NHCPL Guides: Kids: Kids Home

Welcome to the New Hanover County Public Library Kids Page!

Visit our online calendar to see all of the programs currently being offered including Read to a Dog, virtual programs, and outdoor programs.

Save time and have an expert select books for your child!

Tutor.com This link opens in a new window
Free homework help from a live, online, qualified tutor is available 9:00am to 12:00am EST for K-12 and college students as well as adult learners. Receive help in math, science, English, social studies, ESL, computer literacy, and college placement exams. Tutors provide essay and resume feedback with a drop-off service. Take assessment quizzes to develop and practice your skills in a variety of subjects.

User Tip: If you are using a device other than an NHCPL computer, select “I am at home.”
Patrons are limited to 5 sessions per week.

Patrons are limited to 5 sessions per week. If you are using a device other than an NHCPL computer, select "I am at home."
ABCmouse Home Access This link opens in a new window
ABCmouse - The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities (books, puzzles, educational games, art activities, songs, etc.) across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish. Best of all, kids just love it! (From Age of Learning, Inc.)
Tumble Books This link opens in a new window
Collection of animated and narrated picture books for young children, read-alongs and nonfiction books for grades K-6, as well as puzzles and games.
NC Kids Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Children’s eBooks, eAudiobooks, and streaming video for pre-K through 4th grade in North Carolina.
TumbleMath This link opens in a new window
TumbleMath is a comprehensive collection of math picture books, complete with animation and narration, accompanied by supplementary materials like quizzes.
Just for Kids Access Video This link opens in a new window
A collection of educational videos and TV shows for kids.
Mailbox Plus, The This link opens in a new window
The Mailbox® Plus is packed with 52,000+ fun and engaging ideas, activities, and worksheets for grades PreK–6 that help inspire imaginations while teaching essential skills. All of its content is carefully planned and edited by Infobase’s very own team of former teachers. This enormous repository of educationally sound, easy-to-use, teacher-facing / child-centered materials ensures that all educators at the primary-school level have access to effective and engaging activities, tips, lesson plans, make-and-print tools, and much more.

The Pine Valley Library is excited to be an ecoEXPLORE Hot Spot and Loan Spot!

ecoEXPLORE (Experiences Promoting Learning Outdoors for Research and Education) is an incentive-based citizen science program for children in grades K-8. Developed by The North Carolina Arboretum, this innovative program combines science exploration with kid-friendly technology to foster a fun learning environment for children while encouraging them to explore the outdoors and participate in citizen science.

Participate 3 ways:

1. Attend programs at the library presented by the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Whiteville.

2. Check out an ecoEXPLORE Discovery Pack.

3. Create an ecoExplore account online and get started! https://www.ecoexplore.net/