Learning At Home Resources

Book Recommendations

Bookzilla
A reading app designed for Scottish secondary school students. to discover new books and reading challenges.

Toppsta
Browse for new reads, review books and keep up-to-date with all book-related news.

National Shelf Service
A YouTube channel with book recommendations from professional librarians and authors.

Twitter
Tweet our library team and ask use for a recommendation! We love recommending books!

Goodreads
Keep track of what you've read, find new books and post reviews.

Book Riot
Keep up-to-date with YA book news, reviews, podcasts and more!

PlayerFM
Looking for book related podcasts? Check out this selection of YA podcasts.

Digital Posters
Check out our posters showcasing some of our popular books.

Supporting Reading at home

Scottish Book Trust
Useful advice for encouraging teenagers in reading at home.

British Dyslexia Association
Advice and information reguarding Dyslexia in children and adults.

Libby
Access eBooks and audiobooks with your South Ayrshire library card using the app.

Project Gutenburg
Access over 60,000 ebooks (mainly classics and works with an expired copyright).

Research

Issues Online
Access to articles and ebooks. School login details are available to students from library or via Teams.

Complete Issues
Providing articles and statistics for research. School login details are available to students from library or via Teams

Press Reader
Unlimited access to thousands of magazines and newspapers. Sign in using your library card.

The Day
The Day provides access to relevant and balanced articles on a wide range of topics.

Home activity resources

Authorfy
A number of excellent teaching resources free of charge, including a number of author masterclasses from some of the biggest names in children's literature.

World Book Day
A website full of book-related resources including author masterclasses, ebooks, audiobooks, book extracts and activity sheets.

BookTrust
The UK's largest children reading charity. Their website is full of advice, resources and activities.

Scottish Book Trust Excellent resources and advice relating to literacy. The Authors Live events in particular are a fantastic resource (previous events avaliable On Demand).

Barrington Stoke
A publisher dedicated to producing books for dyslexic and reluctant readers.

Scholastic
Home learning resources produced by Scholastic a publishing, education and media company.

BBC Bitesize
The BBC's free online study support resource.

National Literacy Trust
An indepedent literacy charity who provide a number of useful resources.

accelerated reader

Accelerated Reader
Student site to login and complete AR quizzes. Student username and password details are avaliable on their Library Teams page.

AR Book Find
AR Book Find can be used to see if a book has a quiz on Accelerated Reader. It can also be used to browse our AR stock using the keycode KK710910

Home Connect
Parents/Carers can use Home Connect to monitor your child's progress on Accelerated Reader through the year.