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    • hoopla
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Homework Help

Homework Help

We have a variety of print and electronic resources to assist you with your homework assignments—including encyclopedias, a vast nonfiction section, current biographies about interesting people, science fair books, and more. We also have textbooks for Districts 142, 145, and 146 available for use in the Library.

Please Contact Us for more information.

 

Reading Assignments

  • AR BookFinder: Use this website to determine Accelerated Reader (AR) point values for books. It also includes a Spanish language version, award lists, and librarians’ picks.
  • Monarch Award: Kindergarten–Grade Three Readers’ Choice Award for Illinois
  • Bluestem Award: Grades Three–Five Readers’ Choice Award for Illinois
  • Rebecca Caudill Award: Grades Four–Eight Readers’ Choice Award for Illinois
  • Abraham Lincoln Award: Grades Nine–Twelve Readers’ Choice Award for Illinois

 

 

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