Students visit the library once a week with their classroom teacher. Each week students will have the opportunity to checkout up to two books (at the classroom teacher’s discretion). Students may keep their books for one week and should return their books each time they visit the library. Building paras assist with library checkout for all classes.
Britannica School Elementary: Grades 3-5. School code is mel5. Find information on countries, animals, and people in articles, media, and a world atlas. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
Britannica Learning Zone: Pre K - 2nd grade. School code is mel5. Activity-centered learning to explore, play, read, and build technology skills. Letters, numbers, geography, shapes and much more are included.
Early World of Learning: Grades PreK-5. Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world learning about colors, numbers and other fun things. Strengthen reading foundations with stories, activities and videos. Explore the Know It encyclopedia designed especially for early readers. Includes materials for educators.
World Book for Kids: Grades PreK - 5. Contains eight major subject categories: Arts, History and Government, Living Things, People, Places, Science and Mathematics, Sports and Hobbies, and World Religions. Has full-featured pictures, sounds and videos. Also includes a section for teachers.
PebbleGo: Grades PreK-3. Animals (including dinosaurs) and social studies sections of this early literacy and learning tool. Easy-to-navigate visual interface for emerging readers.
Explora: For elementary school libraries. Content from children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and images. Students can learn about animals, musicians, fitness, space exploration, and much more.
Discovery Education: Anderson Site Code = 4ADB-A833, Hedke Site Code = A153-161C. Discovery Education Streaming content is curated by subject matter experts into collections by grade and topic. Resources include interactive activities, reading passages, audio clips, skill builders, and writing prompts that engage students and extend critical thinking. Streaming also includes instructional resources such as lesson starters, training videos, and classroom strategies to help invigorate lessons.
eBook K-8 Collection: Over 12,000 full-text Titles that support K-8 students across all subject areas. Also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators including Common Core alignment. You may access the full text of these eBooks from your computer, or download titles to most popular portable devices.
Novelist K-8 Plus:K-8: Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, Common Core standards; even books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews and learn about the author. Create your own reading wish list.
Storyline Online: Watch and listen to famous actors read popular children's picture books. Videos can be viewed on YouTube or SchoolTube. Activity guides featuring book summary, related activities, internet activities, and author biography are available in PDF.
Starfell: Read beginning-reader books online. Don't know a word? No problem. You can click any word and have it read to you. Books are colorful and fun, featuring plays, nonfiction, and comics.
Also, don't forget The Trenton Veterans Memorial Library - A public library card provides access to thousands of free eBooks, AudioBooks, movies, music, and more. Ask a parent to visit or email if you don't already have a card.
