June Happenings In the Children's Department

BHPL's Summer Reading Club "Imagine Your Story 

         

The Summer Reading Club begins Friday, June 19 and has gone online! To sign up, please go to bhplnj.readsquared.com/ and click on Register now. There are 4 different age categories: ages 0-5, 6-11, 12-17 (Teens) and 18+ (Adults). You will create a Username & Password to login to keep track of your reading and complete missions to earn badges & prizes. There is also a READsquared app for your mobile devices. Questions? Email childrens@bhplnj.org or circulation@bhplnj.org.

Snack Time Story



Join BHPL staff & teen volunteers for "A fun-size story time treat" Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:30 am
Thursday, June 11 - Tuesday, June 30
Ages 2 - 5
We provide the story ... you provide the snack!
Watch the videos on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyHeightsLibrary

The Berkeley Heights Public Schools Summer Reading lists can be found on the BHPS website page Summer Assignments (www.bhpsnj.org > Curriculum > Summer Assignments).

Until the library reopens, don't forget about the ebook/audiobook sites listed below available through BHPL. To access, go to www.bhplnj.org and CHILDREN'S, except for eLibraryNJ which is under EBOOKS (on the mobile website, go to All Things E and scroll to Read and Children's). Your library card number and PIN (last 4 digits of your phone #) may be required.
TumbleBooks - animated children's storybooks, read-along readers & chapter books for preK-grade 6
TeenBookCloud - ebooks for grades 7-12
AudioBookCloud - streaming audiobooks for all ages; select the Children, Classics or YA (Teens) tab
BookFLIX - animated videos of children's books and read-alongs
Hoopla - includes children's ebooks, comics, audiobooks; go to settings and turn on Kids Mode
eLibraryNJ (Libby/Overdrive app) - ebooks, audiobooks for children, teens and adults; can limit to Kids or Teens collections by going to Preferences and selecting 'Audience' and then 'Juvenile' (Kids) or 'Young Adult' (Teens)

Happy Reading!