Teen Events
Teen Events
For Teens
Grocery and Meal Pick-up
Free healthy meals and snacks for children and teens 18 and under.
LearningExpress
Achieve your educational and professional goals. Build skills, prepare for academic and civil service tests and exams, and explore careers.
Gale Interactive: Science
Allows students to manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand biology, chemistry, earth, and space science concepts.
Digital Resources
Brainfuse - Live Tutoring Help
Get help with homework from a live, online tutor. Offers writing assistance for essays and reports, creative writing, resumes, and more.
OverDrive/Libby Teens
Find eBooks and eAudiobooks that interest you. Visit the Teens eReading Room and download or stream your selections.
Explora - Research Database
Full-text magazines covering a wide-range of subject areas.
Learn to use our digital resources through these videos.
Teen Collection
eBooks and eAudiobooks
Teen Reads for Arab-American Heritage Month
April is National Arab American Heritage Month. Try one of these teen reads by an Arab American/Arabic-speaking author!
Smokey Bear's Recommended Reads for Teens & Adults
Learn more about conservation and climate change as we celebrate Smokey the Bear's 80th birthday. Join the reading challenge on Beanstack!
The Hunger Games
These sci-fi and fantasy titles feature protagonists who question or fight against the status quo.
Quick Non-Fiction for Teens
These short non-fiction titles offer well-researched and compelling stories full of action, insight, and a bit of humor.
Winter Reading Challenge - Where We Come From
From Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, Contra Costa Library is participating in “Where We Come From,” a Winter Reading Challenge sponsored by Beanstack.
Comics Around the World
There are many different countries that produce comics and graphic novels, and they all have their own unique ways of doing so!
Comics: Not Just For Kids
Comic strips and graphic novels have provided food for thought for adults for quite a while, from underground to mainstream.
Politics and Comics
Prior to 1954, comics covered a variety of topics. Concerns about Communism and juvenile delinquency led to increasing calls for censorship.