Youth Services




More YouTube content here.


all-access passThe All-Access Pass - a partnership with Manatee County Schools - provides 50,000-plus local students with access to 1 million books, thousands of periodicals and newspapers and learning resources galore, all at your Manatee Library!  To read more about All Access Pass, visit here: All Access Pass








Overdrive reading room
Learn how to use OverDrive Kids' collection and much more in Library Services Step-by-Step, a video tutorial series that visually shows you how to access and use library resources







Novelist Plus and othe databases for kids NoveList is a resource for parents, teachers, and kids to use in locating appropriate reading material for children by matching reading abilities and interests up to middle school reading level. It includes booklists by age, genre, or even mood. You can also search by read-alikes and Lexile range.



ABCmouse is available inside the library. See staff for information.
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