Read
Read Early Read Often
The Community Foundation of Oceana County, together with a number of community partners, initiated Read early. Read often. (RERO) to better prepare children Of Oceana County for success in learning and in life. Hart Area Public Library works together with RERO to place books into the households of families with young children in Oceana County. Books are distributed through collaborative efforts of food pantries, day care centers, agencies, medical offices, libraries, events and more sites as identified by program partners. RERO stocks all 12 little libraries throughout our County with books on a monthly basis.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Free Books for Young Children! If you have a child between the ages of birth and 4 1/2 and you live in Oceana County, you are eligible to sign up. Once your child is signed up within a few months your child will begin to receive a good quality, age appropriate book, each month until their fifth birthday.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
1000 Books Before Kindergarten is an early literacy program that encourages daily reading to young children through milestone tracking. Stop by the HAPL to learn more and sign your child up for the program.
Early World of Learning
Grades Pre K-3. Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world. Share their love of colors, numbers, and other fun things. Come inside for stories and pictures.
eBook K-8 Collection
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.
Michigan eLibrary Catalog (MeLCat)
Discover millions of books available from 400+ Michigan libraries.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews and learn about the author. Create your own reading wish list. Includes tools for teachers such as Lexile levels and Common Core standards.
Libby Reading App
With your library card, enjoy free access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, and more through Libby, a user-friendly reading and listening app.
Hoopla Streaming App
Your library card unlocks instant access to hoopla, a digital streaming service offering audiobooks, ebooks, music, movies, TV shows, and more—all available at your fingertips.
Learn
MeL Kids
Are you out fishin’ for some fun ways to learn online? Look what we have for you! Good stuff for school, funny poems, silly songs, books to read or listen to, Michigan facts, and lots of other cool info. It’s all here! Jump (or hop) on in, the learning is great!
Britannica School Elementary
Grades 3-4. Find information on countries, animals, and people. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
Explora for Elementary Schools
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. Pulls content from Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Newspaper Source Plus, and the eBook K-8 Collection.
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.
School Center from LearningExpress Library
Grades 4 through 12 skills improvement in math, writing and grammar, reading comprehension, social studies, and vocabulary and spelling through tests, eBooks, and tutorials. U.S. Constitution study and review, advanced math, and logic available for high school students.
Transparent Language Online
Free language learning software. Child friendly features.
World Book Kids
Create a free account to access tools to help you do well in school. Grades Pre K – 5. Easy-to-read content for elementary school learners. Hundreds of activities, science projects and experiments.
Explore
Michigan Activity Pass
Explore participating cultural destinations, parks, campgrounds and recreation areas all over the state at a discounted rate with your Hart Area Public Library card!