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Belk Library Instructional Materials Center

Check out our Children's Book Collection!

On the Lower Level of Belk Library is our Instructional Materials Center (IMC) Collection. We serve Appalachian students, faculty, and staff, as well as area educators and community members.

Take a look at what's new in the IMC!
Children in the Library: ASU Belk Library Minors Policy
Borrowing Limits

Hickory Family Room

If you're studying at App State at our Hickory Campus, please stop by the Family Room in our Hickory Library! The room has children-sized furniture, fun and interactive toys, as well as learning materials! Bring your kids with you while you study:)

Click this link to reserve the Family Study Room today!

IMC Booklists

IMC Booklists

Find books representing a specific genre, theme, or reading level, such as Graphic Novels for Middle Grades!

Streaming Databases for Children

Just for Kids Streaming Collection This link opens in a new window
A kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform with over 9,000 titles and 12,000 segments from producers like the PBS and Reading Rainbow.
A kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform with over 9,000 titles and 12,000 segments from producers like the PBS and Reading Rainbow.

KidLit

KidLit TV
"KidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award and has been selected as an American Association of School Librarians Best Digital Tool for Teaching and Learning. KLTV is available in over 700,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. We’re a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives."

eBooks for Kids

OverDrive This link opens in a new window
Overdrive has many young adult ebooks and audiobooks for your children to enjoy!
OverDrive eBooks allows Appalachian State University faculty, students and staff to borrow eBooks and audiobooks and download them to computers and portable devices.
MackinVIA This link opens in a new window
MackinVIA offers a growing collection of eBooks for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

These eBooks allow for unlimited, simultaneous as well as one book-one user access. Many eBooks are interactive and designed for struggling or reluctant readers.
MackinVIA offers a growing collection of eBooks for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

These eBooks allow for unlimited, simultaneous as well as one book-one user access. Many eBooks are interactive and designed for struggling or reluctant readers.

Storyline Online

Storyline Online
"The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Daytime Emmy®-nominated and award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Kristen Bell, Rita Moreno, Viola Davis, Jaime Camil, Kevin Costner, Lily Tomlin, Sarah Silverman, Betty White, Wanda Sykes and dozens more.

Storyline Online receives over 140 million views annually from children all over the world.
Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading. Teachers use Storyline Online in their classrooms, and doctors and nurses play Storyline Online in children’s hospitals.

Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners."

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