from hundreds of titles from the Bonus Borrow collection, and still retain their five borrows per month.

Borrow, listen, read, and enjoy on hoopla. Includes a selection of movies, television shows, educational/instructional videos, documentaries, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics via your browser, smartphone, or tablet (via iOS (Apple) devices and select Android devices). No waiting lists. No holds. No late fees. Instant availability. Borrow 5 items per month. Get started enjoying hoopla.

Hoopla has released TV apps for AppleTV, AndroidTV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV 3rd Generation as well as the Chromecast Ultra device. Patrons can download a hoopla app to view content on their televisions. hoopla is not compatible with Kobo eReaders since they currently only support viewing in ePub, Adobe PDF, plain text, and HTML. The device must be able to download the hoopla digital app for it to be a compatible device as well as it has to run one of our supported operating systems. hoopla works on most devices running Android 4.4 and above and then all devices that run iOS 11.4 and above. 

Need to know how to set up hoopla on your TV, please read the hoopla FAQ page.

Kids Mode: open the hoopla app on your device, select "settings", and flip the toggle to put hoopla into Kids Mode. Doing so only affects the device and not your account. Need to turn off Kids Mode? Simply go back to settings and flip the toggle back to off.

hoopla also supports Amazon Alexa devices including support for the Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show.

Kanopy--educational movies

Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides access to over 10,500 videos. They include the following subjects: social sciences, global studies & languages, K-12 education, design, fashion, music, literature, business, health, nursing, medicine, children's health, media studies, marketing, biology, mathematics, philosophy & religion, biology, computer science & IT, psychology, sociology, justice studies, law, technical training, and more. Discover a world of entertainment with Kanopy. Watch over 30,000 documentaries, classic and indie films and courses on Kanopy. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast. 

• Roku: add the Roku channel to your account here or download from the streaming channel store on your television
• Chromecast: available through the iOS and Android app, as well as through a Chromecast browser
• Apple Airplay: cast from your iOS device to your Apple TV
• Apple TV (app available through app store)
• HDMI: connect your computer to your television via HDMI cable (or Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable for Mac computers)

Read the instruction sheet on how to signup.

NoveList K-8® Plus--find your next author or title

NoveList K-8® Plus books are searchable through an easy-to-use interface with a single search bar that makes finding books and other content quick and simple. NoveList® K-8 Plus is designed to help you find your next great book. This database contains information on over 70,000 fiction titles.

Overdrive eBooks and eAudiobooks for Kids

OverDrive offers a collection of fiction and non-fiction eBooks, eAudiobooks, and more. 

Important Notice: Since September 1, 2020, the OverDrive app and OverDrive websites have displayed messaging on devices currently using TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to alert affected users of the updated system requirements, with a link to this help article. Now that this change is complete, affected users will no longer be able to access your OverDrive service from devices using TLS 1.0 or 1.1.

We understand the inconvenience this may cause for your patrons on affected devices. This change was necessary to uphold our standards of security and patron privacy, and our commitment to delivering a quality experience to all OverDrive users.

As a reminder, TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the technology that keeps data private when it is sent over a secure (https) internet connection. TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 date back to 1999 and 2006, respectively, and have since been replaced on most devices by TLS 1.2, which addresses weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the earlier versions. At OverDrive, TLS protects the privacy of patron data, including library card information.

User impact

This update most affects users with older Android devices that cannot upgrade to at least Android version 5, including early Kindle Fires, early Samsung Galaxy tablets, and Kobo Arc devices (all of which were released in 2014 or earlier). Based on our analytics, usage of these devices has been consistently declining and currently accounts for less than 1% of users across all OverDrive libraries. Most devices that don't support TLS 1.2 are also no longer supported by their manufacturers, cannot access other modern apps and websites, and currently offer a substandard experience with many apps and websites.

To keep using the OverDrive app and OverDrive websites, affected patrons need to either update their device's operating system (if possible) to a version that supports TLS 1.2 or switch to a device that supports TLS 1.2.

Libby users on Android devices should not be affected by this change, as Libby’s minimum system requirements were already raised to Android 5 in June 2020.

Need help? OverDrive now offers Front Line Tech Support. Call Ruth at 905-476-5762 ext. 4520 to help with tech issues.

Users may also download the new OverDrive app called Libby (for Android and Apple). You can use Libby in place of, or in addition to, the OverDrive app. Of course, you can also continue to use the OverDrive app exclusively if you'd rather not try Libby at this time.