The OverDrive/Northern California Digital Library collection has ebooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines for beginning readers, kids, teens, and adults.
OverDrive titles are compatible with most devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers, and Kindles.
The app for OverDrive is Libby.
In addition to the many adult titles, there are dedicated reading rooms for kids and teens.
Go to OverDrive/Libby View Tutorial Get the App
hoopla is a digital media service where you can check out movies, television, ebooks, audiobooks, and music. Thousands of titles are available for streaming or temporary download to your computer, smart phone or tablet. Check out movies for 3 days, music albums for 7 days and ebooks and audiobooks for 21 days. 5 titles per user per month.
Go to hoopla View Tutorial Get the App
Kanopy Streaming Video. Kanopy provides access to one of the most unique collections of films in the world – including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases – on every topic imaginable. Users can view 8 films per month with their account. Mobile apps and a Roku channel are available.
Go to Kanopy View Tutorial Get the App
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of TumbleBooks--animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. Also included are games and puzzles. TumbleBooks are created in flash animation. You will need the Flash plug-in for your browser and a computer set up for sound.
Here are a few best of lists from a variety of organizations and publishers that you may want to check out:
American Library Association Most Notable Books
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults
School Library Journal Best Books
Publishers Weekly Best Books
The Best Books by Kirkus Reviews
Horn Book Fanfare Booklist
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books
New York Times - 25 Best Children's Books
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) Best Books
Children's book resource, providing read alikes for both fiction and nonfiction. Find the order of titles in a series, find book recommendations by grade level, and that meet curricular standards.
Santa Cruz Public Libraries Booklist: Black Lives Matter: resources for kids, tweens, and families
Today's Parent: 27 books to help you talk to your kids about racism
Charis Books & More: Books to teach white children and teens ho to undo racism and white supremacy
School Library Journal: Social Justice: Fifteen titles to address inequity, equality, and organizing for young readers | Great Books
Oakland Public Library: Listen, Learn, Participate: A #BlackLivesMatter Resource Series
Common Sense Media: Books about racism and social justice
Social Justice Books: The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.
Children's Book Council: A Collection of Juneteenth Reading Lists
Hoopla Titles (ebooks) you can borrow from SCPL:
Santa Cruz Public Libraries: LGBTQ Books
Social Justice Books: LGBTQ+
American Library Association: The 2021 Rainbow Book List
Common Sense Media: LGBTQ Books
We Are Teachers: 30 Children’s Books with LGBT Characters
Somos Familia: Entre Nos (Between Us) is an animated novela about family acceptance.
The OverDrive/Northern California Digital Library collection has ebooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines for beginning readers, kids, teens, and adults.
OverDrive titles are compatible with most devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers, and Kindles.
The app for OverDrive is Libby.
In addition to the many adult titles, there are dedicated reading rooms for kids and teens.
Go to OverDrive/Libby View Tutorial Get the App
hoopla is a digital media service where you can check out movies, television, ebooks, audiobooks, and music. Thousands of titles are available for streaming or temporary download to your computer, smart phone or tablet. Check out movies for 3 days, music albums for 7 days and ebooks and audiobooks for 21 days. 5 titles per user per month.
Go to hoopla View Tutorial Get the App
Kanopy Streaming Video. Kanopy provides access to one of the most unique collections of films in the world – including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases – on every topic imaginable. Users can view 8 films per month with their account. Mobile apps and a Roku channel are available.
Go to Kanopy View Tutorial Get the App
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of TumbleBooks--animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. Also included are games and puzzles. TumbleBooks are created in flash animation. You will need the Flash plug-in for your browser and a computer set up for sound.
Here are a few best of lists from a variety of organizations and publishers that you may want to check out:
American Library Association Most Notable Books
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults
School Library Journal Best Books
Publishers Weekly Best Books
The Best Books by Kirkus Reviews
Horn Book Fanfare Booklist
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books
New York Times - 25 Best Children's Books
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) Best Books
Children's book resource, providing read alikes for both fiction and nonfiction. Find the order of titles in a series, find book recommendations by grade level, and that meet curricular standards.
Santa Cruz Public Libraries Booklist: Black Lives Matter: resources for kids, tweens, and families
Today's Parent: 27 books to help you talk to your kids about racism
Charis Books & More: Books to teach white children and teens ho to undo racism and white supremacy
School Library Journal: Social Justice: Fifteen titles to address inequity, equality, and organizing for young readers | Great Books
Oakland Public Library: Listen, Learn, Participate: A #BlackLivesMatter Resource Series
Common Sense Media: Books about racism and social justice
Social Justice Books: The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.
Children's Book Council: A Collection of Juneteenth Reading Lists
Hoopla Titles (ebooks) you can borrow from SCPL:
Santa Cruz Public Libraries: LGBTQ Books
Social Justice Books: LGBTQ+
American Library Association: The 2021 Rainbow Book List
Common Sense Media: LGBTQ Books
We Are Teachers: 30 Children’s Books with LGBT Characters
Somos Familia: Entre Nos (Between Us) is an animated novela about family acceptance.
