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Audiobooks & Videos
Movies, Digital Magazines and eBooks from ZB Public Library
Find thousands of eBooks and audiobooks here. Axis 360 is available from the ZB Public Library through the eRead Program which is brought to us by the Illinois State LIbrary and the Reaching Across Illinois Library System.
Digital Library of Illinois (Overdrive)
The Digital Library of Illinois provides thousands of ebooks and audiobooks for Illinois Library Patrons. This service is brought to us through the ZB Public Library.
Free audiobooks from OpenCulture
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom. This project is brought to us from the University of South Florida.
This site provides dozens of talks by some of the most popular authors for young adults
These TED Talks are recommended BY students FOR students
Talks showcasing cutting-edge research, intelligent debate and the leading thinkers in science, technology, maths and engineering brought to us by the Royal Institution, an independent charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of science.
Read Alouds
Read Alouds from Reading Power
Reading Power Tutors provide wonderful read aloud books to children, and they model best practices and strategies for reading aloud for adults.
Visit this site to hear children’s stories read in Spanish
Stars read popular books to kids
Bookshare is a collection of computer-read audiobooks. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Ask your school librarian for help for students to sign up at no cost for qualifying students.
Podcasts
Best Podcasts for Students in Elementary, Middle & High School
Visit this site for a list of age-appropriate podcasts for students of all ages
Science-based podcasts curated for kids by RadioLab
Podcast of feminist stories for a new generation
Music
The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
Explore more than a decade of Radio 3 on-location recordings from 2000 to the present in our World Music archive, recording the life and musical traditions of countries ranging from Brazil to North Korea and Cuba to Turkmenistan.