Reading & Literature

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Extensive collection of critical essays on the works of contemporary English language authors. Also available as a set of books in Adult Services Reference.

LitFinder

Index for poetry, short stories, essays, plays and speeches, many full-text. Jr. High through adult users.

NoveList

A "what do I read next" resource for young adult through adult fiction readers covering more than 120,000 titles. Search by subject heading, plot description, read alikes and more. Includes discussion guides, booktalk ideas, and feature articles.

Novelist K-8

A "what do I read next" resource for fiction readers in grades K-8. Search by plot or browse genre and award lists. Teacher resources including book talk examples and reading lexiles.

Tumblebooks

The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.

Wikisource

Wikisource is an online library of free content publications (see the inclusion policy) collected and maintained by the community. See the help pages for information on getting started and the community portal for ways you can help. Feel free to ask questions at the community discussion page or experiment in the sandbox.