Books
📘 Selecting Books
How do I find good fit books? |
Where can I find good fit books? |
Students, you should have the freedom to select the books you choose to read! You should look for good fit books. Keep in mind that not all books are a good fit for every reader. Consider the following as you select, or "PICK," your own books:
Some ways that you can make book selections include browsing available books, getting recommendations from others, or using book lists. I've included a handful of book lists below. |
Find books at many different places:
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📗 Lists of Book Ideas and Recommendations
Visit this link to see a variety of book ideas and recommendations.
FCS has made recommendations here that you can use anytime, not just over the summer: Summer Reading Resources web page
Visit Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/genres/childrens?original_shelf=children-s) for book recommendations, summaries, lists of related books, and more!
Check out these book lists of award-winning books:
FCS has made recommendations here that you can use anytime, not just over the summer: Summer Reading Resources web page
Visit Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/genres/childrens?original_shelf=children-s) for book recommendations, summaries, lists of related books, and more!
Check out these book lists of award-winning books:
- Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) - huge database with books that have won a variety of awards
- Newbery Medal list of book winners and honorary titles
- Orbis Pictus Award list of nonfiction books (scroll down for lists from previous years)
- Sibert Medal Award list of informational books
📙 Online Books and Audiobooks
Access many ebooks and audiobooks for free:
Access tons of ebooks and audiobooks with a parent login/account:
Access books for younger children/early readers:
- MackinVIA through ClassLink
- Sora through ClassLink
- myON through ClassLink
- Virtual bookroom with dozens of links to read or listen to books online for free (scroll left/right for categories and up/down for links in each category)
- Digital Book Database with full PDF versions of a variety of popular young adult chapter books
- Audiobook collection of a variety of high-interest chapter books
- AudioFile with tons of audiobooks with a free account
Access tons of ebooks and audiobooks with a parent login/account:
- Fulton Public Library System kids books (see more details below)
- Fulton County Library System kids audiobooks (see more details below)
- listen to audiobooks on Audible (get a free 30-day trial through Amazon WITH PARENT PERMISSION) (see more details below)
Access books for younger children/early readers:
- listen/watch read-alouds of picture books on https://www.storylineonline.net/
- listen/watch read-alouds of STEM picture books on https://storytimefromspace.com/
- Decodable books for young readers
- More decodable books for young readers
📕 Fulton County Public Library
The Fulton County Public Library provides tons of book options and resources!
Library Cards
Library Cards
- Kids and parents can register for library cards online: http://fulcolibrary.org/index.php/afplsservices/library-cards
- The library offers free access to e-books, audiobooks, learning tools, online research tools, and more here: www.fulcolibrary.org/digital-library/
- Fulton County Librarians host programs for various ages throughout the week, including daily story time for ages 0-5; weekly story time for ages 6-8, weekly middle grade readings and book talks, and weekly teen book talks. These can be found on their social media pages: facebook.com/fulcolibrary; instagram.com/fulcolibrary (teen content); and youtube.com/afpls1
- The library also offers tons of additional programs and events, such as STEAM-based. Learn more here: https://www.fulcolibrary.org/outreach-services/