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  • Home Page
    • Library News
    • Remote Card Application
    • Services & Resources >
      • Online Resources
      • Atchison Genealogical Society
      • Curbside Pickup
      • Games & Puzzles
      • Home-bound Services
      • Inter-library Loan
      • Mobile Printing
      • Meeting Room
      • Job Resources
      • Cake Pan Collection
  • Search Our Site
  • Adults
    • New Books
    • New Movies
    • Adult Programs
  • Teens
    • New YA Books
    • Programs & Resources
  • Children
    • New Kids' Items
    • Programs & Services
    • Collection & Resources
    • Financial Literacy
  • Policies
  • About
    • Calendar
    • Strategic Plan 2015-2018
    • Board of Trustees >
      • Board Books
    • Foundation
    • Friends of the Atchison Library (FoAL)
    • Job Openings
    • Contact
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Children's Collection

Children's Resources
Free Online Resources

Print Materials
  • Board Books: books with thick pages, good for infants and toddlers.
  • Picture Books: books with lots of pictures, good for parents to read to children.
  • Easy Readers: books with simple words and pictures, good for beginning readers.
  • Fiction/Chapter Books: make believe stories with few or no pictures, good for older readers.
  • Non-Fictions: true stories full of facts or instructions, good for all readers.​
  • Book with CD: Picture books and Easy Readers with an accompanying cd with story read aloud.

Non-Print Materials
  • DVD: Children's and Family movies and television shows are available for check-out.
  • Audiobook: books read aloud on cd, good for all readers (especially reluctant readers).
  • State Library of Kansas - They have a digital e-book and audiobook library, along with additional resoureces and databases. It's all free, just ask us how to get a card. 

Electronic Materials
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  • Computers: We have two desktop computers available for use to children up to 6th grade and adults with children. (Click here to review our Computer use Policy)
  • Laptops: We have laptops available for adults with children to use downstairs. 
  • iPads: There are 5 different colored iPads to choose from loaded with early literacy apps for children up to age 8 years. 
Storyline Online - Animated picture books read by celebrities.
Learning & School Resources - This is a link to our state website. You can access Britannica Online, Mango Languages, and more.
Tumblebooks - Another State Library of Kansas resource that allows you to use interactive books online.
Bookflix from Scholastic - Provided by the State Library of Kansas, you have access to online stories paired with non-fiction resources with read-aloud functions and 
Great Websites for Kids - Put together by the American Library Association (ALA). 

Find Read-a-like books on the following
Goodreads - You do not have to sign up to use this site, but it is free to get an account.
Fantastic Fiction - Look up book series, author lists and more.

Resources for Adults
Great Websites for Parents, Caregivers, Teachers & Others - Put together by the American Library Association (ALA). 

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Phone: 913-367-1902
Fax: 913-367-2717
email: askus@atchisonlibrary.org