Books & Literature

Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar

Day By Day is a tool that families, caregivers, educators, and librarians can use at home, at the library, on the go, and in the classroom.  With a perpetual calendar featuring songs, activities, book suggestions, and videos, Day By Day offers resources to further develop early literacy skills that help young children prepare for, and to do better in, school.


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Overdrive

Access books, audiobooks, videos, and magazines with your library card.  The Ohio Digital Library is a program of the State Library of Ohio and is supported in whole or in part by federal Institute of Museum and Library Services funds, awarded to the State Library of Ohio.


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Hoopla

Borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to watch on your computer, tablet, phone, or television.  With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.


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Book Browse

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction - books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.


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Literary Reference Center

This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.  It gives students, professors and researchers a foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs.


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Goodreads

Can't decide what to read next? Tell us what titles or genres you enjoy and we'll give you surprisingly insightful recommendations.


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