Maryview School

 Learning Commons Website


Scholastic Kids and Family Reading Report

HISTORY

The Kids & Family Reading Report is a national survey sharing the views of both kids and parents on reading books for fun and the influences that impact kids’ reading frequency and attitudes toward reading. It is a biennial report with 2019 unveiling the seventh edition, released in three installments.

 

In 2015, the first international report was unveiled in the United Kingdom, followed in 2016 by India and Australia, and Canada in 2017.

www.scholastic.com/readingreport/home.html 


 Reading options

Red Deer Public Library (RDPL) membership is required for all resources. 

If you do NOT have a RDPL membership click the link at the top right

 or call 403-346-2533 


You will need a Red Deer Public Library Card to access the following please use the link above to get your membership card.


eBooks and eAudiobooks


Libby: Libby lets you borrow thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks on your phone or tablet for free! It's RDPL's easiest system yet with one-touch borrowing, automatic holds downloads, and syncing across all your devices.


Teen Book Cloud: Teen Book Cloud features more than 1000 titles for Middle and High students, including Graphic Novels, enhanced eBooks with full audio narration and highlighted text, classic literature, national geographic videos, and more.

TumbleBooks: TumbleBook Library is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. 

Cantook Station: Cantook Station (Read Alberta eBooks) is an online collection of over 1,000 eBooks by Alberta authors and publishers. This resource is funded by the Public Library Services Branch of the Government of Alberta.



A list of free eReading resources


Websites for fun activites

 Just click on the picture or the URL

Learn a new language

https://www.duolingo.com/ 

Tons of coding activities

https://hourofcode.com/ca/learn 



Create stories, games, and animations

https://scratch.mit.edu/ 

Virtual Tours and field trips: Museum, Zoo, Aquarium, Safari

Canadian Childrens Writers-CBC Books

Storyline- Books read aloud

Welcome to the Digital Resources Libguide. The resources provided here are meant for students and parents to have free, online access to current and reliable sources of information. Please note this site is being updated daily to provide the most up-to-date list for your needs.