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Summer Reading
(Incoming FALL 2020)
Having trouble finding a book?
Check out an audiobook or e-book with your library card. Online only cards are available here (https://mdpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/catalog/search/registration/$N?pc=SYMWS).
Can't get to the public library? Read a book online!
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for young adults. From May 15th to August 13th, SYNC gives away two complete audiobook downloads a week – a current young adult title along with a thematically paired classic or required summer reading title. Sign up for email and text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com.
BooksShouldBeFree makes the world's public domain audio books available for browsing in a visual and entertaining way.
Tumblebooks offers animated web-books as an online subscription. All MCPS elementary and Middle schools have a subscription to Tumblebooks. The books are appropriate for younger children as read-alouds. The sentences and word choice are typically appropriate for read-alouds rather than independent reading by emergent readers.
See even more options from MCPS' HIAT.
Having trouble finding articles?
Search The Washingto Post or Time Magazine. Or take a look at our subscription databases like Science in Context and SIRS Discoverer (passwords available via your Google account.)
Online Activities for Families
Below you will find several quality interactive educational websites that parents and students can explore:
- National Geographic Kids: Great nature videos, activities, games, stories, and more
- Discovery Kids: Video, games and activities to explore dinosaurs, sharks, space, pets, history and more.
- Young Explorers: Museum Run, The Great Dig, Time Explorer and more online games from the British Museum.
- Smithsonian Kids Collecting: how to start your own collection and see what other kids collect
- Explore Dinosaurs: FAQs and top 10 myths about dinosaurs, a virtual dig, behind the scenes tours, and more from the National Museum of Natural History
- NASA Quest: Interactive explorations that engage students in real science and engineering. Topics include robots, helicopters, lunar exploration, and designing your own human-friendly planet
- My Wonderful World: A multimedia tour of our seven continents
- Time for Kids: Fun games (The Great State Race), an online weekly magazine written for kids, and news from around the world