Kids

Make-Your-Own Maker Kit!

Missing the MakerSpace?

Come in and make-your-own Maker Kit at the library!

1 kit per kid per week.

Kits are take-away only (make your masterpiece at home).

Bubbles & Chalk

Tuesdays, 10am – noon in the Library Gardens

We’ve all missed being together, and nothing brings kids together like bubbles and sidewalk chalk!

Join us every week, outside along the library garden’s promenade.

All ages.

(Bubbles and chalk provided, along with board books!)

Odell Lending Library

The Kid’s Services Team has opened a Lending Library in the Odell Mobile Park to offer free literacy services while we wait for our Bookmobile to be operational.

The Lending Library requires no card or account and is open Wednesday 4-6pm and Saturday 10am-noon. Free lunch is provided on Saturdays.

The Lending Library is located on AGA Rd. at the entrance of Odell Mobile Park.

Storytime!

Gather round and hear a wondrous tale!

Join us for Storytime on Facebook every Thursday at 10:30 am! Click to go to our Facebook page.

Kids' Virtual Chess Club

The Hood River Squares is a local chess club now forming! All skill levels welcome. Please email Justin at SUSHIOKALANI@gorge.net to start your Kid-Safe on-line account.

2021 Strut Your Ruff contestants in all their finery

(part of our Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration)

Buddy is radiant in this year’s Swiffer line ruff…

Lord Sox of Essex upon Sussex rules with an iron paw…

O Marshmallow! How soft and sweet thou art!

“Dost thou smell bacon?” ~ Lord Audie

The Earl of Scrunchie

Lady Ruby sports the latest from Paris: coffee filter couture

Wherefore dost thou brood, Lady Sailor?

Et tu, Queen Dora of Tulle?

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Library Highlights for Kids

Kanopy for Kids

Kanopy’s dedication to thoughtful entertainment includes educational and engaging videos for children of all ages—as well as the young at heart. Parents can trust that our catalog encourages social and emotional development, promotes respect for community diversity, and inspires creativity. Browse Kanopy Kids and discover the videos that spark children’s imagination. And the best part is it is you have unlimited plays for free with your library card!

TumbleBooks for Kids

The TumbleBook Library features thousands of professionally published picture books, graphic novels, chapter books, videos, games, music and more for kids in grades K-6. The picture books in particular are loads of fun — if your child isn’t reading on their own yet, TumbleBooks will even read books out loud to them!

Library2Go

Your Hood River County Library District card gives you free access to thousands of e-books and e-audiobooks for all ages, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Visit the ebooks and audiobook page for detailed instructions.

When logging in, select from the library drop down menu: LEO Listens – Libraries of Eastern Oregon

More resources we recommend…

Hood River County School District

These family learning resources are meant for skill building & development and most importantly for fun!

Lexile Framework for Reading

Find the right book for your reading level. Don’t know your Lexile measure? Get help finding it.

Rhymes and Songs

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their family’s income.

Khan Academy

Watch tutorials online and practice a wide variety of life skills and academic subjects, from computer programming to printmaking or 2nd grade math to entrepreneurship.

Oregon Zoo

Enjoy live videos of zoo animals and fun activities!

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