Discover thousands of downloadable eBooks, eAudiobooks, and shows available especially for youth with your Mahwah Library card. These selections are perfect for children and early readers!
There are no overdue fees on these items. Simply return them when you finish enjoying them or they will auto-return at due date.
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CollegeNow assists students and parents in every step of the college admissions process, making higher education more accessible and attainable for all.
CollegeNow’s Key Features Include:
- Application Resources: Patrons can access materials such as SAT/ACT preparation guides, essay writing resources, recommendation letter tips, and more, ensuring they are well-prepared to craft college applications.
- Admissions Interview Resources: CollegeNow equips patrons with the tools and knowledge to excel in admissions interviews, boosting their confidence and increasing their chances of securing a coveted spot at their dream colleges.
- Financial Aid Resources: CollegeNow service provides resources for informed college financial planning, including information on scholarships, loans, and expert guidance on completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
- Live Guidance Counselors: Expert online guidance counselors are available to offer personalized assistance throughout the college application process. Whether it’s help with application forms, essay composition, financial aid navigation, or interview preparation, CollegeNow’s experienced counselors are ready to support patrons at every turn.
- Writing Lab: CollegeNow includes a Writing Lab that offers patrons a unique opportunity to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their college entrance essays. Through this feature, patrons receive personalized and comprehensive feedback, helping them to stand out in the highly competitive admissions process.
- Category: Online Learning
- Audience Adults, Teens
Looking for a laugh? Start perusing digital editions of classic funnies like Zits, Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible, and more. You can take your pick from newly added comics or explore the robust library of archives. With thousands of classic comic strips at your fingertips, this collection will surely keep you entertained!
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Adults, Children, Teens
Curiosity Stream features award-winning original and curated factual films, shows, and series focusing on science, nature, travel, history, technology, and more. Curiosity Stream’s curated collections help you discover more about your favorite topics.
Use your Mahwah Library card to borrow a BingePass with unlimited access to Curiosity Stream for seven days. BingePasses do not count towards the 30 items/month checkout limits.
- Category: Movies & TV
- Audience Adults, Teens
Freegal Music+ is your new music library and streaming service – all in one! Stream millions of songs from thousands of top artists, 24/7, or download up to three favorite tunes each week – entirely free with your Mahwah Library card.
Freegal is a digital music service that allows you to listen to a huge collection of music from thousands of artists and labels across every genre. You can stream or download songs at no charge straight from your computer or download the Freegal app.
Streaming – there is no limit to how long you are able to stream Freegal music – access 24 hrs a day! You simply need to search for the music you want to hear and click play.
Downloading – you are also able to download songs from Freegal Music. DRM-free mp3 files are saved onto your computer permanently and can be transferred to your smartphone and other devices. You are able to download three songs per week.
- Category: Music
- Audience Adults, Children, Teens
Now you can learn how to play your favorite songs from anywhere! This exclusive BingePass invites you to browse over 100 courses covering all styles of playing for guitar, bass, and ukulele. Dubbed the “Netflix of music education,” the Fret Zealot platform provides over 3,500 video lessons from the world’s top instructors. Whether you’re a novice or an adept player, the curated courses cater to all skill levels and let you learn at your own pace.
- Category: Online Learning
- Audience Adults, Teens
Does your child love to listen to stories? Then this BingePass is for them! They can dive into the entire GoKidGo Universe collection of podcasts, including episodes only available on hoopla. These captivating, ad-free podcasts feature stories based on the fictional town of Pflugerville — and the wacky characters that live there. As a bonus, you’ll get access to 20 exclusive episodes from accomplished TV writer Ben Fleck.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Growing up can be tough — but it can be easier with the right support. This collection of eBooks focuses on introducing your child to a variety of social and emotional topics, including managing relationships, handling feelings, and making healthy choices. Titles like A Beautiful Day and Feeling Angry are designed to be easy to understand and approachable for any child.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Incredibly engaging, interactive, and educational, Hellosaurus puts kids ages 2 to 8 in their favorite shows. Featuring popular titles like The Wiggles and Love, Diana, children develop life skills independently and safely by having fun. One borrow gets them all the Hellosaurus they want for 7 days.
