End the year on a high note with our final sale of 2022!
Close out 2022 with a grand finale of savings! Our End of Year Sale has arrived, lighting up the last months of this year with thousands of ebooks and audiobooks discounted 25-50% off through Dec. 31. The start of a new calendar year can be…
Sora Spotlight: Meet Librarian Sharon Dorian, from Taunton High School (MA)
By: Kristen Hein, Account Manager In this recurring Sora Spotlight series, we feature a wide range of educators who’ve become Sora champions at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. Here, we ask them…
Now available: The Sora Holiday Marketing Kit!
Whether you’re celebrating the holidays with friends and family or simply looking forward to some time off to relax, winter break is a welcome reprieve for students and educators alike. It’s also a perfect time to remind your students that with Sora, the school library…
New to OverDrive Marketplace: Horn Book reviews
Did you know that when you’re browsing for books for your school in OverDrive Marketplace, you can also easily access professional reviews from premium outlets like School Library Journal, Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, AudioFile Magazine and more? We know that a lot of thought and consideration…
Sora named a 2022 Excellence in Equity Award winner
The Sora reading app team is thrilled to announce that Sora has been selected as a winner in the inaugural Excellence in Equity Awards program, presented by the American Consortium for Equity in Education. The award was presented in the category Best Literacy Solution. The…
Get your students ready for Big Library Read!
The first global ebook club is back, with a new title that will be available for free to all schools with Sora from Nov. 2 – 16 in ebook and audiobook format. Big Library Read is a global book club facilitated by OverDrive. It connects…
Top 10 tips from an OverDrive Trainer (2022): K-12 webinar recap
By: Gabby Cregan, Instructional Designer With the final quarter of the year upon us, your Sora training team is feeling nostalgic, so we created our top 10 tips for K-12 school partners to look back fondly at our 2022 webinar season. Keep reading to discover…
5 free outreach resources you can start using right now
By: Emily Tara, Integrated Marketing Specialist Whether you’re reading this as a school librarian, administrator or teacher. we know that your days are busy. Between planning, prepping, meetings and classes, your plates are full and you’re lucky if you get those spare moments to refill…
Enjoy superhero-sized savings during the October Comics Sale
Send your students on new reading adventures in the Sora app with their favorite fictional friends – all without breaking the bank! Shop our October Comics Sale to save up to 50% on hundreds of titles from publishers like DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Viz Media…
The best phonics books in Sora for your early readers
Across countless districts and schools in the U.S., there’s widespread recognition that strategies to boost students’ reading fluency are a need, not a nice-to-have. This was made especially clear in the wake of 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress results, which revealed that among 9-year-old…