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Using parental controls

With Kanopy's parental controls enabled, you can only view titles in Kanopy Kids. You'll need to enter a four-digit PIN to exit Kanopy Kids or watch videos outside of Kanopy Kids.

To set up parental controls

  1. Log in to your Kanopy from a web or mobile browser.
  2. Go to My Account > Settings and select Parental Controls. If you access your account from the app, you may be required to go to kanopy.com/parentalcontrols.
  3. Enter a four-digit PIN and select Turn On. We recommend using an original PIN that doesn't include any part of your address, phone number, or other numbers that your child might guess.
  4. Navigate to Kanopy Kids. When you want to exit Kanopy Kids, enter the PIN.

Parental controls can only be managed from a browser, though your PIN will be required to exit Kanopy Kids from any device.

To disable your PIN

  1. Go to Parental Controls and enter your PIN.
  2. Select Turn Off.

To reset your PIN

  1. Go to Parental Controls and select Forgot PIN?
  2. Select Send. Directions for resetting your PIN will be sent to the email address associated with your Kanopy account.

A Forgot PIN link will be available across all devices, but you can only reset your PIN through a browser. If you're using the Kanopy app, the link in the email will redirect you to the Kanopy website.

Watch this video for more instructions

Filtering your Libby catalog

Libby does not currently offer a "Kids Only" version of its catalog. However, you can adjust the "Audience" filter to filter your library's catalog to only titles that are age-appropriate.

 

To filter:

  1. In a list or search results, tap open filters dialog to apply filters.
  2. Adjust your "Audience" filters to the appropriate age range and default sorting option, then tap Show Titles.

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Tap the applied sort or filter to:

  • Quickly change it.
  • Pin it, and the sort or filter will be applied to all lists, search results, and the library home screen until you remove it.
  • Remove it.

Toggle on Kids Mode

CloudLibrary has a "Kids Mode" to help children use the app more easily. It shows bigger buttons, brighter colors, and only kid-friendly books.

To turn on Kids Mode, open the app and either tap the “Kids Mode” button at the bottom of the home screen or go to “Account” and switch it on. CloudLibrary will prompt you for a PIN to lock it into "Kids Mode".

You can turn it off the same way.

 

 

ComicsPlus age appropriate apps

ComicsPlus has three apps that provide content targeted at each age group. When the app is accessed in the Google Play or Apple store, the parent will decide which app is correct for their child.

ComicsPlus Children’s Library (Ages 3-10)

ComicsPlus app with only age appropriate titles for children.

  • Readers: Beginning and emergent readers in pre-K to early elementary school; active readers in upper elementary and middle school; reluctant and remedial readers of all ages.
  • Formats: Picture books and early readers to traditional comic books, manga, and comic strips.
  • Key Titles: Avatar: The Last Airbender; Awkward; Big Nate; Bone; Chi’s Sweet Home; Dance Class; Disney (Various); Geronimo Stilton; Minecraft; My Little Pony; Peanuts; Quince; Really Bird; Sheets; The Sisters; Sonic the Hedgehog; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Yotsuba&!
  • Key Publishers: ABDO; Andrews McMeel; Apples & Honey Press; Astra / TOON Books; Capstone; Cartoon Books; Cherry Lake; Dark Horse; Dynamite; Europe Comics; Fantagraphics; Frederator Books; Immedium; Kodansha; Lerner; Oni Press; Papercutz; Pop Culture Classroom; Red Comet Press; Rosen Publishing; S.T.E.M. Curiosity, Inc.; Saddleback Educational; Tokyopop; Yen Press

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ComicsPlus Teen Library (Ages 8-18)

ComicsPlus app with age appropriate titles for teens. Parental guidance suggested. This collection is recommended for teens.

  • Readers: Active readers in middle and high school; reluctant and remedial readers of all ages.
  • Formats: Traditional comic books, graphic novels, manga, and comic strips.
  • Key Titles: Adventure Time; Attack on Titan; Avatar: The Last Airbender; Battle Angel Alita; Bone; Disney Manga; Dramacon; Fairy Tail; Hellboy; Hip Hop Family Tree; Invincible; Locke & Key; Quince; The Sisters; Stranger Things; Street Fighter; Sword Art Online; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; The Umbrella Academy; Yotsuba&!
  • Key Publishers: ABLAZE, Archie Comics, Andrews McMeel, Cartoon Books, Classics Illustrated, Dark Horse, Europe Comics, Fanbase Press, Kodansha, Lerner, Manga Classics, Oni Press, Papercutz, Saturday AM, Scout Comics, TKO Studios, Tokypop, UDON Entertainment, Valiant, Yen Press, Zuiker Press

ComicsPlus Full Collection Library

ComicsPlus app with the entire collection. Parental guidance suggested. This collection is recommended for adults.

  • Everything in the Children’s and Teen Public Library collections, plus thousands of titles for Adult readers…
  • Key Titles — Nonfiction: Colored; Crude; Everything Is Beautiful, and I’m Not Afraid; Gender Queer; Hakim’s Odyssey; Hip Hop Family Tree; Lighter Than My Shadow; Moebius Library (Parts 1 – 3); Palestine; Swallow Me Whole; They Called Us Enemy; To Afghanistan and Back
  • Key Titles — Fiction: The Boys; Essex County; From Hell; Hellboy; The Incal; Invincible; Invisible Kingdom; Locke & Key; Love & Rockets; Métal Hurlant; Monsters; Saga; Sex Criminals; Sentient; The Walking Dead
  • Key Titles — Manga: Attack on Titan; Battle Angel Alita; Berserk; Blade of the Immortal; Delicious in Dungeon; Dementia 21; Fairy Tail; Kill la Kill; Lone Wolf & Cub; Love Hina; Manga Classics; Mob Psycho 100; Neon Genesis Evangelion; Peach Girl; Street Fighter; Sword Art Online; Tokyo Tarareba Girls; Usagi Yojimbo
  • Key Publishers: Andrews McMeel, Archie Comics, Cartoon Books, Classics Illustrated, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Europe Comics, Fanbase Press, Fantagraphics, Graphic Mundi, Humanoids, Image, Kodansha, Mad Cave, Manga Classics, NBM, Oni Press, Papercutz, Saturday AM, Scout Comics, TKO Presents, Tokyopop, UDON Entertainment, Valiant, Yen Press, Zuiker Press​​​​​​​

 

NBPL Kids' Catalog

The library catalog can be filtered to show juvenile only titles. Select the Kid's Catalog from the top menu.

You will be redirected to the Kid's Catalog.