Celebrating 6 Months with Free Books & Resources

Six months ago TeachingBooks began a new journey as part of OverDrive. Since then, we have had a fabulous time growing our collection, reaching more readers, and adding new tools that deepen everyone's connection to children's and young adult books. Additionally, we have started the exhilarating work of laying the foundation for infusing TeachingBooks' collection of materials into OverDrive's Sora, Libby, and Marketplace platforms.

While this integration is multifaceted, bidirectional, and will take time, we are beginning to showcase resources and books together. For example, did you know that if your school has Sora, you can access a wide range of no-cost ebooks and audiobooks for your students to enjoy? Explore the titles and resources for each of these programs from TeachingBooks in the links below.

The Sora Starter Collections gives unlimited simultaneous use access to a collection of 250+ digital books, including read-alongs, ebooks, and audiobooks. Spanish-language options are available, too.

Sora Sweet Reads is a free, annual summer reading program that offers high-interest simultaneous use ebooks and audiobooks for Elementary, Middle, and High School communities—available May 4 to August 17.

SYNC Audiobooks for Teens is a free summer audiobook program sponsored by AudioFile Magazine and powered by Sora. The program will make two thematically paired audiobooks available weekly in Sora from April 28 to August 17. Note: This program is open to any registered participant. It is not exclusive to schools with the Sora platform.

Details for how to enjoy these free titles with Sora can be found within this OverDrive blog post.

Thank you for your patience and support as we make this TeachingBooks partnership with OverDrive as meaningful and supportive as possible.

Nick Glass
Founder & Head
TeachingBooks and Book Connections
nick@TeachingBooks.net

Behind the Books: "Songs of the Sea"

Author, physician, and poet Diana Farid reflects on Rumi, the ocean, healing, and her new novel, Wave (Cameron, 2022).

Meet-the-Author Recording: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library with Chris Grabenstein

April celebrates School Library Month and National Library Week! It's a great time to listen to author Chris Grabenstein tell the backstory for and read an excerpt describing the "most amazingly incredible thing you'll find inside your wondrous new library" in his 2014 ALSC Notable Children's Book, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Random House, 2013).

Margaret Chiu Greanias on Amah Faraway

Author Margaret Chiu Greanias talks to us about the childhood experiences with her grandmother that inspired her new picture book, Amah Faraway (Bloomsbury, 2022). Visit our Virtual Book Tour for the interview and additional resources.

Peter Kahn on Teaching and Writing

In honor of National Poetry Month, join author Peter Kahn as he discusses his experiences teaching poetry to high school students. Learn how his residency program teaches the craft of writing and performing original poetry and celebrating student voice, resulting in Respect the MIC: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School (Penguin Workshop, 2022).

Featured Booklist: El día de los niños / El día de los libros

While you're planning for Día this year, check out our collection of titles highlighted by the program over the last nine years. Let's celebrate! / Mientras hace planes para el Día de los Niños, asegúrese de ver la colección de libros seleccionados por el programa "Día" en los últimos nueve años. ¡Celebremos!

Watch Eugene Yelchin Compete in the Author Fan Face-off

This month's Face-off features mega-fan Avi and author Eugene Yelchin answering questions about The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Candlewick, 2021). See some of the great illustrations from the book and learn about Eugene Yelchin's childhood in Cold War Russia in this trivia contest.

Social Emotional Learning with TeachingBooks

Conversations that support Social Emotional Learning (SEL) invite students to cultivate empathy for themselves and others. Identifying and understanding emotions, behaviors, and differences can help students build a sense of community within their classrooms, schools, and beyond. Read the post for resources to guide SEL conversations at different grade levels.

Welcome to TeachingBooks!

Explore the many ways the title and author resources on TeachingBooks enliven literacy in your classrooms and libraries.

Contests & Giveaways

Check out our April Contests & Giveaways, accompanied by multimedia resources!

• The Path by Bob Staake (Astra, 2022)
• Wave by Diana Farid (Cameron, 2022)
• Gold Mountain by Betty G. Yee (Lerner, 2022)
• And More!

See the April Contests & Giveaways on our blog.

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