Open to Summit Library cardholders only, LOTE4Kids is a new online database of digital books in World Languages, that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each book also comes with British, American, and Australian English translations to help kids learn language.
LOTE4Kids has 6750+ digital picture books in 90+ languages including American Sign Language, with new books and languages released each month. So if your family speaks a language other than English at home and you would like to practice, or you would like to learn a new language, you can try learning with LOTE4Kids.
To access LOTE4Kids:
At the library: On any of the computers at the library, visit https://lote4kids.com/ to start reading
At home:
From a mobile device:
- Visit the App Store or Google Play Store to download LOTE4Kids to your device.
- Search for Summit Free Public Library.
- Type in your library barcode.
Summit Free Public Library has purchased over 300 Capstone Interactive eBooks for children, which can be accessed directly from the library catalog.
You can read any of these books on a computer, phone, or tablet.
Books in this collection include popular early reader and first chapter book titles, non-fiction titles for emerging readers, and bilingual ebooks in English and Spanish for children.
To access from the Capstone Website: Click here to see all of our Capstone Interactive ebooks!
To access from the Library Catalog:
The following options are available when you open the book:
- Read book page-by-page: To read or listen to the text of the book at your own pace.
- Read book all at once: To automatically listen to the entire text of the book.
You may select the following controls at the bottom of your Capstone Interactive eBook:
- Page: Go to a specific page in your book.
- Audio: Listen to the book being read to you.
- Word: If audio is selected, you have the option of seeing each word as it is read.
- Autoplay: You may listen to the book automatically.
- Contents: A complete list of everything located in the interactive eBook. Once you click an item in the contents control, the location shows up on the screen.
For the full list of books available to download in overdrive, please visit https://elibrarynj.overdrive.com
- For mobile users, the Libby app one-tap reading app for borrowing digital books and audiobooks from the Summit Library. This free app, created by Overdrive, is available for Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Windows 10 devices.
- Kindle fire users may download the overdrive app in Amazon as well
- If you have any questions, please visit the Overdrive Libby help page here,
To browse the collection for children directly from the elibrarynj website, please click the “Kids” link at the top of the page, or click https://elibrarynj.overdrive.com/library/kids
- The main page will show you featured Children’s Books in eLibraryNJ that you may borrow immediately or place the titles on hold.
- If you’d rather borrow a title immediately without having to place it on hold:
- Click the arrow next to Collections
- Click “No wait No problems”
- All children’s books listed on this page are available to be checked out immediately.
