Bookshlf curates book lists using people
Source: Bookshlf Can’t find a book for a student? Check out Bookshlf. It is a service where the curation of books happen by people, not algorithms. Think of it as Pinterest, but for books, not pictures. And like Pinterest, you need an account to see more than a few posts in a category. For Bookshlf,…
5 sites for free books for kids
Free Kid’s eBooks and NOOK Books | Barnes & Noble® and Amazon.com : free kids ebooks (Amazon Best Sellers: Best Children’s free eBooks) – These sites require an Amazon or Barnes & Noble account, so they may not be useable for young students. But, for older students (or students who have their parents sign up),…
73% of books released between 1924 and 1963 are in the public domain
But! A recent NYPL project has paid for the already-digitized registration records to be marked up as XML. (I was not involved, BTW, apart from saying “yes, this would work” four years ago.) Now for anything that’s unambiguously a “book”, we have a parseable record of its pre-1964 interactions with the Copyright Office: the initial registration and any potential renewal….
Another archive of free illustrated children’s books
Source: Enter an Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized and Free to Read Online | Open Culture This collection may be more of interest to history classes versus primary and intermediate classes. The books look really interesting, I really like Elfin Rhymes (mentioned in the article). Since these books are in the Public…
The Library of Congress has an online collection of Public Domain Children Books available
This special collection presents children’s books selected from the General and Rare Book Collections at the Library of Congress. The collection includes classic works that are still read by children today, and lesser-known treasures drawn from the Library’s extensive collection of historically significant children’s books. The books in this collection were published in the United…
Search your local library for books while browsing Amazon and other sites with this browser extension
As you browse books and e-books, the Library Extension can check your library’s online catalog and display the availability of that item on the same page. Source:Â Library Extension – See book availability from your local library | Library Extension This is, without a doubt, one of the coolest extensions I’ve covered. After installing the extension,…
Several adult non-fiction books are being released for a younger audience
Lately I’ve been noticing that more and more authors seem to be adapting their adult nonfiction books for younger readers (typically for the middle grade set, ages 8-12). The young readers editions are shorter and often contain more illustrations, photos, graphs, and charts than their adult counterparts, distilling the story and information down into what…
The Guggenheim now has over 200 art books available for free
Too stingy for expensive art books? The Guggenheim has you covered. Since 2012, the museum has been slowly digitizing its collection of monographs, catalogs, and other art books. Now, it’s up to 205 books, all available to download for free from the Internet Archive, as Vice’s Creators reports. Source: You Can Download 200 Art Books Free From the…
Nope, printed books aren’t going out of style
As Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble launched their respective eBook readers in 2007 and 2010, there were many who rushed to predict that the printed book would soon be meeting an untimely end. New data from the Pew Research Center now suggests that your standard paper, ink, and glue novel has considerable staying power with…