More ebooks for young readers: BookFlix

We are also exploring the BookFlix online library.  (Appropriately, for the weather, we saw Ezra Jack Keats' The Snowy Day along with Snowy Weather Days, an informational ebook about snow).  BookFlix, from Scholastic, pairs together classic video storybooks with nonfiction ebook on the same theme.   Like One More Story, the books have a read-along feature, which allows the beginning reader to follow along with the text as the book is read aloud. While this is a subscription product, it is free through the New York York Public Library with your library card barcode number.  To get there: go to the New York Public Library ebooks page.

Electronic Books (ebooks)

We have been looking at electronic books in grades 1/2.  (Don't worry, printed books continue to be alive and well in our library!) Kids in Alexis' class were introduced to the library at One More Story, a digital library of classic and contemporary children's books.  You can look at a sample book there.  Our library has a subscription for this database.  If you are interested in gaining home access to all the books, please email Cheryl at mckinleylibrary@gmail.com to receive a username and password.  We have 50 home accounts; if there is enough interest, we may be able to increase that number.