{"id":43,"date":"2020-04-20T20:29:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:44:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:44:21","slug":"reading-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/reading-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are a number of sites providing free access to digital books until June 30.<\/p>\n

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  1. Burnaby Public Library.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>The library has a number of free fiction and non-fiction digital books in French and English that are either accessible through applications, with and without the use of your library card (see the link for further details).\u00a0 Since libraries are closed right now, you can also receive your library card by phone if you need one.<\/li>\n
  2. Scholastic Digital Resources.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 These are fiction and non-fiction digital books, videos and references for grades K-12.\u00a0 Many of the books and text have the option to read aloud, which is especially useful to younger students or those who have difficulty reading.\u00a0 Although most of the fictional books are primary, there are some good informational resources for intermediates.\u00a0 \u00a0These are available at no cost until June 30, 2020.<\/li>\n
  3. StorylineOnline.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 This site features stories read by celebrities.\u00a0 They are presented as videos and often include cinematic alterations to the pictures of the books.<\/li>\n
  4. Capstone Interactive.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> Here is a site with a large number of digital books that are also offering a temporary free trial.\u00a0 To login: try<\/em>\u00a0 password: it\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>There are a number of fiction and non-fiction books available in English and Spanish, all with the option to read the text aloud.<\/li>\n
  5. Audible.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Normally this site requires a paid subscription to access their audiobooks.\u00a0 However, right now they are offering a select number of books in English, French and other languages for a range of ages.\u00a0 If you’re not sure where to start, I highly recommend: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em>\u00a0 or Anne of Green Gables.\u00a0 <\/em>They are all amazing must-reads!<\/li>\n
  6. EPIC<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>This is a great digital library site with books, videos and quizzes.\u00a0 It has both French and English books for a range of ages.\u00a0 Parents can sign up for free for 30 days or students can sign up through a teacher for free access\u00a0 until June 30, 2020.\u00a0 Please email me if you would like a link to sign up under my name, as I already have an account set up until June 30, 2020.<\/li>\n
  7. Read Brightly Storytime.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 This site developed by Penguin Random House contains a series of read aloud picture books that are also accessible by the corresponding YouTube channel.<\/li>\n
  8. Burnaby District Web Resources.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> Here is the link to our district web resources that include Tumblebooks, a great resource for digital books.\u00a0 This is also accessible through our school homepage under library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here are a number of sites providing free access to digital books until June 30. Burnaby Public Library.\u00a0The library has a number of free fiction and non-fiction digital books in French and English that are either accessible through applications, with Continue reading Reading<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8640,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}