Willis Library Overview
UNT Libraries Welcomes Student-Parents!
- Services Desk - Located on the First Floor, check out course reserves, calculators, supply kits, accessibility items, sensory kits, desk lamps, and more!
- Family-Friendly Spaces - Willis offers social and collaborative floors, family-friendly workstations (First Floor), a Lactation Room/Prayer Room with a changing table (152), a family restroom with a changing table (435), and soundproof study pods.
- Kids Activity Kits - Check out an activity kit for your child! Kits include themed books, games, and activities for ages 1-9.
- Grab & Go's - Pick up a Grab & Go for your child to do fun crafts and activities--all supplies included!
- Media Library - Located on the Second Floor, the Media Library offers movies, tabletop games, video games, and more!
- Third Floor - Majority of UNT's General Book Collection and Graphic Novels Collection is located on this floor.
- Fourth Floor - Special Collections & Music Library can be found here. Check out special items, records, CDs, and more!
Need an accommodation? Have a request or feedback? We are happy to help! Please email AskUs@unt.edu or Madison.Brents@unt.edu.
Grab & Go 's
We know that entertaining kids can be a challenge. If you're trying to find some time to study and need to keep kids busy, come pick up a Grab & Go at the Library Services Desk on the 1st Floor of Willis and Sycamore Library!
Grab & Go's include all sorts of goodies such as a fun craft with all supplies included, a UNT Libraries coloring page, crayons, a tattoo sheet and brain activities! No ID required!
Decorate your own Snowflake or Bookmark!
Books for Parents
Learn more about student-parents in higher education. Some highlights include:
-
The Parent Track
by
Call Number: LB2331.7 .P37 2017 -
Never Too Late
by
Call Number: LC5215 .K573 2018 -
The PhD parenthood trap: caught between work and family in academia
by
Call Number: LB2332.3 .C739 2021eb -
The Family Track
by
Call Number: LB1778.2 .F358 1998
Audiobooks for Nursing Mothers
Listen to an audiobook while you multi-task! Some highlights include:
Family-Friendly Fun
Located on the second floor of Willis Library, The Media Library offers a variety of films and TV shows! You can request these for pickup through the catalog. Some highlights include:
-
Spirited Away
Chihiro must save her parents after they are turned into pigs at a mysterious and abandoned amusement park inhabited by spirits.
Call Number: SPI 2001 DVD -
Ratatouille
Experience Paris from a different perspective as a determined young rat dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Remy and his pal Linguini set in motion a hilarious chain of events that turns the City of Lights upside down.
Call Number: RAT 2007 DVD -
Bluey (Season 1)
Bluey follows the adventures of a lovable and inexhaustible six-year-old Blue Heeler puppy who lives with her dad, mum, and four-year-old little sister, Bingo.
Call Number: BLU 2018 DVD -
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Animated Series
Sonic is on the run with his faithful sidekick Tails, and together they're racing to outpace the despicable Dr. Robotnik, foiling his plans to 'robotize' and enslave the population of Planet Mobius. Sonic and friends always save the day!
Call Numbers: ADV 1993 DVD
Kanopy is an online video streaming service that offers easy to stream videos. From A24 collections to international films, you can stream any video available through Kanopy!
*Please note that most public libraries also offer Kanopy and have a bigger selection of films and kids programming. Contact your local library to learn more about Kanopy and what is available.
Some highlights include:
-
The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales
The countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly strange: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus. -
Marona's Fantastic Tale
From award-winning director Anca Damian comes the poetic and life-affirming story of Marona, an optimistic stray dog who looks back on the human companions she has loved throughout her life. Born the last in the litter, little Marona’s adventures take her through a series of names and owners – a colorful acrobat, a sensitive construction worker, and a little girl – with dazzling style, pushing animation in bold new directions. -
Ernest and Celestine
Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer – and when she nearly ends up as breakfast for ursine troubadour Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond. But it isn’t long before their friendship is put on trial. -
Summer Days with Coo
One day, Koichi Uehara, a fourth-grader living in Tokyo, picks up a fossil that looks like a large stone while on his way home from school. To his surprise, he has picked up a baby Kappa (a Japanese mythical water creature), who has been asleep underground for the past 300 years. Koichi names this baby creature “Coo” and brings him to live with his family, and soon the two are inseparable friends.
Located on the second floor of Willis Library, The Media Library offers a variety of board games--perfect for a family game night! You can request these for pickup through the catalog. Some highlights include:
-
Candy Land
Each player advances along the rainbow path through the peppermint stick forest, the gingerbread plum tree and the gumdrop mountain.
Call Number: CAN 1949 GAME -
Chutes and Ladders
Climb the ladder of success for good deeds and slide down the chute for naughty. Be the first player to reach square #100.
Call Number: CHU 200 GAME -
Pop Up Super Mario
Each player takes turns sliding paddles into the pipe. When the correct slot is picked Mario will bounce out of the pipe and the player wins.
Call Number: SUP 2023 GAME -
Operation: A Skill Game
Cavity Sam needs your help. He has butterflies in his stomach and a spare rib. He has a wrenched ankle and a charlie horse. Earn big bucks for each part you remove.
Call Number: OPE 1965 GAME
Download and print a UNT Libraries Coloring Page featuring Little Lucky Squirrel! Coloring pages can also be found in Grab and Go's--available both at Willis and Sycamore's Services Desk!