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eBook Resources

Click on the images to be directed to eBook websites. Enjoy!

For a description of which eBook sites work on iPads and/or Kindles, click here.

Listen to a story (audio only):

Story Bee

Listen to a story (audio and pictures):

Barnes and Noble Online Storytime
Storyline Oline

Read along or read by yourself:

Oxford Owl
Click on the "My Class Login" using "readforlife" for the username and "read" for the password.

Literactive
Log in by using "read4life" for the username and "read" for the password.
National Geographic Young Explorer

Highlights Kids

Unite for Literacy
Listen and Read

Stafall


Fiction and Nonfiction to read:

International Children's Digital Library
Storybird
Reading A-Z
Subscription required.

Open eBooks
From the About Page on the Open eBooks page:
Open eBooks is an app containing thousands of popular and award-winning titles that are free for children from in-need households. These eBooks can be read without checkouts or holds. Children from in-need families can access these eBooks, which include some of the most popular works of the present and past, using the Open eBooks app and read as many as they like without incurring any costs. The goal of Open eBooks is to encourage a love of reading and serve as a gateway to children reading even more often, whether in school, at libraries, or through other eBook reading apps.
Get started with Open eBooks here.
The Open eBook app is available in iOS and Android.

Newsela
Newsela example
Newsela provides teachers with a database of non-fiction articles. Additionally, each article can be adjusted by Lexile for up to five different reading levels, and some articles include comprehension quizzes. See example below:  
News in Levels

Signed Stories:

ASL Storytelling Online Library
Epic Bookworms
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