Embedded Files
Video storybooks and nonfiction ebooks.
A curated database of children’s e-books.
Sora is OverDrive's app for ebooks and audiobooks available to school communities. Student and staff passwords to log into this app are the same as what is used for logging into other devices in the school. Starting in the fall of 2018, schools in the Madison Oneida BOCES bought into this service and began to purchase ebooks and audiobooks to allow sharing across the BOCES system.
Libby is the app created by Overdrive to allow access to ebooks and audiobooks from our local public libraries. To use Libby / Overdrive you will need to have a public library card. The books that are borrowed could be read on multiple platforms and apps.
Magazines can also be borrowed.
"The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's award-winning children's literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more."
Digital book library for kids 12 and under. From Epic!: "Epic!'s digital library includes many of the best kids books, popular ebooks, and videos such as Fancy Nancy, Big Nate, Warriors, and National Geographic Kids." You can set up a free trial for 30 days but some of the teachers also have free educator accounts for our students with class codes that can be used to access the database.
Open eBooks provides free ebooks and reading materials online to students. Students who can gain access through their qualifying school can use their mobile device, tablet, or laptop to download and read books at no cost. (Ms. White & Ms. Jerome have accounts)
Fiction and nonfiction picturebooks available on computers & mobile devices. Can also be accessed through Media Catalog/SNAP interface. The Fun eReader App is available free for both Apple and Android devices
Gale Virtual Reference Library & Gale eBooks are database of encyclopedias and other eBooks for multidisciplinary research.
Ancient & Modern History, Animals, Biographies, Children’s picture books, Early & Modern American History, Government and Politics, Mapping Our World, Mythology, Non-fiction reading titles, Science & Math with real world applications.
Learning Ally has the world’s largest audio textbook library with over 80,000 human-narrated books that are audio-only or VOICEtext, the unique learning solution that highlights words and sentences as students read. It offers accommodation for students with a learning disability, dyslexia, blindness, vision impairment and/or physical handicap.
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Bookshare® is available only for individuals who have a qualifying reading or perceptual disability, a visual impairment, or a physical disability that affects their ability to read printed works.
40 simultaneous use eBooks covering topics in Social Studies: U.S. History, Military & War, World History. 20 simultaneous titles covering topics in Science: Biology, Earth Science, Physics, General Science, and Astronomy. See Ms. Jerome for username/password.
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