1. Free E-books Anyone? Lisa Cahoun Media Coordinator Ashe County High School June 2012

2. Where to Find Free E-Books Individual Schools Local Public Library NC WiseOwl NC Live Internet

3. Elementary E-books o TruFlix – http://slpmarketing.grolier.com/trueflix/true FlixDemo.html http://slpmarketing.grolier.com/trueflix/true FlixDemo.html o BookFlix – http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/boo kflixfreetrial/programoverview.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/boo kflixfreetrial/programoverview.htm o Tumblebooks – (Westwood only) http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/kids/

4. Middle & High E-books FollettShelf & Ebsco E-books - http://ashehigh.ashe.k12.nc.us/ http://ashehigh.ashe.k12.nc.us/

5. Subscription E-Books that are Free for Educators Ashe County Public Library E-books – (must have a valid library card to check-out books) - www.arlibrary.org www.arlibrary.org NC WiseOwl – (must use a password to access) - www.ncwiseowl.orgwww.ncwiseowl.org NC Live – (must have a valid library card to access) - www.nclive.orgwww.nclive.org

6. My Top 10 Free Internet E-book Sites 1. Authorama – listing of e-books in an easier to read XHTML format - http://authorama.com http://authorama.com 2. Books Should Be Free – visually appealing to young people – free downloadable audiobooks and e-books http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/ Children http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/ Children

7. 3. British Library Online Gallery – leaf through the great books – you will be amazed - http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.h tml http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.h tml 4. Digital Book Index - a comprehensive index to 140,000 free e- bookshttp://www.digitalbookindex.com/abou t.htmhttp://www.digitalbookindex.com/abou t.htm 5. Full Text Archive – enjoy full text of books, poetry, drama, and much more – http://fulltextarchive.com/

8. 6. ManyBooks.net – 29,000 e-books for Kindle, Nook & Ipad – love the most popular feature - http://manybooks.net/http://manybooks.net/ 7. Project Gutenberg – over 39,000 free e- books from the public domainhttp://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main _Pagehttp://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main _Page 8. Reading is Fundamental (RIF) – provides read aloud stories for children - http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/ babies-toddlers/stories.htm http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/ babies-toddlers/stories.htm

9. 9. Storyline Online – Screen Actors Guild Members read children’s books online – http://www.storylineonline.net/ 10. University of Virginia Library – good history resources http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog?f%5b source_facet%5d%5b%5d=Digital+Library http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog?f%5b source_facet%5d%5b%5d=Digital+Library

10. For Shakespeare Fans Shakespeare Bookshelf: http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/ http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/ Open Source Shakespeare: http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/ Internet Shakespeare Editions: http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/

11. Free Downloadable Textbooks Chemical Education Digital Library – Top 10 Chemistry online resources - http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/top10.ph p http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/top10.ph p CK-12 – Customizable, free, curriculum- alligned content for K-12 http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/ National Science Digital Library – national portal for education & research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics - http://nsdl.org/ http://nsdl.org/

12. Even More E-book Sites Ask Sam: Legislative, government reports, political reports, literature, etc. http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/ Library of Congress E-books: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ebooks/ lcresources.html Online Books Page: over 1 million free books on the web. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

13. There’s More…. Free Google E-Books Google Custom Search - http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=0179 90434018530123665:7ob-w8hkdmc Google’s Top E-Books - https://play.google.com/store/books/collect ion/topselling_free?start=0&num=24

14. More Listings of E-book Sites Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vi d=13&cid=1&tid=7011&parent=7006 http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vi d=13&cid=1&tid=7011&parent=7006 Top 25 Free E-book Sites, the Definitive List – http://socialtimes.com/top-25-free-e-books- sites-the-definitive-list_b7595?red=rb The Ultimate Free E-book List – http://www.only2clicks.com/pages/joycevale nza/348527

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