Accessible e-book/audiobook presources
for All Readers

Bookshare

If you cannot read traditional print books because of a visual impairment, physical disability or severe learning disability, Bookshare can help!
Our books are “accessible,” which means you can read our books many different ways.
Bookshare offers the world’s largest collection of accessible titles.

*As a district, we suggest that you sign-up for an Individual Bookshare account.  
This allows the parent/guardian to access all books for their student, it is not tied to a teacher's account and/or book list.

Bookshare Individual Membership Directions
 
​P-CCS Bookshare User Guide

Open eBooks

Open eBooks is an app containing thousands of popular and award-winning titles that are free for children from in-need households. These eBooks can be read without checkouts or holds.

​The goal of Open eBooks is to encourage a love of reading and serve as a gateway to children reading even more often, whether in school, at libraries, or through other eBook reading apps.

*The PCCS A&IT Department has offered training to staff and parents of students with IEP's.  
If your student has an IEP, please contact their case manager for access code/PINs.

Parent's Guide to Open eBooks

EPic!

Epic! is a leading children's
online library, with unlimited access to 20,000 high-quality books for kids. Epic!’s award-winning library includes instant access to thousands of Fiction, Nonfiction, Read-to-Me books, Spanish books and more. Epic! is great for daily reading and learning.

For Educators: Epic! is completely free for student use in your classroom (via classroom iPads and/or Chromebooks).

For Families: Epic! is completely free for 30 days, and $7.99 per month if you choose to continue using Epic! at home.

OverDrive

With OverDrive, you can borrow and enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from your public and/or school library's digital collection. OverDrive is available across a wide range of devices and platforms.

All you need to get started is an internet connection, and a public library card*or access to a participating P-CCS school's digital collection**.
*Canton Public Library​ and/or Plymouth District Library
**Please connect with your school's media specialist for more information.
This video will help you get started with the Libby app (available for public libraries). It will show you how to Libby, borrow digital titles, and start reading.
This video will help you get started with the Sora app (available for most schools). It will show you how to navigate Sora, borrow digital titles, and start reading.

Feedbooks

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg offers over 50,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.

No fee or registration is required, but if you find Project Gutenberg useful, we kindly ask you to donate a small amount so we can buy and digitize more books. 
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Over 100,000 free ebooks are available through our Partners, Affiliates and Resources.
​Feedbooks is an ebook retailer, connected to a large ecosystem of reading systems and social networks.
Every month, Feedbooks distributes millions of books to an increasingly growing community of readers.

With Feedbooks, enjoy your books on any device: smartphones, tablets 
or dedicated readers.

Feedbooks also offers access to thousands of public domain books* for FREE. This includes many of the titles that are required reading at PCEP.

*These books are available in an ePUB format that works seamlessly with the Read&Write for Google ePUB toolbar!

Hoopla

With Hoopla Digital,
​you can borrow and enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from your public library's digital collection.

Hoopla is available across a wide range of devices and platforms.

All you need to get started is an internet connection, and a public library card**.
**Canton Public Library​ and/or Plymouth District Library

Accessible e-books for Early Readers

Tarheel REaders

Tar Heel Reader, an online, open source library of free, easy-to-read, accessible books, recently reached 10 million books read.

The site was launched in 2008 and has averaged more than one million books read per year. Books are available in 27 languages on a wide range of topics, all accessible using standard keyboards, touch screens, assistive switches, and other assistive devices.

Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy provides engaging digital picture books complete with audio narration options in a variety of languages. 

​These books are available on the Unite for Literacy bookshelf, a website which makes the digital book available on any device - computer, tablet or smartphone.  Search for books by categories or by titles.