E-Sources for K-12 Reading Materials
Auburn School District Virtual Library
Free E-Sources for K-12 Reading Materials
During this time at home, due to the Covid-19 virus, here is a list of free resources for reading material.
This will be updated as new resources are released.
Last updated Saturday, April 4, 2020.
FREE E-BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS
- Abdo Digital: Offering free nonfiction e-books for all ages
- Amazon Free Children's Kindle Books: Offering free children's e-books for an Amazon Kindle.
- Amazon Free Teen Kindle Books: Offering free teen e-books for an Amazon Kindle
- Audible: Offering free audiobooks for all ages
- BiblioBoard: Offering access to e-books for all ages. Will need a public library card to access.
- Big Timber Media: Offering free e-books for all ages
- eRead Illinois: List of websites offering free e-books
- International Children's Digital Library: Offering free e-books for K-6
- Junior Library Guild Publishing: Offering free e-books for all ages
- Lit2Go: Offering free classic chapter books in both digital and audio for 5-12
- National Emergency Library: Offering access to e-books for all ages
- Open Library: Offering free e-books for all ages
- PebbleGo and Capstone Publishing: Offering free e-books for K-6
- Sesame Street: Offering free e-books, activities, and videos
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- World Book Online: Offering access to their online encyclopedias
FREE MAGAZINES ONLINE
- National Geographic for Kids: Magazine for K-5
- Ranger Rick: Magazine for K-5
- Time for Kids: Magazine for K-6
AUTHORS AND CELEBRITIES READING BOOKS
- Bad Kitty read by the author Nick Bruel
- The Book With No Pictures read by the author BJ Novak
- Creepy Carrots read by author Aaron Reynolds
- Everyone’s Awake read by illustrator Shawn Harris
- Goodnight Moon read by LaVar Burton to Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss read by Jeff Goldblum
- If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff read by Chris Evans (Captain America)
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie read by the author Laura Numeroff
- Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes read by the author Eva Chen
- My Weird School series read by the author Dan Gutman
- On the Horizon read by the author Lois Lowry
- Pearl read by the author Molly Idle
- The True Story of The Three Little Pigs read by the author Jon Scieszka
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar read by the author Eric Carle
- What To Do If An Elephant Stands on Your Foot read by illustrator Peter H. Reynolds
- You Don’t Want a Unicorn read by the author Ame Dyckman
SITES WITH MULTIPLE BOOKS READ BY AUTHORS AND CELEBRITIES
- Goodnight with Dolly weekly episodes of Dolly Parton reading picture books
- The Graveyard Book & Coraline read by Neil Gaiman and friends
- Illinois State Police picture books read by Illinois State Police Troopers
- KidLit Read Out Loud Archives: picture books read by the author
- Penguin Random House Audiobooks: Offering access to their classic audiobooks read by celebrities
- A Shakespeare Sonnet A Day read by Patrick Stewart
- Storyline Online The SAG-AFTRA Foundation provides videos of some of your favorite actors reading picture books
LOCAL CELEBRITIES READING BOOKS
- Josh Nestler reading Where's My Mommy? by Jo Brown- Josh is an AHS Freshman theater student
- Mrs. Colyer reading Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings- Mrs. Colyer teaches 2nd grade in Auburn
- Mrs. Colyer reading The Secret of the Red Shoes by Joan Donaldson- Mrs. Colyer teaches 2nd grade in Auburn
- Mrs. Colyer reading When A Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore- Mrs. Colyer teaches 2nd grade in Auburn
- Mrs. Colyer reading I Want That Nut! by Madeline Valentine- Mrs. Colyer teaches 2nd grade in Auburn
LITERATURE BASED WEBSITES
- Dav Pilkey at Home: Offering drawing lessons and activities based on his book characters (Dogman and Captain Underpants)
- Harry Potter At Home: Offering Harry Potter related articles, puzzles, quizzes, crafts and activities
- Learn to Draw Mercy Watson with Chris Van Dusen: Offering a drawing lesson for his book character Mercy Watson
- Poem a Day Calendar: April is National Poetry Month so here is a Google Doc Calendar with a link to a poem for every day in April.
