E-BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR:

Fight boredom and promote learning with these trusted resources! We hate that we can't see all of you every week for our normal programming, but we want to make sure you are still having fun and learning. We are constantly updating the following resources to keep your hands and minds busy in the safe environment of your home. From free e-books and book readings, to virtual museum tours and activity ideas, the following links are sure to help you fight cabin fever and inspire fun.

We miss you all, and we hope to see you happy and healthy very soon!

-Miss Krissy

tumblebooks

While we have always offered Tumblebooks to all students and teachers in the South Newton system, we now have access to TumbleMath, TeenBookCloud, and AudioCloud as well! Tumblebooks is a collection of animated talking picture books, read-alongs, ebooks, quizzes, lesson plans, and educational games.

LINKS:

Username: brookiroquois
Password: snsc

Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6

abdo

ABDO is a trusted publisher for educational material. They are offering free, instant access to thousands of titles and databases through June 2020 "to ensure that readers everywhere continue to have the opportunity to learn and grow during this unprecedented event."

LINKS:

Grades PreK-6

Grades 5-12

Grades PreK-2

amazon - audible

"For as long as schools are closed, we're open. Starting today, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.

Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.

It's that easy."

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Recorded book readings by authors

The following links lead to videos (or lists with video links) showing authors reading their own books as well as celebrities and great story tellers sharing their favorites! A great variation to your bedtime story routine.

LINK: Celebrities reading their favorite stories on StorylineOnline: https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline/videos

LINK: Author and artist Oliver Jeffers live streams every day : https://www.instagram.com/oliverjeffers/

LINK: Author Mac Barnett live streams every day : https://www.instagram.com/macbarnett/

LINK: Author Mac Barnett live streams every day : https://www.instagram.com/macbarnett/

LINK: #OperationStorytime, a partnership with picture book authors and Romper to read their stories aloud (posted and curated on Twitter @romper, updated regularly)

LINK: A long list of authors and celebrities reading picture books (curated by We Are Teachers)

LINK: Storytime Online, a literacy initiative where actors and celebrities read popular children's books

Indiana digital download consortium - overdrive

The Indiana Digital Download Consortium (via OverDrive) is our normal e-book platform. Use your library card number and your Insignia password to log in. Not sure what your log in info is? Send an email to director@brook.lib.in.us and we will send it to you! You can access it one of two way: via our ILS or the consortium page directly.

CONSORTIUM LINK: https://iddc.overdrive.com/account/ozone/sign-in?forward=%2F&showIdcSignUp=false

INSIGNIA LINK: https://bpl.insigniails.com/Library/Home

Kidlit TV

KidLit TV is a multi-media site of everything reading!

"KidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. We’re a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives."

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