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Children's Databases

AtoZ World Food   The world's largest database of global food culture and recipes.  With thousands of international recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and culinary resources, AtoZ World Food brings international cuisines to you, from Albanian byrek to Zimbabwean matemba!

Gale in Context: Elementary (formerly Kids InfoBits)  Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through grade 5 this resource includes full-text content from the best elementary reference sources and magazines and covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Gale in Context: Middle School Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.

Novelist K-8 Plus   An online database with fiction and nonfiction titles specifically designed for elementary and middle school children. Includes recommended titles and more.

TumbleBookLibrary online collection of eBooks for children in grades K-6 to encourage and foster a love of reading with your kids.  Free, unlimited access for Largo Library users to over 350 animated, talking picture books.  The collection includes read-along chapter books, graphic novels, and non-fiction books; and titles in Spanish and French, as well as games and puzzles.  Search by title, author, subject, Lexile and Accelerated Reader level.

Learn Languages:
Lingo Lite  Learn 260 terms in 30 languages through images, text, and native speaker video to help you learn vocabulary.  This database is only accessible by patrons holding Largo Public Library cards.

Pronunciator  Pronunciator is an online language-learning system that can help you learn over 100 languages!  It includes ESL for speakers of 50 non-English languages.