How do I find Digital Books? (VDOE's Assistive Technology Network)
Description:
Digital Books can help students who have difficulty reading print independently. The following resources allow students to listen or read books in a digital format.
Digital Books, from AIM-VA and Bookshare, are free for students to use. Review their information for how teachers can get students enrolled. Other websites listed here can provide digital books that students can use from home as well as school. Check out this list of digital book options to determine which your student can use.
- AIM-VA (Accessible Instructional Materials of Virginia),
- Bookshare,
- CommonLit - The Library (a free digital collection of fiction and nonfiction for classrooms),
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) - The Education Guide,
- Learning Ally - Unlocking Student Potential through Literacy Solutions,
- Library and Resource Center (Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, DBVI),
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS): The Library of Congress,
- ReadWorks,
- Student Discovery Sets (Library of Congress),
- Tar Heel Reader- Books for beginning readers of all ages,
- Unite for Literacy (Narrated books)