AMS Library
Free e-books during Covid-19 outbreak
Use the public library's SimplyE app to get access to ebooks by creating a new library card or using your current card.
Audible stories
More audiobooks for free, while this situation lasts!
Mostly non-fiction ebooks.
Email me for a PIN so you can read 10 books for free from the Open ebooks app!
Library of Congress Webcomics Archive
Lots of webcomics, including some that were made into books!
We have a free trial through the end of October - email me (smakler@amsbronx.org ) for the username and password
Shonen Jump offers the first and three most recent chapters of all their manga for free. A membership is $1.99 a month to access their entire catalog. There’s a chance this might open up, as Shonen Jump in Japan just made their catalog free to encourage social distancing. - thanks to https://gaijinschoollibrarian.wordpress.com/ for this link and other manga links
BookWalker has 44 free mangas in English
There are many free issues of manga available. Be sure to click on “Language” at the top to select “English”.
DC Comics has a bunch of free comics!
(including every Scooby Doo comic, until September 7!)
Comixology also has several free comics!
Other things to do during self-isolation time
Virtually tour 12 museums
Use Kanopy to stream movies
You must have a public library card (use SimplyE above, to create one)
Watch sea animals being cute
There are penguins and sharks and sea otters and more being adorable on live cams from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Mars!
explore the surface of Mars!
The Great Wall of China
Take a virtual tour of the Great Wall of China.