- Category: Movies & TV
- Audience Children
On-Demand Online Learning & Homework Help
Live One-On-One Tutoring and Homework Help
Designed for students, HelpNow offers live, real-time assistance through the intuitive Brainfuse online classroom. Brainfuse tutors are trained to not provide answers, but to help users master a problem’s underlying academic concepts. Brainfuse also offers tutoring and homework help services in Spanish for all subjects offered in English.
Expert Writing Assistance for Every Level
Get help with writing in a way that works for you! Live writing help lets you work in real-time with a tutor on brainstorming, revising, and editing your writing. Brainfuse’s intensive writing lab allows you to submit a paper to receive instructive and thoughtful analysis in 24 hours.
Academic and standardized test prep
SkillSurfer contains a comprehensive library of proprietary practice tests. When you take a SkillSurfer test, Brainfuse instantly prepares a skill-by-skill learning plan, including recommendations for targeted tutoring to help you succeed! Supported tests include:
The new SAT
ACT
The new GED
TASC (a GED alternative test)
HiSet (a GED alternative test)
ASVAB
TOEFL
TOEIC
US Citizenship Test
College Placement Test Preparation
- Category: Homework Help, Online Learning
- Audience Adults, Children, Teens
Hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. We have hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily. hoopla is like having your public library at your fingertips – anytime, anywhere!
Use your Mahwah Library card to download up to 30 of any combination of movies, music, TV shows, eBooks or audiobooks each month.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks, Movies & TV, Music
- Audience Adults, Teens
Read current issues of 50+ popular magazines with the hoopla Magazines BingePass. From health to home décor, business to baking or anything in between, there’s a magazine you’ll love – checkout the magazines available. With a reading experience designed specifically for digital use, it’s easy to read hoopla Magazines on a mobile device or your computer. Use your Mahwah Library card to borrow a BingePass with unlimited access for seven days. BingePasses do not count towards the 30 items/month checkout limits.
- Category: Magazines
- Audience Adults, Teens
Kanopy is the best video streaming service for quality, thoughtful entertainment. Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain. We partner with public libraries to bring you an ad-free experience that can be enjoyed on your TV, mobile phones, tablets and online.
- Category: Movies & TV
- Audience Adults, Teens
Now your child can experience their favorite stories in a whole new way! With this BingePass, you will have access to a variety of short entertaining films based on popular picture books, bedtime stories, and nursery rhymes. From Dragons Love Tacos to Dream Big, Little Pig to Moby Dick, this expansive collection has a fun film for every child. Sit back and enjoy the show!
- Category: Movies & TV
- Audience Children
This collection includes dozens of movies and TV shows designed for children of all ages. Whether they want to relax with some yoga, learn about animals and wildlife, or take a drawing lesson, this BingePass offers hours of entertainment and education. Start streaming today!This collection includes dozens of movies and TV shows designed for children of all ages. Whether they want to relax with some yoga, learn about animals and wildlife, or take a drawing lesson, this BingePass offers hours of entertainment and education. Start streaming today!
- Category: Movies & TV
- Audience Children
These carefully selected, kid-friendly titles explore the people and places that shape our world. Read about famous athletes who made a difference. Learn about holidays celebrated across the globe. Discover different cities and cultures. It’s the ideal collection for those looking to connect with their child while embracing what makes each individual unique.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Libby has an amazing selection eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines all in one place! Libby by Overdrive offers thousands of current eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels and magazines that you can borrow and enjoy on your computer, phone or device anywhere, at any time.
eBooks & Audiobooks
Browse and borrow from thousands or current, popular eBooks and Audiobooks across hundreds of subjects. You may borrow up to five eBooks or audiobooks at once.
