E-Books and E-Audiobooks for Kids
Are you going on a long trip during the holiday season, and want your children to do something other than play video games? Books can be bulky to pack when you’re short on space. Luckily, you have options through Alamance County Public Libraries!
NC Kids and Level Up are e-book catalogs that are accessible with your library card. They can read and listen to books through a browser, or send them to a Kindle or Kindle app.
NC Kids has picture books, e-books and e-audiobooks for PreK-4th grade, and Level Up has e-books and e-audiobooks for grades 4th-8th. Both catalogs have read-along books as well!
To access these catalogs, visit the Kids section of our website. Links to NC Kids and Level Up can be found there. Once you’ve chosen a book or audiobook, click to borrow it. You’ll enter your library card number and PIN (please call the library to reset your PIN if you’ve forgotten it). You then can choose to download the book, or send it to a Kindle or Kindle app.
Hoopla allows you to check out e-books, e-audiobooks, magazines, TV shows, movies, comic books, and music. It is easy to set Hoopla on your child’s device to Hoopla Kids. You can even set a PIN that must be entered to turn Kids Mode off. When Kids Mode is on, everything shown is appropriate for ages 12 and under. To enter Kids Mode, click on Kids at the top of the screen, then you can choose the PIN.
Like NC Kids, you can access Hoopla through our website’s Kids page, or you can download the Hoopla app. You’ll enter your library card number and PIN in the browser or app. There are both instant borrow items (you can access immediately; there are multiple copies available) and flex borrow items (only one copy is available, so you may have to put a copy on hold and wait for it).
If you have any questions, come into a branch or give us a call, and we’ll (hopefully) be able to help!
Mary Beth A. is the Community Engagement Librarian for Alamance County Public Libraries.