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Online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction ebooks.
This resource for children in grades pre-K through 3 will help early readers develop and practice essential reading skills and introduce them to a world of knowledge and exploration. Award-winning fiction is paired with engaging nonfiction to help students become fluent, confident, and independent readers.
Access over 35,000 non-fiction eBooks.
Stream classic cinema, indie films and documentaries.
Kanopy features over 30,000 movies and documentaries including the Criterion Collection, PBS, Green Planet and many more. View on your PC or use the Kanopy app on mobile devices or cast content via Chromecast, Apple TV or Roku. Kanopy also offers the Kanopy Kids collection for younger library users.
Download free eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Overdrive and Libby, Overdrive's library reading app, offer anytime, anywhere access to eBooks and audiobooks.
Find your favorite eBooks and eAudiobooks for kids.
Overdrive and Libby, Overdrive's library reading app, offer anytime, anywhere access to eBooks and audiobooks for kids.
Find your favorite eBooks and eAudiobooks for teens.
Overdrive and Libby, Overdrive's library reading app, offer anytime, anywhere access to eBooks and audiobooks for teens.
Access more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times.
Choose from a huge selection of newspapers and magazines on business, technology, news, science, design, sport, travel, and more.
Bring school projects to life with videos, first-person accounts, digital books, games, and more.
TrueFlix uses the award-winning True Books content to help students build literacy skills as they learn about a variety of subjects. Science and Social Science content comes alive through dynamic videos, interactive eBooks, engaging meaningful activities and project ideas that enhance the learning and teaching experience.
Animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading.
Tumblebooks features animated picture books with sound, music, and narration, so children can read or be read to.
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