Bentleigh Library and Youth Hub is temporarily closed from 6pm on Tuesday 21 July while essential maintenance works are carried out. Our other library locations remain open. For more information, including answers to frequently asked questions, please visit our FAQs.
Sharing books at home is a great activity for families.
At the libraries you can borrow from a huge selection of board books, picture books, easy readers, junior fiction and teenage fiction.
Try these interactive online reading and learning tools specially for kids.
The way for your child to experience reading success from the very first book. Two vast libraries offering quality texts for children who are just beginning to read, right through to those who are developing fluency and independence.
A child-friendly and engaging way to learn learning 20 languages using fun games, songs and books. For students that do not speak English as their first language, Languagenut also provides 70+ support ESL languages.
Children can enjoy 3000+ digital book titles in over 100+ languages with English translations. There are also picture books in sign language (Auslan, British Sign Language and American Sign Language). Watch a selection of English books with Australian accents by clicking the Australian flag.
Download the LOTE4Kids App today!
Good Reading for Kids features author interviews, independent book reviews, sneak peeks inside books, extracts and podcasts for kids from 0-11 years of age. You'll also find fun book related activities and teachers' notes to download.
An online 'reading room' filled with online stories for Australian primary aged kids - the stories are a little bit cheeky, a little bit charming and a whole lot of fun!
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