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Audio & eBooks


Learning Strategy - read a book, either in paper or eBook version, while being accompanied by the same title in audiobook form. Just reading alone will not help your pronunciation because English is not a phonetic language. If you are hearing the word as you read it, your brain will make the connection, and next time you see that word, you will know how to pronounce it. And next time you hear that word, you will know how it’s spelt. I encourage you to try out this method because it will transmute your reading retention, your spelling, your vocabulary, your pronunciation, and your listening skills. 


Everyone that lives, or works, in Massachusetts qualifies for a Boston Public Library eCard

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Use Your Boston Public Library eCard and get access to 800,000 eBooks and audiobooks. Borrow up to 10 items for 21 days. Renewal on most items. Some audio & eBooks have hundreds of copies. In Overdrive, you may have to put a hold on an item if someone else checks it out (depending on how many copies), much like a regular paper book.
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Sign up for a Free eCard. Free to all who live, or work, in Massachusetts. Click here to sign up for your free BPL eCard
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Online Resources A-Z Resources Explore databases, newspapers, journals, electronic books, and more without leaving your computer.

Teachers, if there is an eBook that you can't find - please email me. I may be able to obtain it from a "Librarian Only" resource.  jvaporis@saugus.k12.ma.us


Other Items Available to our Community 

AudioBooks

Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading. ​

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Librivox - Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain

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Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads

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We are a place to find free public domain audiobooks and eBooks. You can explore over 100,000 Kindle, ePUB, and audio books using our free bookshelves. Our powerful search engine not only looks hard for free digital books from great sources such as Librivox, Gutenberg, Google Books, and Open Library, but also includes results from Amazon to give you the best choice.

Audiobooks Found on YouTube

Adventure Audiobooks
Fantasy Audiobooks
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Historical Fiction Audiobooks
Horror Audiobooks
Mystery Audiobooks
Science Fiction Audiobooks
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Converts Youtube video to small audio MP3. For your phone or other device. Limited Access on Saugus Device. Try this at home on your device for better results.

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YouTube to MP3

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Over 550 Free Audiobooks

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Aesop's Fables, Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol", and many more

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Free Audiobooks

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A free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3

​AudioBooks

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The Book of Art for Young People Agnes Ethel CONWAY (1885 - 1950) This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.

You may find downloadable versions of all sixteen paintings at 
https://archive.org/details/Book_of_Art_Illustrations_lv


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Borrow a Magazine Through Zinio

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Audio Book - Downloadable Art

eBooks

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Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. While there are plenty of places where you can download free and accurately-transcribed public domain ebooks, we feel the quality of those ebooks can often be greatly improved.

Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books

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Ever try to read a physical book passed down in your family from 100 years ago? Probably worked well. Ever try reading an ebook you paid for 10 years ago? Probably a different experience. From the leasing business model of mega publishers to physical device evolution to format obsolescence, digital books are fragile and threatened.

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Project Gutenberg - 63,000 Free eBooks - Audiobooks as well. Many of the Classics

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3 Million eBooks. The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.

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20 Million eBooks. Free Login. Great when it works but the site isn't always reliable on a Saugus device.

​Download Shakespeare’s Plays, Sonnets, and Poems


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Great Books Online - We are the preeminent internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.

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Google Play Books & Library has many free audio & eBooks. Google Play Books & Library has limited access on Saugus Devices. Try this at home on your device for better results.

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Free Kindle eBooks
Read.Amazon
If you don't have a kindle, or a Kindle App, you can still read your Amazon eBooks online on any device. Kindle often makes eBooks look horrible and page breaks aren't the same as the written book. Often there are no page numbers. Kindle is awkward.

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1000s of public domain books at the outset. With categories ranging from short stories, fantasy, romance, to the harvard classics shelf of fiction

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The eReader Cafe - The Spot For Free & Bargain eBooks

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eBook Summaries

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eBooks Listed by Reading Level

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eBooks

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eBooks

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eBooks Listed by Genre: Comprehensive History, Military History,Biography, Mythology, Adapted Literature, Historical Fiction

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Kobo Free eBooks. Plus they make the best eReader on the market.

e & AudioBooks

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Download Free eBook
Listen to Frankenstein

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Download Free eBook
Listen to the Three Musketeers

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Download Free eBook
Listen to Moby Dick

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Download Free eBook
alice_s_adventures_in_wonderland.epub
File Size: 3846 kb
File Type: epub
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Listen to Alice's Adventures

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Download Free eBook
treasure_island.epub
File Size: 950 kb
File Type: epub
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Listen to Treasure Island


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Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.

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Download classic books
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Audio Books, eBooks, Study Guides

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Download the Apps for your device..

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Best reader and best app for any device
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Download the App
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Leaning Ally – Audiobooks
Over 80,000 audiobooks available. Fiction, non-fiction, and even school textbooks in audio form and read by a human voice. Audiobooks are a great option for students whose learning strength is audiobooks. ​For students that qualify.
For more information contact Julie Oliver:  joliver@saugus.k12.ma.us

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For more information contact John Vaporis, or Julie Oliver.

​From Learning Ally:

Students who qualify may have an IEP or 504 plan, but those are not requirements.  It is up to the individual teacher to determine a student’s eligibility.   If a teacher determines that a student is not able to keep up with grade-level reading, because they are struggling for whatever reason, then the student qualifies for Learning Ally.
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The Learning Ally Virtual Strategy Guide provides other strategies to engage students virtually.  See document below.
virtual_strategy_guide.pdf
File Size: 73 kb
File Type: pdf
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Teachers, if there is an eBook that you can't find - please email me. I may be able to obtain it from a "Librarian Only" resource.  jvaporis@saugus.k12.ma.us


Items Available Through Saugus Public Library

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Get Your Free Saugus Public Library Card

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Instantly borrow digital movies, music, eBooks and more, 24/7 with your library card. Saugus residents who hold a Saugus Public Library Card are able to borrow up to ten items per month for 21 days each. No waiting.
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Audio & eBooks. Limits the number of patrons who may simultaneously borrow a title, much like a traditional book circulation. While OverDrive is more restrictive in this sense, it does contain more titles (particularly newer ones) than does Hoopla.




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    • Audio & eBooks >
      • Spanish & Portuguese Audio eBooks
    • Boston Public Library eCard
    • Citation, Copyright & Plagarism
    • College
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