eBooks and Audiobooks

If you belong to Hamilton City Libraries then you are able to access a number of free ebooks and audiobooks. To find out more about their eCollections for kids, click here.

Once you have borrowed an eBook you are often able to configure the settings. For children who have difficulty reading you might like to try changing the appearance of the book:

Use a sans-serif font like Arial or Gothic
Increase the font size, letter spacing, word spacing, and/or line spacing
Select a coloured reading background theme.

If you require assistance, the staff at Hamilton City Libraries will be able to help you adjust these settings.

Stories read on video

Goodnight Kiwi (NZ picture books)

Storyline Online

eBook websites

Epic

Vooks

The Professor Garfield Toon Book Reader

Oxford Owl

Starfall

Starfall - I'm Reading

Beatrix Potter

The International Digital Children's Library

Scholastic Listen and Read (Non-Fiction)

National Geographic Young Explorer (Non-Fiction)

Audiobook websites

Storytime (Radio New Zealand)

Light up Your Brain

Kiddie Records Weekly (Classic Kids' Records)

Loyal Books

Plays

Readers' Theatre

Aaron Shepard's Readers' Theatre

Stories to Grow By

Create your Own Stories

Little Bird Tales

StoryJumper