Travel Boredom? Not with a Library Card!
The American Automobile Association states that over 50 million people will travel 50 miles or more around the Thanksgiving holiday. If you and your family plan to be among that number this year, you’d better stock up on your boredom busters.
Fortunately, the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library specializes in free family road-trip entertainment including Library apps for road trips.
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In addition to the physical books and DVDs you can check out, the library has digital audiobooks. Audiobooks are a fantastic en-route option that everybody in the car can share and enjoy.
The library has two free audiobook apps comparable to those for which you usually pay a monthly subscription fee. They are called Libby, By Overdrive, and Hoopla Digital and are available in your App Store.
Libby is where you can enjoy Ebooks, audiobooks and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data or download them for offline use and read them anytime, anywhere.
Hoopla provides an enormous selection of digital videos, music, audiobooks, Ebooks and comics. With Hoopla, you can borrow the content you want immediately – no waiting for a digital copy to become available.
Need help figuring out where to start with Libby and Hoopla? Check out our list of family-friendly titles that you and your children can enjoy while traveling, below.
Maybe you’ll rediscover a classic like “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White or “Matilda” by Roald Dahl. Perhaps you’ll enjoy something newer like “How I Became a Spy” by Deborah Hopkinson or “The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate. Or maybe you’ll check out one of my favorites and listen to “The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket or “Gregor the Overlander” by Suzanne Collins.
The choice is yours, and there isn’t a bad one!
After utilizing your library card while on the go this holiday season, connect with us by tagging the library @TampaHillsLib or using #tampahillslib. We can’t wait to make some holiday memories with you and your family!
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Photos Provided by | Originally published in the November 2024 issue of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine