Free eBooks!
Free eBooks!
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In light of school closures, Junior Library Guild is offering free access to its library of eBooks.
Just click on the Middle School or High School Stream depending on your preference and grade level: https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/at-home
Open eBooks
Open eBooks
I have secured access codes for middle/high students to check out books through Open eBooks by First Book. Seventh and eighth graders will receive access to the middle school collection while ninth through twelfth graders will receive access to the high school collection. Please email me for your access codes at brogers@sstxx.org. In order to access books, you will need to download the Open eBooks app on your Android or Apple device. Ten eBooks can be downloaded at a time and will be available for 56 days before it needs to be renewed.
Another company has offered their online digital library for free use during school closures. The login credentials for Abdo Digital Bookshelf are:
user name: spring
password: 2020
I know we have a large number of graphic novel and comics fans on our campus. Comixology Unlimited it free for 60 days at the moment and offers an unbelievable collection of graphic novels and comics for your reading pleasure. Please get parent permission, you will need a credit card in order to join.
Read Manga Online for Free
Read Manga Online for Free
Many popular manga titles from My Hero Academia to One Punch Man and many more are available for you to read here.
Neil Gaiman Books Online
Neil Gaiman Books Online
Award-winning author Neil Gaiman reads Newbery Award winner The Graveyard Book and his book-turned-movie Coraline on his young readers' website, MouseCircus.
Kid Lit Authors Stepping Up
Kid Lit Authors Stepping Up
Some of y'all are at home with younger brothers and sisters right now. Authors and illustrators of both children's and young adult books are providing literacy-based activities free-of-charge online.
Mo Willems' Daily Doodles--Author/illustrator of the Knuffle Bunny and Pigeon books is live-streaming a weekday "lunch doodle" through the Kennedy Center where he is currently the artist-in-residence. NOTE: The traffic on the live-stream is busy, so watching live could be tricky. The videos are archived at this YouTube playlist.
Grace Lin's Kids Ask Authors Podcast--Middle grade author of books like Year of the Dog and Mulan: Before the Sword is hosting a podcast in which authors answer questions from readers. In addition to submitting a question for an author, you can submit a book review, poem, short story, or joke to the podcast. Ms. Lin is also reading her books and has drawing demos on her YouTube channel.
Stimola Live--Real authors and illustrators provide live streams of various activities for kids, tweens, and teens brought to you by Stimola Literary Studio.
Draw Everyday with Jarrett J. Krosoczka--Some of you have read (and loved) Mr. Kroscozka's graphic novel Hey, Kiddo. He also illustrated the Jedi Academy series and wrote and illustrated the Lunch Lady graphic novel series among several other books. He is posting a video each day about illustration on his YouTube channel.
eBooks
eBooks
Britannica eBooks Collection http://www2.info.eb.com/texquest
A variety of nonfiction eBooks are available to read online via your web browser (Flash download required). These eBooks may also be read on mobile devices: iPad users will need to download the app iPublishCentral iPad Reader App while Android tablet users will need to download the app iPublishCentral Android Reader App. Users may also download the books to their PC/Mac or Apple/Android devices to read at a later time.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?sid=553aa3c6-c170-4891-9f35-d07165c116aa@sessionmgr103&vid=0&tid=2003EB&sdb=nlebk
Users can search for multiple genres of eBooks from fiction to nonfiction. These eBooks can be read online via your browser as well as on mobile devices by downloading the EBSCOhost apps from either the iTunes store or Google Play.
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