LibGuides: Children's and Young Adult Literature: Stay at Home Resources

Stay at Home

The TDRL Staff have located several free online resources for UNLV students, faculty, and families with young children at home. These resources have been announced as available freely online during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have tried to organize them by resource type. If you have additional resources you would like us to add to this page, please contact us at tdrl@unlv.edu.

For updates regarding the UNLV University Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, please go here. For updates regarding UNLV as a whole, please go here.

Don't have a public library card?:

Clark County Residents: Las Vegas-Clark County Library District will provide access to electronic resources if you apply for a card online: Link
- Note: When the libraries re-open to the public, you must go in and present your ID to obtain a library card.
Henderson Residents: Henderson Libraries will provide access to electronic resources if you apply for a card online: Link
- Note: When the libraries re-open to the public, you must go in and present your ID to obtain a library card.
North Las Vegas Residents: City of North Las Vegas Libraries will provide access to electronic resources if you apply for a card online: Link
- Note: When the libraries re-open to the public, you must go in and present your ID to obtain a library card.

Resources Requiring a Library Card or Account

Las Vegas Clark County Library District (LVCCLD)
Resources, such as educational databases, eBooks, music, audiobooks, test prep, and more available by logging in using your library card.
Henderson Libraries
Resources such as Hoopla, Overdrive, and Tumblebooks that require going through the library website to access.
North Las Vegas Library District
Resources include ReferenceUSA, Overdrive, Brainfuse, and more. Library users can also apply for a library card online by clicking Apply for a Library Card.
Open Library
Access is free, but does require users to create an account. This database contains books, including Children's and Young Adult titles, but search capabilities are limited.
International Children's Digital Library
Requires users to create an account. Collections include titles in multiple languages, and searchers can narrow searches by year.
Free Ebooks.net
Requires users to create a free account to access. Account holders can check out up to 5 ebooks per month.
ManyBooks.Net
Requires users to create an account. Free downloadable ebooks and public domain books., with specific Children's and Young Adult categories.
BookBub
Requires a free user account to access. A large site that offers free downloadable ebooks, including Children's and Young Adult titles.

Free Children's and Young Adult Media

Storyline Online
A YouTube channel where actors read children's books in a story time, usually picture books.
CBeebies
A BBC YouTube channel with educational videos and picture book story times.
Librarian Bookends
A Padlet site that offers author and illustrator videos, story times, read alouds, and other online educational resources for K-12.
Audible Stories
Free Children's and Young Adult audiobooks available for download or streaming. Does not require an account.
Lee & Low Read Alouds
Publisher Lee & Low is creating read alouds of their diverse books for children and families. Includes Spanish Language titles.
Gayle A. Zeiter Literacy Development Center Read Aloud Project
The Zeiter Literacy Development center, in collaboration with the COE Dean’s Office and Literacy Education faculty have assembled resources to ensure that children still have access to story time.
PBS Kids on Youtube
The official PBS KIDS Channel on YouTube, includes celebrity read-alongs and selected full episodes of PBS childrens' shows.

Free Online Resources

Henderson Libraries Stay at Home
Free resources divided by interest (Work at Home, Kids, Teens, Everyone) with a variety of educational activity types.
Boulder City Library Youth Department Resources
This library has a number of free resources, such as Storyline Online, International Children's Digital Library, Bibli's Bookshelf, and more.
Project Gutenberg
A database with free ebooks in several languages. Select the Children's Bookshelf or Education Bookshelf for resources related to CYA Literature or Education.
FreeBooksy
A site that offers a new free ebook each day. Browse by categories Children's or Young Adult to access CYA materials.
Kids Activities Blog
A blog post from March 13, 2020 that provides a listing of education companies offering their resources for free during school closures.
Author Permissions, Book Reading Recordings & Story Times Database
Librarians have begun compiling information about authors that have provided permission for their work to be read aloud and recorded, libraries offering virtual story times, and more.
Khan Academy Kids
A fun app for kids ages 2-7 with games, books, and other fun activities designed to help develop core concepts in math, reading, writing, and more!
Teen Book Cloud
Young adult eBooks, graphic novels, and audiobooks. Many for diverse readers.
Tumble Math
Picture eBooks that teach math, geometry, finance, and probability. Pre-K through 6th grade.
Tumble Books
Children's eBooks, (including graphic novels, fiction, and nonfiction), read-alongs, and videos.

Children's and Young Adult Literature: Stay at Home Resources

Stay at Home

Resources Requiring a Library Card or Account

Free Children's and Young Adult Media

Free Online Resources

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