Summer Reading Resources

Post date: Jun 18, 2020 5:16:2 PM

You have many resources available to you for summer reading. Here's a quick rundown of our favs:

Arlington High School. Our new membership to the Commonwealth eBook Collections on Sora includes thousands of great e-books and audiobooks, and not just for school. Download the Sora app or visit this site and enter code masslibma to get started. Psst, waitlists for popular items may shorter here than on Libby!

Robbins Library. Robbins is offering a new summer reading challenge for teens. You can get a temporary library card online while the physical library remains closed. Then use Libby and Hoopla for e-books, audiobooks, graphic novels, and more (you can borrow up to 3 items on Hoopla per month). Robbins will be opening for contactless pick up of physical books beginning on July 1 (yay, follow their website for more info) as well as purchasing additional copies of AHS summer reading titles for Libby (woohoo).

Boston Public Library. Anyone who lives, works, or studies in Massachusetts can register for a BPL eCard and access most of their online resources from home. You can access the BPL's collections on OverDrive (or through the Libby app) and Hoopla (with 10 more items per month). Audiobooks and digital magazines are available on RBdigital. See their Using Online Resources FAQ for more info and helpful video tutorials on all these services.

If you need help getting started please don't hesitate to reach out. Finally, our AHS READS community on Google+ remains a place we can share what we're reading with each other, so please consider joining us there!