Free Online Books Recommended for YCSD Middle School Students Updated: 4/1/20 BOOKSIE – https://www.booksie.org An open catalog of 1163 free picture storybooks for children instantly available for reading
JLG@HOME - https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/at-home FREE access to the JLG Digital online reading platform including an Elementary Stream, Middle School Stream, and High School Stream. Click the school-level stream of your choice and you’ll be automatically logged in! NOTE: Some of the books in the Elementary Stream may still be of interest to middle school students; especially the nonfiction selections.
Follett Destiny Discover – https://www.destinydiscover.com Follett and its partners are providing a variety of digital content to support eLearning. You will have access to LightBox and AV2 World Language interactive eBooks, Collections of resources curated and shared by Follett customers throughout the world, and articles from free research and journalistic databases. 1 – Click the Unlock icon 2 – Click the down arrow to the right of the dropdown box entitled Location 3 – Choose Illinois for Location 4 – Highlight Illinois (IL) 5 – In the box asking for school’s name, type Follett eLearning and select Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL 6 – Click Go! 7 – Username: guest Password: follett 8 – Click Submit 9 – Choose a book to read 10 – Click Open 11 – Click OPEN LIGHTBOX 12 – All pages of the book will be displayed. Click the thin white arrowed lines to the right and left of the screen or the blue bold arrows at the bottom of the screen to turn the pages. 13 – Read, explore, and have fun. Some of the LightBox books have embedded videos. Click on the right arrow in a circle to watch the videos.
ICDL – International Children’s Digital Library - http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Free online library of digitized children’s books in 59 languages from various countries. These books are specifically for use by children ages 3 to 13. Click the link on the left – Read Books, Choose an age range or category and enjoy some books
Mrs. P’s Magic Library - http://mrsp.com/ Free children’s online storybook video site celebrating reading and books. TV star Kathy Kinney is Mrs. P. This site includes fun activities for kids with coloring sheets, activity guides, education games, apps, crafts, and Be a Famous Writer Contest. Teachers: There is a special teacher page with blogs to go with stories.
OPEN CULTURE - http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/enter-an-archive-of-6000-historical- childrens-books-all-digitized-and-free-to-read-online.html?fbclid=IwAR0i- 5Rs6HUi1jD_yyz4c6EQ0UgXvnnGNUK5JHaK0X9VR0FZIZ0JOJA0lKA - Archive of 6,000 historical children’s books, all digitized and free to read online. We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children’s literature. Use the direct link above because the search function on this site is a little unfriendly.
Project Gutenberg – Category: Children’s Bookshelf http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_Bookshelf Includes Children’s Anthologies, Biography, Book Series, Verse, Fiction, History, Instructional Books, Literature, Myths, Fairy Tales, Periodicals, Picture Books, and School Stories
Poquoson Public Library - https://ppll.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/ Temporarily taking library card applications over the phone. Call 757-868-3060 for assistance.
STORYLINE ONLINE - https://www.storylineonline.net/ Streams videos of picture books being read by actors who know how to bring stories to life. A few of the actors are Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Chrissy Metz, Rami Malek, Chris O’Dowd, Lily Tomlin, and Betty White. There are dozens more.
TUMBLE BOOK LIBRARY – https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/ - Many of the books will not work with Microsoft browsers. It is recommended that Chrome be used on desktops. K-6 children's ebook database Direct Link: https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/auto_login.aspx?U=tumble735&P=books Username: tumble735 Password: books K-6 math ebook database Direct Link: https://www.tumblemath.com/autologin.aspx?U=tumble2020&P=A3b5c6 Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6 Gr 7-12 ebook database Direct Link: https://www.teenbookcloud.com/autologin.aspx?U=tumble2020&P=A3b5c6 Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6 AudioBookCloud - This site is an audio book database for kids to adults, however the direct link below provides direct access to the children's section. Direct Link: http://www.audiobookcloud.com/autologin.aspx?U=tumble2020&P=A3b5c6&categoryI D=33 Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6 York County Public Library – https://yorkcounty.gov/2314/Public-Library The public library is issuing library cards online. If you do not have a York County Public library card, here is the link to apply: https://www.yorkcounty.gov/2391/Online-Library-Card-Application After you receive your library card number, go to the site and put your cursor over Books & More. Click Digital Collections. Choose one of the following to search: EBSCO eBook Collection, Go to K-8 Collection, OverDrive for Kids or TumbleBooks Family/Go to Tumble Book Library. There may be some other areas of the collection that are of interest too. Explore and have fun! Enter your library card number in the Patron ID box Click Sign In
DISCLAIMER: The titles that can be accessed through these Websites span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. Parents/guardians are encouraged to take an active role in helping their students select a book that best fits the student and their family.