The Orange County Public Library has opened their collection of eBooks and other digital materials to all Orange County students. Students can now use their school sign on to access the eBooks. Almost 400 items have already been borrowed in the first month of the program. Popular series such as Harry Potter , Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Captain Underpants , Nathan Hale ’ s Hazardous Tales and Dog Man are here. The library offers plenty of classics like Matilda , Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Little House on the Prairie , Chronicles of Narnia and To Kill a Mockingbird . The online delivery app also allows us to provide a number of graphic novels and comics such as series: The Last Airbender, Spider - Man, Ms. Marvel, Wings of Fire and Percy Jackson . Sometimes audiobooks can really bring a story to life. Many audiobooks use professional actors as narrators. Jim Dale won many awards for his narration of the Harry Potter series. Library Director Katie Hill stated that as a librarian she felt guilty for not having read the books and decided to listen to them and was entranced. “ Listening to the voice of the narrator allowed me to imagine and see the events in my mind more vividly than a movie, ” said Hill. The Library ’ s collection includes picture books, non - fiction, and fiction for ages from preschool through teen. The library added several hundred new items for youth in December. The Sora reading app offers lots of ways to help students, too including a dyslexic font option, scalable font size, adjustable speed on audio playback, word lookup, note taking, and more. The Sora app is tied to grade level so that content is appropriate for students. Parents can also find materials to support their children ’ s learning. Series like “ Everything You Need to Ace ” Math, Chemistry, World History, etc., Dummies books like Calculus for Dummies, Biology for Dummies and Physics I for Dummies can help. Homeschoolers can access the same materials using Overdrive rather than Sora and their public library card. The Orange County Public Libraries have recently expanded their Wi - Fi to blanket their parking lots. Because most Overdrive items can be downloaded for offline use, families can park and download their books for use at home later. Orange County Public Library Teams Up with Orange County Schools to Enhance Reading and Literacy Through eBooks and E - audiobooks
The Orange County Public Library welcomes students to our Overdrive digital collections and Sora.
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