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Story Box Library is an educational resource, created for children to view stories by local authors and illustrators, being read aloud by fantastic, predominantly Australian and New Zealand, storytellers. It's storytime, anytime!

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World Book Online hosts thousands of articles, as well as hundreds of maps, videos, and other media for an immersive learning experience. The following categories are available:

Kids (ages 6-10): A visually stunning resource with intuitive iconography, Kids provides thousands of easy-to-read articles with embedded multimedia for increased comprehension. Includes fantastic age-appropriate resources, such as important people, science projects, webquests, and games.

Student (ages 10-14): Student is packed with such research tools as citation builder, how to do research, compare places, interactive maps, and the world book atlas to help students get the most out of their research experience. World Book editors explain current events in Behind the Headlines, which includes quizzes and lesson plans.

How to access World Book Online

1. Go to World Book Online and sign in with your library card number.
2. For help getting started using World Book Online follow our online tutorial to guide you through the process.

A new fun and interactive way to read with your children. It contains 500+ stories with voiceovers, animations, games, puzzles and much more. Access is free whether in the library or at home. Ziptales is an online literacy 'library' designed for school, library, and home use. Ziptales has been a leader in the field of online literacy for more than 15 years.

Ziptales has three libraries:

• the preschool library (ages 2 - 4)
• the developing literacy library for prep - 2 (ages 5 - 7)
• the extending literacy library for years 3 - 6 (ages 8 - 11).

It is based on the latest research about how children develop and sustain a love of reading. The Ziptales “library” was built by trained teachers with the express purpose of making reading a pleasurable and lifelong experience.

Ziptales offers young readers:

• almost 600 different content modules - stories, puzzles, poems, cartoons and lessons
• this includes over 300 stories for all levels of the primary age range
• each story has interactive comprehension quizzes to give instant feedback on understanding
• all stories come with professional voiceovers (Australian accent)
• the Ziptales library is an ‘open access’ resource, with no ‘test and progress’, or annoying ‘lockout’ features. Children, under supervision, can read whatever they like
• ziptales works on all devices - PCs and Macs, iPads, tablets, smartphones e.t.c.
• because it is internet based, it can be accessed anywhere, any time (24/7).

How to access Ziptales

1. Go to www.ziptales.com.
2. Enter your library barcode number and select 'Login'.

Information for parents

Parent dashboard: Dashboard for Ziptales resources.

Video tutorial: Start with our video tutorial giving you a quick overview of Ziptales and the best way to get started with your children.

How to use: A really helpful series of short video tutorials dealing with specific parts of the Ziptales library.

Reading levels: Read about the Ziptales 10 stage reading scheme, and the readability measures used to map the library.

Ziptales the full guide: Aligned to Australia curricula.