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03 Jan 09

Welcome to TeachingBooks

This site provides resources for authors including videos, study guides, lesson plans, and links. Search easily by title, author name, grade level, or subject area.

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SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides

Provides background prereading summaries on characters, settings, and book chapters.

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  • Study guides for major works of literature.
    - bastiani on 2007-09-10

Kidsreads.com

A website with book reviews, author biographies, quizzes and polls to engage kids in reading. Unfortunately, no search engine, so you need to explore a bit to know if there are resources specific to the book you are teaching.

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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Reviews and teaching ideas for kids' books.

This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

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Download Audio Books, iPod And Digital Audio Books | Downloadable Online Audio Books | Audible Audiobooks | Audible.com

Audible.com sells audiobooks that you can download to your computer and then to a portable device like an MP3 player. You can purchase books individually, or sign up as a member.

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UDL Editions by CAST

UDL Editions take advantage of the flexibility of digital media to reach and engage all learners. Leveled supports and the Texthelp Toolbar balance challenge and support for each learner, ages 10 and up.

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Tumblebooks - eBooks for eKids!

offers animated web-books as an online subscription. The books are appropriate for younger children as read-alouds. The sentences and word choice are typically appropriate for read-alouds rather than independent reading by emergent readers. You also have the option of downloading a free player and purchasing books individually. Tumblebooks also offers a large-print service for low-vision readers

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Bookshare.org - Bookshare.org

Provides an extensive list of digital books in DAISY talking book format, which can be read by SOLO Read:OutLoud and Kurzweil. Subscriptions are free for schools and US students. Readers need to qualify as having a disability. Most books currently listed do not have graphics in them.

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  • Largest source for full text of books for individuals with print disabilities.
    - bastiani on 2007-10-14

Accessible Book Collection providing digital text to persons with disabilities

  • About 700 books with full text and pictures.  A better site than bookshare for younger students.  Includes easy readers and picture books.
    - bastiani on 2007-10-14
02 Jan 09

The Online Books Page: Book Listings

Provides the full text of books that are in the public domain (not under copyright), such as books by Twain, Shakespeare, Poe, etc.

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Main Page - Gutenberg

Provides the full text of books that are in the public domain (not under copyright), such as books by Twain, Shakespeare, Poe, etc.

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  • The definitive source for all public domain books.
    - bastiani on 2007-10-14
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