Accessible Books and Articles in Digital, Visual, and Audio Format

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Websites:

  • Storyline Online: streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
  • Audiobooks Unleashed: Full audiobooks in all genres, from classics to science fiction. We strive to deliver the best possible quality and hope listeners enjoy.
  • Unite for Literacy: to ensure that all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their cultures and languages.
  • Bookshare: ebook library that makes reading easier. People with reading barriers can customize their experience and read in ways that work for them.
  • Tarheel Reader: A collection of free, age appropriate, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics.
  • Tarheel Shared Reader: a variant of Tarheel Reader that emphasizes shared reading.
  • Paul V. Sherlock: free adapted commonly used education books.
  • Dogonews: A source for current events, news and non-fictional content for Common Core ELA, Science and Social Studies.
  • TweenTribune: TeenTribune, TweenTribune, TTEspañol and TTJunior (hereinafter collectively referred to as "TTribune") is a free online educational service offered by the Smithsonian for use by K-12 grade Teachers and students. TTribune selects interesting stories and tailors them for different reading level audiences (e.g. Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, and Spanish students in any grade).
  • Cast UDL Book Builder: Create your own books and use student's voice, or download ready made books.
  • CC Prose: Video books on YouTube. Read outloud with visual component.
  • Open Ebooks: Free or low cost books for Title 1 schools.
  • CAST UDL Book Builder- A collection of adapted books along with Shared Reading lesson tips for teachers.
  • Project Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. You will find older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
  • 60 Second Recap: Provides 1 minute videos on aspects of books used in middle/high schools.
  • WikiJunior- The aim of this project is to produce age-appropriate non-fiction books for children from birth to age 12.

iOS Apps:

  • Kahn Academy Kids: Inspire a lifetime of learning and discovery with our free, fun educational program for children ages two to seven
  • Story Creator: With Story Creator you can easily create beautiful story books containing photos, videos, text, and audio all in one gorgeous collection. Story Creator truly brings your best stories to life and easily allows you to retell and share your most memorable moments.