Books & Literature

Interactive stories, true books and games to play (preschool-3rd grade).

More than 120,000 book reviews. Includes the new monthly digital edition of Booklist magazine. 

NEW: From the publishers of Booklist, this new magazine for library users features monthly themed issues, top 10 lists, author interviews and more.

Monthly magazine highlighting new book releases and author interviews. Current freely available issues available online for January 2020-present. Also visit their YouTube channel for additional features and interviews.

Recommends books for readers. Explore by author/title/genre. Reviews included.

Thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks for your smartphone, tablet, eReader or computer.

Hundreds of read-alongs, many based on popular movies, comics and children's books. (Children with a Kids' World-only card will need to use a parent's/guardian's hoopla account for access.

Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference eBooks on biography, business, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nations/world, religion, science, social science, and more. See also Access My Library app.

Magazine, news and reference articles for middle school through undergraduate. Covers science, literature, history, social sciences, arts, etc.

Literary commentary providing a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres.

Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors and their works from every age and literary discipline.

Millions of book reviews from thousands of sources.

Combines the content of Gale's LitFinder database of poetry and criticism and Gale's Contemporary Authors Online database of biographical information and bibliographies.

Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.

eBooks, eAudiobooks, comics, videos and music. "Kids' Mode" available to highlight age-appropriate titles.

Hundreds of read-alongs, many based on popular movies, comics and children's books. (Children with a Kids' World-only card will need to use a parent's/guardian's hoopla account for access.

NEW: Includes plot summaries, critical essays, reviews and author biographies/interviews, as well as thousands of full-text poems and short stories.

LOTE (Languages Other Than English) is collection of hundreds of children's read-alongs from around the world, presented in both their original languages and English.

Find fiction/nonfiction based on your interests. 

Mobile version

Help connect young readers to books of interest.

A read-along collection of international folktales.

Animated stories you can read along to!

National (and international) library catalog.

Provides the same coverage as WorldCat & WorldCat.org, with a more modern interface.

Somewhat simplified interface for searching WorldCat.