Set students on a mission to reach their reading potential with Sora’s newest feature, Reading Goals! Transform literacy engagement with Reading Goals Reading Goals is a new way to encourage students to take ownership of their reading growth and motivate them along the way. It…
During this year’s LibLearnX conference in January, the American Library Association (ALA) announced winners and honorees for the 2025 Youth Media Awards (YMAs), honoring exceptional books for children and young adults released in 2024. When a book has a decorated resume, it doesn’t just make…
By: Emily Balser, Integrated Marketing Specialist You’ve been hard at work all school year promoting your school’s library and Sora digital collection to your students and community. Now, it’s time to snap, share, and show off what you’ve been working on! Our School Stars contest…
Connecting your reading enrichment resources with your district’s ebooks and audiobooks is now easier than ever, thanks to a new integration between TeachingBooks and the Sora reading platform. This new integration allows districts that have both a TeachingBooks license and an active Sora platform to…
With a recent Grattan Institute report estimating a staggering one third of Australian students lack reading proficiency, ensuring students have seamless, anytime access to curriculum-aligned reading materials is more important than ever. The Sora team is committed to providing more access to all reading materials,…
This week, more than one billion people worldwide will celebrate the Lunar New Year, closing out the Year of the Dragon and ushering in the Year of the Snake with festive fireworks, food, and – as always – the lucky color red. With the start…
By: Nahomy Ortiz-Garcia, Social Media Specialist Are your high school readers head over heels for Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before streaming spinoff XO, Kitty? Are they laughing at all the drama, swooning over love triangles, and dreaming of adventures in South…
The Sora Spotlight series profiles educators who’ve become Sora champions at their school, impressing us with their creative strategies to get more students reading digitally. To inspire us all to find new ways to reach learners across our communities, we’ve asked them to share their…
Public Library CONNECT enables students to seamlessly access their local public library’s digital collection through the Sora platform using their school credentials. This innovative collaboration at the local level eliminates barriers to library access by bypassing the need for separate library cards or account registrations….
Holiday breaks are just around the corner – meaning the second half of the school year is closer than it may seem (sorry – too soon?). Perhaps you’re already prepped and ready for 2025. You’ve got your Class Sets and other required reads lined up,…
The highly anticipated Wicked movie is coming in a couple days, and what better way to prepare for the magic than by diving into some Wicked-inspired books? If your students are fans of the Broadway musical (or the original novel, for your older readers), there…
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is one of the most popular children’s book series of today (and perpetually one of the most borrowed series across schools with Sora). If you’re one of the many educators whose kids clamor for more of the…
