Digital E-Books and More
Other Resources
AR Bookfind - Accelerated Reader Lists
Accelerated Reader is widely used by area schools as a reading incentive and monitoring program. Scope out the AR level for books you plan to read.
BookHive contains hundreds of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading levels and interest areas. Users can search by author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages, and even favorite illustrator.
Cool books for guys to read or listen to.
An educational tool that uses a measure called a Lexile to match readers ability with books. Grade levels and reading levels are two different things. Lexiles measure a child's ability based on reading comprehension, rather than grade level.
Novelist K-8 (In Library Use) Novelist K-8 (Home Use)
This database is provided by the State of Wisconsin as one of the Badgerlink resources. When you access this database, you will be asked for the number under the barcode on the back of your library card.
Author James Patterson's site dedicated to making kids readers for life. Great book suggestions by age.
Information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle.
What comes next? Midcontinent Public Library's database of children's series. It contains over 28,000 books in 3,700 series.
Teaching Books (In Library Use) Teaching Books (Home Use)
This database is provided by the State of Wisconsin as one of the Badgerlink resources. When you access this database, you will be asked for the number under the barcode on the back of your library card.