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List of Accelerated Reader tests.

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Sign up for challenges & contests including 1000 Books Before Kindergarten! Readers can earn virtual badges by tracking books or minutes read & completing activities to earn real prizes.

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Experience the joy of making with over 1000 award-winning video classes taught by top designers and artists.

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Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 titles, including award-winning documentaries and acclaimed films, rare and hard-to-find titles, and classic films, with collections from The Great Courses, Kino Lorber, and PBS among many others.

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Learn over 100 languages (including English) through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. Mobile apps are available for learning on-the-go.

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This center offers busy adults the resources to improve their basic skills, earn a GED Test credential, or become a U.S. citizen.

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Earning a high school equivalency credential shows that you have high-school-level academic skills. It can help open the door to a better job or career, and a college education. The resources in this Center can help you every step of the way, from finding out if you’re ready to take the test, to building your academic skills, to preparing for your high school equivalency exam.

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Tutorials and Practice Tests for the ACT and SAT Tests

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PrepSTEP for College is packed with online test preparation, tutorials, e-books and articles to help university students achieve academic success and readiness for the workplace. It has skill building in English, math and science, college success skills tutorials, popular computer software tutorials and much more.

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PrepSTEP for High Schools provides online access to a unique and extensive collection of academic, college preparation and career-related tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books and flashcards. It includes tools for academic skill-building, college and career exploration, college admissions test preparation, military exploration and preparation, workplace skills development and more.

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Need help figuring out what fiction you may like? Try a read-alike list- who writes like your favorite author?- or flip through book discussions and genres. Find a novel you like, your way!

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NoveList K-8 allows children in kindergarten through grade 8, parents, and teachers to identify books appropriate for children's reading abilities and interests. You can search by author, title, series, reading level, and plot to find great suggestions of titles to read.

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National Museum of Natural History - Virtual Tours.

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Sensory Storytime: June 24
06/24/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
For ALL CHILDREN and ALL ABILITIES. Enjoy yoga, storytime, and hands-on play in the Literacy Park.
Storytime: June 25
06/25/2025 11:00 - 11:30 AM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Join Mr. Howard in the Literacy Park for stories, rhymes, songs, and movement!
Discovery Garden Club
06/26/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Ages 5-12 with an adult. This Club meets biweekly during the months of May-August. Each program will focus on different hands-on activity in the Community Garden. June 26 Activity: Rock Painting
SRP: Reptiles to Go
06/26/2025 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
By the Raven Hill Discovery Center. Participants have an opportunity to learn about (and even pet!) exotic animals including snakes, lizards, and turtles.
SRP: Monday Art
06/30/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
All ages welcome. June 30 Activity: Pastels, Picasso, & Portraits
Adult Art & Craft Workshop
07/01/2025 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for a guided craft! July's craft: Block Printed Tea Towels.
SRP: Monday Art
07/07/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
All ages welcome. July 7 Activity: Weaving
Family Art & Craft Workshop
07/08/2025 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Join us on the second Tuesday of each month for a guided craft! July's craft: Balloon Print Planets
Discovery Garden Club
07/10/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Ages 5-12 with an adult. This Club meets biweekly during the months of May-August. Each program will focus on different hands-on activity in the Community Garden. July 10 Activity: Local Critters
SRP: Circus Jam
07/10/2025 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
In the Literacy Park. Includes juggling, acrobatics, mime, and silly stories.
Saturday Storytime
07/12/2025 11:00 - 11:45 AM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Join Mr. Howard for stories, music, and movement on the second Saturday of each month in the Literacy Park.
RPG's at the Library
07/12/2025 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Ages 10+. Join us in the Community room to go on a collaborative adventure! July 12: Alice in Wonderland
SRP: Monday Art
07/14/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
All ages welcome. July 14 Activity: Art & Music
SRP: Art in Nature
07/18/2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Location: Big Rapids
All ages. At NORTHEND RIVERSIDE PARK. Join Scott Herron, our resident botanist, and library staff for a nature walk where we will explore our beautiful surroundings. After our walk, we will create art using materials we find in nature! Meet at the pavilion next to the playground.
SRP: Monday Art
07/21/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
All ages welcome. Jul 21 Activity: Art on the Move
SRP: Aussie Didgeridoo and You
07/22/2025 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
In the Literacy Park. All ages welcome. "Aussie Digeridoo and You" explores Australian Indigenous Art, Music, and Culture with a positive environmental theme.
Discovery Garden Club
07/24/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Ages 5-12 with an adult. This Club meets biweekly during the months of May-August. Each program will focus on different hands-on activity in the Community Garden. July 24 Activity: Pressed Flowers
SRP: RPG's in the Library
07/26/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Ages 10+. Join us in the Community room to go on a collaborative adventure! July 26: Hansel & Gretel
SRP: Monday Art
07/28/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
All ages welcome. July 28 Activity: Sculpting Art
SRP: Beauty and the Beast Puppet Show
08/02/2025 2:00 - 3:15 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Beauty and the Beast is a touching and humorous marionette play full of chuckles and drama. Artistic staging and clever effects accented with beautiful harp music bring this ever popular classic triumphantly to life. Location: Hemlock Park Bandshell
SRP: Monday Art
08/04/2025 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
All ages welcome. August 4 Activity: Art Buffet
SRP: Art in Nature
08/08/2025 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Location: Big Rapids
All ages. At NORTHEND RIVERSIDE PARK. Join Scott Herron, our resident botanist, and library staff for a nature walk where we will explore our beautiful surroundings. After our walk, we will create art using materials we find in nature! Meet at the pavilion next to the playground.
SRP: RPG's in the Library
08/09/2025 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
Ages 10+. Join us in the Community room to go on a collaborative adventure! August 9: King Arthur
SRP: The Picasso Magic Show
08/11/2025 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Location: Big Rapids
Room: Community Room
In the Literacy Park. All ages welcome. Art-themed books of all sorts are brought to life with amazing magic, wacky stunts, and lots of audience participation.

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