GUHSD Digital Reading Options

Free Resources for Online and Mobile Reading

Sora eBooks & Audiobooks

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Click on the button above to go to Sora.

Learn more about Sora: bit.ly/rst-sora

More GUHSD eBook options

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Destiny Discover eBooks - Scroll to bottom to browse eBooks to read in your web browser or using the Destiny Read iOS app.

More free eBook options

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Open Library - Access by creating a free account.

No individual login required.

Stream free fiction, non-fiction, and poetry audiobooks and movies through Open Culture

No individual login required.

Enkia with Biblioboard--Access the California Digital  Library

Sign in with your San Diego County Library or San Diego City Library account

The Palace Project--Download the app via Google Play or the Apple Store to access the ebooks and audiobooks. 

Public Domain eBooks and Audiobooks (often older titles)

LibriVox - eAudiobooks of public domain works read aloud by volunteers 

Project Gutenberg - Extensive public domain eBook collection

Standard eBooks - Public domain ebooks that have been formatted

Reading Poetry

Poetry Foundation - Read the works from a variety of renowned poets

Instapoetry - Discover social media poets to read online

The Daily Poem - Listen to poems with this podcast audio anthology

Storytelling Podcasts

Levar Burton Reads - Listen to short stories read aloud by Levar Burton.

The Moth - Listen to stories told as remembered by storytellers.

The Writer's Voice - Listen to New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.

Reading Recommendation Resources

Teen & YA Publisher-Hosted Book Communities

Epic Reads (HarperTeen)

Fierce Reads (Macmillan)

I Read YA (Scholastic)

Riveted (SimonTeen)

Underlined (Random House)

Reading: The Why and How

Why you should read
Thank you to Valhalla teacher librarian Stephanie Macceca for sharing this presentation!

Background Music for Reading

Enjoy reading!

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