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.

This engaging, interactive resource will help your child develop their math and reading skills using a variety of readers, games, and activities. Learning Space is designed to suit various levels for your child’s needs and age group. 

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 the iTunes App Store or the Google Play Store

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