Youth
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Walk our Storybook Trail at Raintree Park
-Read a book together with your child while exploring one of Troy’s beautiful outdoor spaces! Walk along Raintree Park’s trail path and read a book one page at a time. Click 'Read More' for more details!
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Parents Explore Our Early Literacy Page
-Explore our Early Literacy page for information on our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge, book recommendations, and links to helpful information for ages birth up to 5 years.
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Register for a Youth Program
-Click 'Read More' to visit Troy Public Library's online calendar and explore upcoming programs for kids of all ages!
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Follow Youth Services Facebook Page
-Join us for a virtual Storytime, learn how to do a fun craft, too! Follow and like our Youth Services Facebook page to access new videos and activites for your little ones. Click 'Read More' to head there now!
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What to Read
-Not sure what to read? Click 'Read More' to see recommended lists from the Troy Public Library!
Explore the Web
Learn MoreAt-Home Youth Resources
Pre-K – Grade 3
Interactive experience for beginning readers that pairs fiction and non-fiction titles in fun units! Each book pair includes word matching, fact or fiction quiz and more!
FreedomFlix
Grade 4+
Brings history to life for kids by capturing the dramatic and defining moments in American history. FreedomFlix includes full-text ebooks, project ideas, and related websites.
TrueFlix
Grade 3+
Includes a variety of videos and full-text ebooks on topics including history and science. Dig deeper with project ideas and the activity center.
All Grades
Offers worksheets, lesson plans, learning games, and more with printable activities for any subject. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade.
Explora for Primary Schools
Grades K – 12
Explora is a great tool to explore topics through kid appropriate magazines, encyclopedia entries, and ebooks. Explore animals, science, art, biographies and more!
PebbleGo
Pre-K – Grade 3
Young learners can use this interactive database to research animals, science, biographies, social studies, and animals.
World Book Early Learning
Preschool – Grade 3
For preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades. Early Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum, public library programming, or learning at home.
World Books Kids
Grades 2 –5
With thousands of articles, multimedia content, and a collection of biographies, World Book Kids is designed to encourage the young learner to be curious.
Grades K – 12
Available for Elementary, Middle, and High School students to search and explore topics. Includes images, videos, magazines, and Web’s best sites on each topic.
Tutor.com
Grades K – 12
Provides on-demand tutoring, homework help, test preparation and writing assistance in over 40 subject. Tutors are available 4–11 pm. You can also use their practice quizzes and SkillsCenter Resource Library to study 24/7. Login to get help today.
Read Together Be Together
All Ages
A nationwide movement developed by Penguin Random House in partnership with Parents magazine that celebrates the importance, and power, of the shared reading experience between an adult and a child.
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