Books & Literature

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

More than 120,000 book reviews.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Help connect young readers to books of interest.

Find fiction/nonfiction based on your interests. 

Mobile version

A read-along collection of international folktales.

Animated stories you can read along to!

National (and international) library catalog.

An easier-to-use version of WorldCat