KIDS
Youth Services Collection
Enjoy a wonderful selection of materials available through the EPLD children's department! Juvenile materials are located on the lower level of the library, which is accessible by stairs and by elevator. Youth Services Collections:
There is also a make-and-take craft station! (The train table, puzzles, and interactives have been put away due to the pandemic.) Are you a teacher or homeschool parent? Feel free to fill out our Educational Materials Request Form when you need books for upcoming learning! |
If you would like to get updates and changes from the EPLD children's department, please sign up for Remind 101. It is easy. Follow these steps:
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New Juvenile Books
FEBRUARY 2024
BOARD BOOKS JP Garnett - Hop JP Schindel – The Babies and Doggies Book NEWBORN BOOKS TINY BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS JP Alsdurf – Easter on the Farm JP Angelou – Life Doesn’t Frighten Me JP Blabey – Pig the Pug JP Blabey – Pig the Stinker JP Bluey – Barky Boats JP Dunrea - Pearl JP Griffin - Spring JP Harris – Doing Business JP Harris – The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn JP Hokkanen – Spring Seeds JP Look – Toy Story: the Collection (Look and Find) JP Mack – Time to Make Art JP Obuhanych – This Little Kitty in the Garden JP Peppa – We Love You, Mummy Pig! (Peppa Pig) JP Pizzoli – Lucky Duck JP Tran – Cranky JP Walstead – How to Catch a Mamasaurus EASY READERS E Cummings – Arfy Has a Ball E Dean – Pete the Kitty and the Three Bears E Paw – On the Job (Paw Patrol: Rubble & Crew) E Paw – Power Up, Pups! (Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie) E Paw – Runaway Rocket! (Paw Patrol) EASY READER POUCHES CHAPTER BOOKS (FICTION) JP* Shaskan – Wrestling Mania! (Pizza and Taco #7 GRAPHIC NOVEL) CHAPTER BOOKS (NONFICTION) JP* Bowman – Antarctica JP* Milbourne – Horses and Ponies |
FICTION J Fulton – Smoky Mountain Survival (The Campground Kids #2) J Fulton – Zion Gold Rush (The Campground Kids #3) J Gratz - Heroes J Hunter – Breakers of the Code (Bravelands: Thunder on the Plains #2) J Keene – What Disappears in Vegas… (Nancy Drew Diaries #25) J Kibuishi – Waverider (Amulet #9) J Vanderhorst – The Mostly Invisible Boy (Casey Grimes #1) GRAPHIC NOVELS J Bailey – Frankenstein Doesn’t Plant Petunias (The Bailey School Kids) J Bailey – Ghosts Don’t Eat Potato Chips (The Bailey School Kids) J Bailey – Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots (The Bailey School Kids) J Green – From Badger to Worse (Agents of S.U.I.T.) J Kurimoto - Wildful J Miller – Besties: Find Their Groove J Miller – Break J Miller – Crunch J Winick – Rise of the Cat (Hilo #10) WONDERBOOKS BOOKS WITH CD TUMBLEBOOK COLLECTION AUDIOBOOKS J CD ADV – The Best is Yet to Come (Adventures in Odyssey #75) J CD ADV – Buckle Up! (Adventures in Odyssey #74) J CD ADV – A Call to Something More (Adventures in Odyssey #57) J CD YOU – Great Stories Volume 2 NONFICTION J 523.7 Rau – What is a Solar Eclipse? J 792.8 Bowes – The Ballet Book J 940.3 Dowswell – War Stories: True Stories from the First and Second World Wars J 956.94 Morgan – Where is Jerusalem? BIOGRAPHY JB Hughes – Who Was Langston Hughes? JB Judge – Who Is Aaron Judge? PARENT COLLECTION KITS |
Programs for Kids
Storytimes and other fun programs are held each month throughout the year.
Ongoing Programs:
1000 Books Before KindergartenJoin our fun and easy reading program! We invite you to participate in our free reading program which encourages you to read 1,000 books with your child before kindergarten! We have prizes too! Find more info on our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten page! Free program open to any child that has not yet started Kindergarten. Registration required! |
Special Programs:
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Online Resources for Kids
TumbleBook Library:TumbleBook Library - K-6 children's ebook database
Use the following username and password: username: eurekapld password: libra The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Videos (from National Geographic), TumbleTV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which the company licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. You will NOT need a Eureka Library card or PIN. Just click on the image above to explore online resources for kids!
You can also download the TumbleBooks app for your preferred device below:
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Ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, and more from Libby:Find ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, and more for kids in the Libby app! For more information about Libby, including the download link, visit our ebooks & audiobooks page! OER Commons:OER Commons is a FREE public digital library of open educational resources created by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME).
Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum. |
Award Winner Lists:
The Monarch Award: Illinois' K-3 Readers' Choice Award
The Bluestem Award: Illinois' 3-5 Readers' Choice Award Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' (4-8) Book Award |
Additional Educational Resources for Kids:
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Available On The Library's Public Computers!
For additional information on children's programs or materials, please call the library at 309.467.2922 ext. 2 during library hours. You can also contact the Youth Services Manager, Angela Roberts, by emailing childrensepld@gmail.com or submitting a request using the form to the right. |
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