More for Mahwah!
We’re expanding our eBook offerings by adding a new collection exclusively for Mahwah residents. Borrow from BCCLS central collection or Mahwah’s exclusive collection — all from within the Libby app! Simply add the Mahwah Public Library to Libby alongside BCCLS and toggle between libraries for the widest selection. We will be adding new titles and best-sellers all the time so that you get priority access to popular items.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Adults, Teens
A collection of over 3000 digital magazines from across the U.S. and around the world available on our Libby, by OverDrive site and Libby app. Libby, by OverDrive is a leading digital reading platform for libraries worldwide.
Magazine checkouts don’t count against checkout limits set for eBooks and Audiobooks borrowed in Libby, by OverDrive.
- Category: Magazines
- Audience Adults, Teens
Little Pim is the leading language teaching method designed just for children. The short 5-minute videos hold their focus so they can begin their language learning journey on their own. Child-friendly themes of colors, shapes, counting, and foods make it relatable. Hearing and repeat the 360 foundational words and phrases with Little Pim (who’s voiced by native speakers in each of the 12 languages) helps them recall, reproduce, and apply the new sounds.
- Category: Online Learning
- Audience Children
Mango is the only personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides the tools and guidance you need to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best!
- Category: Online Learning
- Audience Adults, Teens
Looking to add some sparkle to a child’s day? Featuring over 40 eBooks, this BingePass invites children into the colorful lives of Pinkalicious Pinkerton and her younger brother, Peter. From vibrant digital picture books to “I Can Read” stories, the fun-filled collection is designed to entertain young readers ages 4-8. The Pinkalicious series highlights the power of teamwork and creative problem solving — while encouraging kids to be themselves and to have some fun along the way.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Keep calm and scare on! This collection of audio podcasts is designed for kids who enjoy a good spooky story. Gather around to listen to two series from Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine — R.L. Stine’s Story Club and Ivy’s Chilling Tales. Then, get your frights from Juniper’s Grave Tales, a podcast from award-winning writer Don Roff that you can only find on hoopla.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Looking for an easy way to encourage your emerging reader? With Read-Along eBooks, young readers can explore independently or with narrator support and word highlighting. With topics like sports, animals, emotions, STEM, and more, kids can dig into the world around them at their own pace.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Bring story time to your home or take it on the go! With this BingePass, you can view The Reading Corner’s entire collection of more than 900 videos in English, Spanish, Moroccan, Polish, Syrian, and Turkish. Designed for kids of all ages, the stories come to life with eye-catching illustrations and entertaining music. And with new videos added weekly, there’s always more to explore!
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
Fuel your child’s passion for all things STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) with this collection of eBooks and comics. Whether your child is a kindergartener or preteen, these titles will encourage them to ask questions, explore their surroundings, and embrace a love of learning.
- Category: eBooks & Audiobooks
- Audience Children
The Great Courses are a series of college-level lecture courses, perfect for anyone who wants to further their education or take a deep dive into a variety of subjects, at your own pace and based on the topics that interest you.
With over 5,000 videos, you can learn as much as you want to about history, humanities, travel, hobbies, zoology, health, psychology, environment science, literature and the arts to name just a few. View unlimited “The Great Courses” with your Library card.
- Category: Movies & TV, Online Learning
- Audience Adults, Teens
The Great Courses are a series of college-level lecture courses, perfect for anyone who wants to further their education or take a deep dive into a variety of subjects, at your own pace and based on the topics that interest you.
With over 5,000 videos, you can learn as much as you want to about history, humanities, travel, hobbies, zoology, health, psychology, environment science, literature and the arts to name just a few. View unlimited “The Great Courses” with your Library card.
On Kanopy, all “The Great Courses” videos are not only free but also available on demand: there are no holds, no waiting lists.
- Category: Movies & TV, Online Learning
- Audience Adults, Teens
