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Tutor.com Free With Your Library Card

  • One-to-one live connections with real tutors from 2 - 9 p.m. daily
  • Accessible from home or the library with internet enabled computers.
  • Available in English & Spanish

PLEASE NOTE:Live Homework Help is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day
Discover KidBits, a place Peoria Public Library has created especially for kids to laugh, learn, explore and do.  Check out “Doodles and Dots” for jokes, trivia, library news and special days.  Like crafts and games?  Click on “Crafts and Such” for printables, craft video instructions, and links to cool craft sites.  “Stories and Scribblings” is the section for booklists, story retellings, booktalks, and “Storypod.” At “Storypod” you can listen to stories old and new, from here and around the world.  If you missed or want to revisit past months, visit “The Vault” where all the old stuff lives. Click here to start the FUN!

 

Award Winning Books for Young People

If you are looking for something wonderful to read, explore these lists of award-winning books for young people.

Award Lists for Teens
ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books                    Alex Award Winners
Américas Book Award                                  Margaret A. Edwards Award Winners
Mildred L. Batchelder Award                         National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Great Graphic Novels                                   Printz Awards
Pura Belpré Award                                       Schneider Family Book Award

Award Lists for Kids
Last Year's Bestselling Children's Titles         Américas Book Award
Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards                  Caldecott Medal
Cooperative Children's Book Center               Coretta Scott King Award
The Giverny Award                                      Golden Kite Award Fiction
Golden Kite Award Non-Fiction                       Golden Kite Award Picture Book Text
Golden Kite Award Picture Book Illustration     Mildred L. Batchelder Award
NCTE Award for Poetry for Children                Newbery Medal
Orbis Pictus Award                                      Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Schneider Family Book Award                       Scott O'Dell Award

 

 

Welcome to Peoria Public Library's Tumblebooks. By clicking the link you will be able to use the Tumblebook Library, a collection of animated books. Children can use this service by themselves or with a parent, reading tutor or teacher. Teachers may project Tumblebooks and let the entire class enjoy a story together. 

  

You will also find games and puzzles at Tumblebooks and can save favorites, read in other languages and set the controls for your own needs. Explore it for yourself now!
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