Category Archives: Reading for pleasure
Audiobooksync 2020 is nearly here!
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. Returning April 30, 2020, SYNC will give away two complete audiobooks a week – pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. Sign up for email or text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com
Celebrate World Book Night with the #NationalShelfService
This #WorldBookNight visit the #NationalShelfService YouTube channel for librarian book recommendations every hour from 11am to 8pm so you won’t run out of reading material!
Join Aberdeen City Libraries online!
You can join Aberdeen City Libraries online here. If you’re under 16, you’ll need to have a parent fill in their details. It’s quick and easy. You’ll then be able to log in to lots of free online resources.
You can download the BorrowBox app from the app store on your device for ebooks and audioboooks.
You can also download the RBDigital app for more audiobooks.
With the PressReader app you can read newspapers and magazines!
What are you waiting for? Get reading! 🙂
Free access to Scribd
Free access to Scribd for 30 days. Read ebooks, audiobooks and magazines. Sign up with facebook, gmail or another email. Happy reading!
Stream audiobooks for free!
I’m a huge fan of audiobooks. Now audible are giving people free access to some of their collection at https://stories.audible.com
It’s easiest to listen while you’re doing something else. Try listening to an audiobook while you’re doing a puzzle, colouring in, building with lego, crafting or doing the housework. The time will fly by 😉
Free access to myON for all pupils
Stream and read hundreds of books with myON. Click on the image below, or visit https://readon.myon.co.uk/ 
Click here for my guide to using myON and finding suitable texts.
Keep calm and keep quizzing!
School may be closed, but S1 and S2 pupils will still be able to do Accelerated Reader book quizzes! Click on the link below, or by clicking Renaissance Place in the links on the left 😉
If you’ve forgotten your password or locked yourself out of your account, email me on the school’s gmail.
