Discovery Boxes
Our Discovery Boxes pair books with hands on materials to enhance the learning experience. All Discovery Boxes must be checked out and returned to the Manheim Township Public Library Service Desk. Check out the following boxes:
- Aquatic Life
- Birds
- Insects
- Night Sky
- PA Wildlife (Fauna)
- Pollinators
- Reptiles and Amphibians
- Rocks and Minerals
- Trees and Flowers (Flora)
Large Discovery Boxes
The Large Discovery Boxes offer a more in depth experience on a variety topics:
Nature Explorer Bags
The Nature Explorer Bags are way to take learning outdoors. The sturdy canvas bag is full of guide books as well as a variety of tools to explore nature.
Launch Pad Tablets
Learn about science, mathematics, language arts and much more through interactive games! Each Launch Pad tablet has fun pre-loaded apps designed to encourage learning and discovery.
Click here to see the different Launch Pads, as well as their availability.
Playaway View
The Playaway View is a portable video player which brings stories to life, and showcases educational videos.
Click here to see the different Playaway Views, as well as their availability.
TumbleBooks
The TumbleBook Library is a fun and interactive library of animated, talking story books for preschoolers, beginner readers and older independent readers too. Read along and listen, or read on your own. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing story books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic (e-book) story book making them come to life! TumbleBooks will help teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love!
Click the image below to access the Tumblebook resource, be sure to have your library card number handy. You will be redirected to another web page, where you will need to enter your Library Card number.
Rb digital
Zinio for Libraries, now rb digital, the world’s largest library newsstand, brings the very best in magazine publishing to thousands of libraries worldwide. Curating custom collections from thousands of magazines from North American and global publishers (in multiple languages and genres), libraries offer patrons full-color, digital editions for desktop and mobile streaming and mobile-app download. Patrons select both new and back issues, adding them to their personal reading libraries with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limit to the number of magazines checked out and downloaded. And with personal notifications for their favorite magazines, patrons never miss an issue.
New Releases:
Keep up with the the library’s latest books, movies and more – using wowbrary. Click the picture below to sign up!
