Thing 20 ~ eBooks

Although many looked interesting, the first site that jumped out at me was at #1 of the top 10 eBooks sites. Gutenberg Project Top 100! I found out about this site in the spring from Nicole Kuca, our stellar Media Center Specialist. I found Brothers Grimm tales that enriched our unit on fairytales.

Here was how I fared with other sites.

I haven't found much yet on BookYards. I originally chose that one because it mentioned educational materials.

Frugal Reader was only a GoDaddy webpage with sponsored links. Boo hoo.

Word Public Library seems to be pretty cool.

Ahhh...Google Books. I found titles there that I enjoy personally, my students read regularly, and my daughter may someday seek. I was primarily exploring the Family and Relationships section, but I bet the others are as valuable.

I poked around the NHS eBooks and am impressed with the collection so far. Salem Literature interests me the most.

Overall, it was pretty cool seeing some young adult literature on Google Books. In addition to telling my students about it, I can do a screencast to show them how to access the books. When choosing texts for instruction, read-a-louds, or activities, I can try to find one from this or similar sites. The kids can see it on the screen during class or anytime/place they have access. Maybe an option for students without SSR books can log onto the computer and read from there. If I were to have small groups of students working on different novels, I would no longer need to worry about chasing down enough copies of books. They could work online.

Hmm...When I starting writing that last paragraph, my thoughts were brief and basic. As I wrote, more and more opportunities to use eBooks kept popping up. Pop. Pop! POP!