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Library Winter Closure

Winter Closure for all library locations begins Tuesday, December 24th, at 6 p.m. Libraries will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd. For continued library services, check out our digital services. Have a safe and happy holiday!

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Winter Events Brochure

View Corpus Christi Public Libraries Events for December through February.

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Children’s and Teen’s Winter Reading Challenge

A library card is required for participation. Log the books you read for points. Accumulate 25 points to earn a prize! Once earned, visit any Corpus Christi Public Library by Saturday, February 1, 2025 to pick up your prize, while supplies last!

Winter Reading Challenge

Adult Winter Reading Challenge

Pick up a passport any of the Corpus Christi Public Libraries and find challenges, games, and more! The Adult Winter Reading Challenge is for ages 18+ and lasts from December 2, 2024 – February 1, 2025.

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Transparent Language Online

110+ Languages are available free at the Corpus Christi Public Libraries!

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Check out the cloudLibrary app!

You can download the app on the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Amazon Fire. Once you have the app, select your state and library. You can manage borrowed items, reading history, holds, and more!

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La Retama Central Library

Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library

Ben F. McDonald Public Library

Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Public Library

Janet F. Harte Public Library

Owen R. Hopkins Public Library

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Digital Services

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Library Meeting Rooms

Meeting and conference rooms are
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The Cake Bible
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A Year of Granny Squares
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One Last Chance
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Before You Call a Pro
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Organize Your Life
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Firefighters
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Online Resources

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Miss Humblebee's Academy

Discover this interactive learning program for children ages three to six.

Gale Interactive: Science

Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.

Storyline Online

Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

Fold3 Library Edition

Convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

Gale Literature

Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.

Brightly Storytime

Brightly Storytime brings you full-length picture books read out loud by our storyteller, Ms. Linda. Drop by for a new video every week!

StoryCub

StoryCub offers on-demand video storytime for preschoolers. Storybooks are read aloud in online videos.

Storytime Anytime

This Youtube channel reads, reviews and showcases the illustrations in your favorite children's books. The channel encourages a love of learning and teaches the joy of reading!

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Adult Winter Reading Challenge, 2024
Pick up a passport any of the Corpus Christi Public Libraries and find challenges, games, and more. Do your best to collect all the stamps, complete the Library Challenges, and win awesome prizes. The Adult Winter Reading Challenge is for ages 18+ and lasts from December 2nd, 2024 – February 1st, 2025.

Dec 17, 2024
Children’s and Teen’s Winter Reading Challenge
A library card is required for participation. Log the books you read for points. Accumulate 25 points to earn a prize!

Dec 17, 2024
Transparent Language Libguide
Transparent Language Online provides an effective and engaging experience for language learners looking to build their vocabulary, practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and maintain what they learn.

Sep 09, 2024
Transparent Language
Planning a trip to Italy to celebrate your anniversary? Collaborating with your Chinese counterparts in your company’s Beijing branch? Just want to brush up that language you studied for four years in school, but somehow can’t seem to remember at all? We’ve got you covered.

Sep 09, 2024
ProQuest Platform Libguide
The ProQuest platform makes hundreds of full text and A&I (Abstracts & Indexes) collections available to researchers around the world. The ProQuest platform hosts multidisciplinary content containing scholarly journals, books, video & audio, dissertations & theses, newspapers and more.

Sep 09, 2024

About CCPL

Corpus Christi Public Libraries (CCPL) was established in 1909. We strive to improve literacy, enhance knowledge, and create a sense of community. Our libraries make information easily accessible to the public.

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Contact Information

Phone: (361) 826-7000

Email: library@cctexas.com

Mailing Address

805 Comanche
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

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