Downloadables

Overdrive Kids' Reading Room

Visit the Kids' Reading Room to browse and checkout eBooks and Audio Books just for kids.

*Sign in before you search to see additional exclusive titles available to Park Ridge cardholders only.

There's a new even easier app called Libby available now! You can download it here for Apple, Android and Windows devices!

Overdrive Tutorial
How To: Overdrive App
How To: Overdrive Kindles & Nooks
How To: Overdrive Audiobooks to MP3 Players

TumbleBooks

Games to play for young children along with books they can listen to online.

TumbleBooks Tutorial
TumbleBooks for iPad or iPhone
TumbleBooks for Android

Hoopla

Borrow free digital movies, TV shows, ebooks, audiobooks, comic books and music with your Park Ridge library card. Ten checkouts are allowed per card per month.

Visit the Hoopla site to sign up and browse the collection.

How To: Hoopla
Hoopla Tutorial

axis360 and eRead Illinois

A new service that offers additional eBooks and audiobooks for checkout. Limit 5 checkouts at a time. Visit  Axis 360 to browse the collection and check out eBooks. 

eRead Illinois is supported by the Illinois Secretary of State through the Illinois State Library.

Use Axis360 App for eBooks & eAudiobooks
Axis 360 Tutorial

Kanopy Kids

A new service that lets you stream a selection of educational and enriching videos on Kanopy Kids with developmentally appropriate, age-based ratings as well as additional parental controls. Kanopy Kids categories include TV Series, Learning Languages, Animated Storybooks, Anime Favorites, Classic Films and Movies for the Whole Family. Stream Kanopy on your computer or download the app on your phone, tablet or Roku device. 

Kanopy apps
Kanopy tutorial