Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

Kids News and Kids Programs are regularly updated sections that feature the latest library and book news for kids and parents! Discuss My Rules for Online Safety with your children before they go online, and find tips for Safe Surfing the Internet from various Safety Related Websites.

Homework Help is available in person at the library’s Homework Center, and many homework resources are available online through web-sites designed specifically to support the homework questions of school-age children. Search Tools for Kids includes kid-friendly search engines and web guides created by educators and librarians can direct kids to specific recommended web-sites. Explore award-winning children’s books and recommended book series in Good Reads.

The Preschool Playground selects age-appropriate web-sites that will entertain and educate young children. Visual pages with recognizable characters from popular children’s books and educational programming are easier to navigate for those users who are developing their pre-literacy skills.

Just for Fun features links to online games and fun activities that children enjoy. Topics include sports, dinosaurs, magic tricks, favorite cartoons, coloring pages and silly stories.