Resources for Kids

A digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, magazines or TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone.  Pitkin County Library patrons can enjoy 14 downloads per month.
The Just for Kids Streaming Collection gives children—and their parents—a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. Educational videos include—Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and thousands more—plus songs, games, and other interactives that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire young people.
Stream over 30,000 Documentaries, Classic and Independent Films. Each patron has access to 30 free tickets to use with your library card per month.
A comprehensive resource for all learners, young and old.  Learning Express includes study guides and practice tests for academic standardized tests, courses and/or eBooks for professional licenses, such as electricians and real estate licensure, EMT tests, US citizenship tests, postal workers and more, resume building and interview guides, and skill building in subject areas such as algebra, reading, vocabulary, etc. 
Skill-building resources for classroom and homework success.
Lexile scores are used to indicate reading level; use the chart provided to see lexile-to-grade correspondence.
Libby is Overdrive's new app for enjoying ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines!
This searchable, full-text resource is designed for high school researchers.  This resource contains full text articles covering a wide range of subject areas appropriate for high school aged students. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator or lexile. Also included are biographies, primary source documents, reference books, photos, maps and flags.
Provides searchable full-text articles from 140 popular magazines for middle school and junior high research. It also contains an image collection of over 100,000 flags and maps.
Find book recommendations, read-alikes, reviews, and discussion questions for a wide range of current children's and young adult books.