Sora (https://soraapp.com/welcome/login/766) is a reading and listening app through which students can access thousands of ebooks and audiobooks in Granite School District’s collection. Students can read or listen to these books using a Chromebook, desktop computer, or personal mobile device.
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Introduction to Sora for Students and Families
This Intro to Sora for Students and Families – Granite School District presentation will get you started with Sora and includes all sorts of information about Sora specific to Granite School District. Click here to make a copy of this presentation to customize for your school or class.
New Releases and Featured Collections
We add new ebooks and audiobooks to our Sora collection throughout the school year. Log in to Sora and visit the Explore screen to see our latest collections and releases and start reading.
We also curate thematic and seasonal collections of new and relevant titles, and create posters and graphics that librarians and teachers can share online or print out and display. Here are direct links to a few of our current features and collections, along with links to graphics if available:
- Sora Sweet Reads – Summer 2025 [Blog post with context and graphics]
- New May 2025 – Children’s Books
- New May 2025 – Teen Books
- touch grass [Blog post with context and graphics]
- Welcome to the Dragon Moon [Blog post with context and graphics]
- Try Something New [Blog post with context and graphics]
- skibidi days ohio nights [Blog post with context and graphics]
- New in Sora: Hold Notifications on Chromebooks [instructions]
- Salt Lake County Library Connection in Sora
Visit our Sora New Releases and Features page on Granitemedia.org to see past collections and access and download all our posters and collection graphics.
Borrowing Limits and Collection Information
All students and staff in Granite School District have access to Granite’s collection of ebooks and audiobooks in Sora. Granite users are automatically assigned an access level in Sora based on grade level.
- Students in Kindergarten to Grade 5 have access to books assigned the Elementary School access level.
- Students in Grades 6 to 8 also have access to books assigned the Middle School access level.
- Students in Grades 9 to 12 and faculty at all schools also have access to books assigned the High School access level.
Users can borrow up to 3 titles at a time.
Users can place holds on up to 3 titles at a time.
Content in Sora is selected, purchased, and assigned to specific access levels and collections by library media specialists in the Educational Technology Department, following Granite’s Library Materials Selection Guidelines. Students and staff can suggest titles or topics for purchase using this form. Individual schools may elect to buy additional Sora content, which is available exclusively to students at that school.
As of May 8, 2025 Granite’s K-12 collection comprises:
- Ebooks: 38,066 copies of 12,461 titles
- Audiobooks: 5,216 copies of 3,130 titles
Visit our Sora Digital Title Circulation Dashboard for realtime data on Sora usage in Granite School District. It is also embedded below:
Students can optionally access the Salt Lake County Library’s children’s and young adult collections in Sora by following these instructions. This allows users to search and access the children’s and young adult Overdrive collections of the county library simultaneously with Granite’s collection. Granite Sora users (including staff) cannot access a public library’s adult content within Sora.
More Sora Instructions
Exploring Books by Lexile, Grade, or Interest Level and finding ‘Read-Along’ Books
Exploring Books by Genre or Subject
Adding Public Libraries in Sora
Additional Resources
Sora Help | The Sora Help page provides a menu of step-by-step instructions for all the features of Sora, as well as tips for solving problems.
If you have questions about Sora or OverDrive, please contact your school’s library or technology staff. You can also contact Josh Whiting in the Educational Technology Department with any questions.
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