Tweens & Teens Best Books 2025 Committee
Earn community service by reading and reviewing recently published Young Adult books throughout the year!
Volunteers will be asked to read new books aimed at Grades 6-12 and published between January 1, 2025 and December 5, 2025. Volunteers will then fill out a feedback form, which includes a 300-word review.
Volunteers can use the Library’s monthly reading lists beginning in January 2025 to help get ideas on what to read. To access the feedback form and earn community service credit, scan the QR code
or go to https://forms.gle/uwTvSMj8vw38J77J8
Have questions? Contact the Young Adult Department here:
https://gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact the-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/
Garden City Public Library Recording Policy, Section IV: The Library may take photos, videos, and audio recordings at the Library and during Library events to use in its publicity materials and on its website and social media sites. The Library reserves the right to document its services and the public’s use of the Library building and grounds. These photographs, videos, and audio recordings may be copied, displayed, televised, and published (including on any Library web site or social media site). Any individual that does not wish the Library to use a photograph or video of them or their child should inform a Library staff member prior to or while such photographs or videos are being taken. [Adopted: June 13, 2022]
LOTE for Kids is an online database of digital picture books in multiple languages that helps to engage multilingual families while allowing kids to enjoy books and learn language through the magic of storytelling.
Kids can now enjoy 3,000+ digital books in over 65 languages, together with English translations, from the comfort of home!
Available online, or download the app today!
A service of OverDrive, this site provides access to downloadable, digital ebooks, audio books, and magazines. Library patrons can download bestselling, popular, and classic eBooks and audiobooks to a PC or Mac computer or to a compatible eReader or digital-audio player, including Kindle, Nook, Android, iPad, iPod, MP3, iPhone, and most other mobile devices. The checkout period is 14 days, at the end of which the loan expires; there are no overdues. If the book is not in high demand, the loan can be renewed.
Download digital magazines through the Libby app or view them in a web browser. Magazines may be checked out for 21 days and are renewable. Magazine checkouts do not count toward a patron’s maximum number of checkouts on Overdrive.
The legacy OverDrive app was discontinued on May 1, 2023. OverDrive app users who have not yet made the switch need to change over to the Libby app to continue enjoying digital books through Nassau Digital Doorway.
Libby is now available to download from the Amazon Appstore. Going forward, users with Amazon Fire tablets should download Libby directly from the Amazon Appstore instead of manually sideloading the app directly from Overdrive. Alternatively, Kindle users can use the browser form of the Libby app, or use the “Read now with Kindle” option on the Nassau Digital Doorway site. Fire tablet users who already have the OverDrive app installed can continue to use it, but it is no actively supported.
Users with OverDrive’s Libby APK on their Fire tablet can continue to use that version. To switch to the Amazon Appstore version of the app, follow these steps. Note: Users who switch from the APK version to the Amazon Appstore version of Libby may lose their Libby timeline activity, search history, and app customizations. They will not lose their loans, holds, or tags.
This fun site from Tumbleweed Press includes animated, talking picture books; reading-comprehension quizzes; and educational games.
TumbleMath is a collection of animated picture books with narration that teach math concepts using stories and literature. They are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.
The Quiz Portal section contains thousands of quizzes created by math teachers. Students can create an account to keep track of every quiz taken and gauge understanding and mastery of a standard.
With World Book eBooks, our patrons have 24/7 access to more than 2,500 ebooks, including 350 titles with proprietary World Book content. The collection gets bigger every month, and readers can download books for offline access by installing the free app on a mobile device. Readers can personalize their reading experience with notes, highlights, drawings, and bookmarks. There is content for readers at every level from preschoolers to senior citizens, with highly illustrated titles designed to engage reluctant readers.
