Reminder: Sora Sweet Reads starts April 15!
Searching for more reading resources to serve your remote learners? Then you’re in for a treat! Sora Sweet Reads – OverDrive’s rebranded summer reading program – starts tomorrow! From April 15–July 31, our school partners in the U.S. and Canada can access 30 free, simultaneous-use…
Sora Sweet Reads: Access free, always available digital titles starting April 15
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Every year since 2014, OverDrive has offered a summer reading program for schools. This program is intended to help fight the summer slide and give students an opportunity to read quality titles all summer long. This year’s program was slated…
OverDrive Summer Read wraps on a record year
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Back-to-school season is upon us and in full swing here at OverDrive. The Back-to-School Sale is going on now in Marketplace. We’ve updated the Resource Center with materials to help you welcome students and keep Sora in mind all year…
Chill out & read in honor of National Ice Cream Month
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist It’s National Ice Cream Month and while I don’t need a reminder to eat more ice cream, I will absolutely do so in honor of such an occasion. I could use reminders for plant watering, teeth flossing, oil changes, package…
7 ways to get your students reading this summer
This year’s 10-week Summer Read program is the longest ever, running June 6 – August 15 with 30 free and simultaneous use juvenile and young adult ebooks, select audiobook and Read-Along options. These titles will be prominently displayed in Sora so it’s easy for students…
OverDrive Summer Read expands in 2019
Research confirms that providing year-round access to books and engaging families in literacy activities helps all students maintain and grow their reading skills. When children and their families have the resources they need to read when school’s out, the benefits are clear. Students read more,…
Summer Read Wrap Up 2018
This month we wrap up the Summer Read program. Thank you for all the schools that participated. We hope your students liked it and will enter the classroom eager to read and ready to learn. Reading over the summer stems summer slide, with children in…
How do you promote summer reading? Let us count the ways.
In early April we announced our Summer Read titles. In mid-April the Professional Book Nerds previewed all the titles in depth. In May, our webinar with School Library Connection explored more ways school libraries and public libraries can keep reading all summer long. View the…
OverDrive Summer Read eBook titles
We are excited to announce the return of our annual OverDrive Summer Read program, designed to encourage your students to keep reading all year long. This program aims to help prevent the Summer Slide by providing exciting titles for your students that are simultaneously available…
An interview with Diane Lang & Mike Buchanan, authors of The Fat Boy Chronicles
As part of the OverDrive Summer Read program young readers at participating schools and libraries can read The Fat Boy Chronicles without waitlists or holds through July 9. Recently we spoke with the authors, Diane Lang and Mike Buchanan about their experiences writing this book. Where did the…