Reading Resources

ONLINE READING

Overdrive (Libby) is a terrific resource for finding best sellers, classics, and more, for all ages. Overdrive also has titles in many languages such as French, Chinese and Arabic. The app for Overdrive is called Libby and is available for free from most app stores. 

TumbleBook Library offers animated, read-along picture books, and read-along chapter books for kids from preschool to middle-years. 

BookFlix takes nonfiction children’s books and pairs them with fun, animated picture books. 

TeenBookCloud has eBooks, eAudiobooks, and enhanced eBooks, which are read-along eBooks.  It also has an AP English section. 

Hoopla has eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages, but its real standout is that it offers comics and graphic novels from major publishers like DC, Marvel, Image and Dark Horse. 

ONLINE READING - EN FRANÇAIS! 

TumbleBook Library has French eBooks and read-along stories. Read-along eBooks highlight the text while it is read aloud, so children not only see the French words, they hear the proper pronunciation. 

Universalis Jr and Universalis are French encyclopedias from Encyclopedia Britannica. These are great resources for nonfiction reading and research. 

Brainfuse is our online homework help resource. It has live homework help, in French, from 3pm to midnight. 

In hoopla, if you search “French” and limit the results to French language, you will see all the books, movies and television shows available. 

Overdrive (Libby) is a great place to find eBooks and eAudiobooks. If you use the advanced search, you can limit by language to find the materials available in French. 

PRINTABLE BOOKLISTS 

Animal Stories for Ages 9-12

Children's Fantasy 

Children's Sci-Fi

Fiction with Transgender or Nonbinary Characters for Ages 9-12

Fiction with Transgender or Nonbinary Characters for Teens 

Funny Stories for Ages 9-12

Great Books for New Readers 

Indigenous Stories for Ages 9-12

Indigenous Stories for Teens 

LGBTQ2 for Teens 

LGBTQ2 Picture Books 

LGBTQ2 Stories for Ages 9-12

Picture Books to Make You Giggle

Scary Stories for Ages 9-12

PRINTABLE READ-A-LIKE LISTS

If you liked Dog Man

If you liked Elephant and Piggie

If you liked Heartstopper

If you liked The Inheritance Games

If you liked Percy Jackson

If you like Robert Munsch

If you liked Six of Crows

For more book lists, visit our book recommendations page.

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