Reading Resources
Explore reading resources from the Library and our partners including book lists and virtual events.
Library Resources
Audiobooks
Digital Magazines & Newspapers
- Flipster – Digital magazines for kids, teens and adults
- PressReader – Online magazines and newspapers from around the world
Ebooks
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- Bookflix - Animated stories and interactive games keep young readers engaged and help build vocabulary.
- Tumblebooks - Help your child build reading, math and language skills with this fun collection of animated, talking picture books for preschool and elementary-age children.
Seattle Public Library Story Times
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Story Time: Our story times are interactive learning opportunities where kids of all ages enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun with our children's librarian and community storytellers.
Reading Suggestions
- Book lists for Kids - Recommended reading lists created by Seattle Public Library youth librarians!
- - An extensive database of fiction and nonfiction recommendations on a wide range of reading interests.
- Your Next 5 91p福利在线 - Request personalized recommendations from a Librarian.
Other Resources
Featured BIPOC Story Times
- - Seattle area Black educators come together to read children's books online.
- - Well-known children’s stories translated into Spanish and read by a native Spanish speaker.
- - Videos featuring books written by and about African Americans.
Read Alouds
- - Explore the world of children’s literature through read-alouds, book trailers, crafts, activities and more.
- - Animated read-alouds (Pre-K to 6th grade). Also features many lesson plans, activities, and printable materials.
- - Videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
- - While in space, astronauts videotape themselves reading books to the children of Earth. This is a project of the Global Space Education Foundation.
Ebooks
- : provides free access to digital picture books, narrated in many languages.