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Children & Teens

These resources for children and teens can help you find great books, read-alongs, and more!

Early Literacy Calendars for Children
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader! Check out our PDF-printable Early Literacy Calendars for daily literacy-building activities to share with your child.

LPSS Student ID – Public Library Card
The Lafayette Public Library and the Lafayette Parish School System have teamed up for a second year to provide your child with a free Student ID-Public Library Card. This program automatically enrolls more than 31,000 Lafayette Parish public school students into the library system. All Lafayette Parish School System students can check out books, movies, music, magazines, and games at any library in Lafayette Parish. Best of all, there are no overdue fines. Items will renew automatically if not returned by the due date.

Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Homeschooling
We have a collection of resources for Parents, Teachers, and Homeschooling available for all patrons. Contact the Children’s Department at 261-5779 for more information

TumbleBook Library
One of our most promoted resources, and for good reason! TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music, and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. This amazing database is intended for grades K—6, and includes books in English, French, and Spanish. The collection includes fiction and nonfiction titles, graphic novels, a small collection of National Geographic videos, and online puzzles and games. TumbleBook Library also includes Common Core information, Accelerated Reader information, and lesson plans for many of the books. Parents love the read-along feature which highlights the words as they are read! If you are looking for something a little more portable, you can also download the TumbleBook Library app on your smartphone or tablet.

Teen Book Cloud
Perfect for the teen or young adult literature lover who seems to read faster than the library can reshelve books! This middle school and high school collection contains over 600 titles including a vast array of teen novels, classics, poetry, short stories, teen audiobooks, our very popular graphic novels, world-class educational videos from National Geographic, and a section for AP English. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content. The layout of this site falls in line with TumbleBook Library making for an easy transition.

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