{"id":3715,"date":"2020-04-29T15:04:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/?page_id=3715"},"modified":"2021-04-07T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:37:29","slug":"reading-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/reading-zone\/reading-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>General<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasticfiction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fantastic Fiction<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a great site for tracking down what an author has written as wells as finding out the number of books in series, as well as their order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orkneylibrary.org.uk\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Orkney Library &amp; Archive<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsalive.org\/quaranteens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Quaranteens<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Reading and writing creative activities during the COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>British Library &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/childrens-books?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3Puf1OKe6AIVCbLtCh1p1AY4EAAYASAAEgKjxPD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Discovering Children&#8217;s Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Authors<\/h3>\n<p>Scottish Book Trust &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/authors-live-on-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Authors Live on Demand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scottish Book Trust &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/learning-and-resources\/authors-live\/authors-live-on-lockdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Authors Live on Lockdown<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; schedule of live events.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/authorfy.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Authorfy<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Readers, writers, storytellers, teachers, librarians, pupils, parents. Video masterclasses, activities, classroom resources, author videos, creative activities<\/p>\n<h3><strong>eBooks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/mainPage.html?b2bSite=6461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borrowbox<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orkneylibrary.org.uk\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orkney Library<\/a>. Needs a membership. Also has Audiobooks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Project Gutenberg<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; free eBooks to download. These books are older books that are out of copyright (in the USA).<\/p>\n<h3>Audiobooks<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/start-listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Audible Stories<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; access to free eAudiobooks for as long as schools are closed<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/mainPage.html?b2bSite=6461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borrowbox<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Via Orkney Library. Needs a membership. Also has eBooks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sync Audiobooks for Teens<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; free online summer reading programme. Download two thematically paired audiobooks a week. Yours to keep forever, as well!<\/p>\n<h3>Comics<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comixology.co.uk\/free-comics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ComiXology<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; free digital comics (requires a ComiXology or Amazon sign-in)<\/p>\n<h3>Accelerated Reader<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbookfind.co.uk\/UserType.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AR Bookfind<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Search for books with quizzes<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ukhosted93.renlearn.co.uk\/2240412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book Quizzes and Star Reading Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readon.myon.co.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MyOn<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; access to digitally enhanced AR levelled books. Currently free during the ongoing school closures due to COVID-19<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\"><button style=\"background-color: #50b1ba;color: white\" type=\"button\"><strong>Back to top<\/strong><\/button> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Fantastic Fiction &#8211; a great site for tracking down what an author has written as wells as finding out the number of books in series, as well as their order. 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