Updated by Liz Foreman, Marketing Manager, Downtown Main Library
Is Cincinnati's first snow of 2025 upending your plans? Enjoy these snow day Library activities for kids, teens, and adults anytime from the comfort of your home.
1. Download an eBook or an eAudiobook through the Libby app, Hoopla, Freading, and more. Don’t know which book to read next? Get customized reading suggestions from our staff via Book Hookup.
2. Install the Kanopy app on your TV so you're always prepared to watch a comedy, documentary, or learn something new through the Great Courses series.
3. Dive into local history by browsing high-resolution historical photos and other rare print materials on CHPL's Digital Library.
4. Watch a few of the 434 storytimes on YouTube featuring your favorite Librarians.
5. Download the CHPL app to your phone and add books to your "For Later Shelf" so you'll be ready for the next snow day. Need a little tech help? Our librarians can walk you through the process by phone.
6. Visit a digital exhibit from CHPL's Genealogy and Local History department to zoom in on digitized materials from CHPL's rare collections.
7. Explore CHPL's research databases. You can even search through old issues of The Cincinnati Enquirer on ProQuest to read about snowy weather in the 1800's.
8. Subscribe to a Library podcast. From “Inside the Writer’s Head” with our Writer-in-Residence to Warlock Vorobok Reads, a supernatural storytime for adults, listen and enjoy from the comfort of your favorite chair.
9. Scour CHPL.org/events and sign up for one (or many) of the 5,000+ events at a CHPL library near you.
10. Learn a new language with Transparent Language. There are more than 100 languages to choose from.
11. Pick up new art techniques with Creative Bug. It has thousands of video tutorials for all kinds of DIY projects.
12. Mark your calendar and check out this year's prizes for Winter Checkout Challenge, which returns on January
13. Check out eBook, audiobook, movie, and music recommendations, hand-picked by CHPL's librarians: For Kids | For Teens | For Adults
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