For Children and Parents

Online resources for learning, play, and storytelling.

Over 300 award-winning educational games for children aged three and up. Hours of fun learning through play.

Learn the basics of coding while having fun with the colourful creatures of Busythings.  Tutorials, activities and coding projects introduce the fundamentals of how to create, run and debug simple programs.  Ideal for children aged six to twelve.

Comprehensive encyclopedia with junior, student, and adult levels. An excellent starting point for school assignments.

Story Box Library features engaging online stories aimed at Australian primary school-aged children read by authors, actors and other well-known identities.

On-demand, one-to-one homework help with English, maths, science and more from a subject specialist. Available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week

An online magazine for lovers of young adult fiction featuring book reviews, competitions, news, videos, interviews and more.

PK Mag offers a mix of  book reviews and interesting articles for chidren, and original creative work by primary students - short stories, poems, art, craft, reviews, musical performances, science and engineering projects, just to name a few.

Borrowbox is a digital library of the latest eAudiobooks and eBooks, featuring a wealth of Australian content.

Download the Borrowbox mobile app from theiTunes App Store or the Google Play Store

With ComicsPlus, you can access over 20,000 digital comics, graphic novels, and manga featuring hugely popular titles for children and young adults (note some titles are intended for older readers).

Visit our Children’s pages for more information on library services and programs particularly suitable for children, parents and carers/teachers.