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SLCO Library Summer Reading Challenge | Summer Reading and Learning 2020

June 2020Josh Whiting

Imagine Your Story - Salt Lake County Library 2020 Summer Reading Challenge - Poster Image

Even though the branches of the The County Library are not open for in-person visits, they are still providing all sorts of virtual services to Granite students and community members, including their summer reading challenge!

[Read more…] about SLCO Library Summer Reading Challenge | Summer Reading and Learning 2020

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library ResourcesTagged With: Literacy Resources, Parent Resources, Reading Resources, Salt Lake and Utah Learning Resources, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Activities, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2020, Teacher Resources

Anti-Racism, Justice, Activism Books and Resources | Summer Reading and Learning 2020

June 2020Josh Whiting

Reposted from our School and District Library program site, Granitemedia.org.

In Granite’s Sora we’ve curated a collection of over 80 books for children and teens discussing race, racism, civil rights, social justice, and related topics, both fiction and nonfiction.

[Read more…] about Anti-Racism, Justice, Activism Books and Resources | Summer Reading and Learning 2020

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Resources, Library Spotlights, NewsTagged With: Activism, Anti-Racism, audiobooks, Book Lists, Civil Rights, Collection Development, ebooks, Elementary Book Lists, Joshua Whiting, Secondary Book Lists, Social Justice, Sora, Sora Collections, Sora Posters, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2020

Sora | Summer Reading and Learning 2020

May 2020Josh Whiting

Sora is open for reading all summer! Sora is a reading app for Granite students, filled with thousands of ebooks and audiobooks you can borrow and read or listen to on any computer or smart device.

[Read more…] about Sora | Summer Reading and Learning 2020

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, NewsTagged With: Distance Learning, Library Resources, Literacy Resources, Reading Resources, Sora, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2020, Teacher Resources

Summer Reading and Learning 2019: ZAP Kids Summer Passport

June 2019Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post series we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, community organizations, and other resources from the web in general. Today we are featuring the Kids Summer Passport from the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Program.
[Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2019: ZAP Kids Summer Passport

Filed Under: NewsTagged With: Community Events, Murray Library, Parent Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Activities, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2019, ZAP Kids Summer Passport

Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Visit a Public Library

May 2019Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post series we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, community public libraries and organizations, and other resources from the web in general. Today we are featuring the upcoming summer programs and events of the public libraries in our community: the Salt Lake County Library, the Salt Lake City Public Library, and the Murray Library.

[Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Visit a Public Library

Filed Under: NewsTagged With: Literacy Resources, Murray Library, Parent Resources, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2019

Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Sora, Granite’s Digital Library

May 2019Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post series we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, community public libraries and organizations, and other resources from the web in general. Today we are featuring Sora, Granite’s Digital Library.

[Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Sora, Granite’s Digital Library

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Spotlights, NewsTagged With: audiobooks, ebooks, Literacy Resources, Murray Library, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Sora, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2019

Sora Digital Library: New Ebooks and Audiobooks for May 2019

April 2019Josh Whiting

What’s New in Sora, May 2019

[Read more…] about Sora Digital Library: New Ebooks and Audiobooks for May 2019

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Spotlights, NewsTagged With: audiobooks, Cindy Moyle, ebooks, New Releases, OverDrive, Posters, Sora, Summer Reading

Summer Reading and Learning 2017

May 2017Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, our friends at the Salt Lake County Library and Salt Lake City Public Library systems, and other resources from the web in general. [Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2017

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, NewsTagged With: Granite Technical Institute, Literacy Resources, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer STEM Camps

Summer Reading / Summer Learning 2016

June 2016Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post we round up programs from Granite School District, our friends at the Salt Lake City Public Library and Salt Lake County Library systems, and other resources from the web in general.

Granite’s OverDrive

OverDrive Summer Read - Free eBooks Always Available
All K-12 students in Granite School District (as well as all staff members) have access to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library, where they can choose from thousands of ebooks and digital audiobooks to read or listen to throughout the summer.

You can access Granite’s OverDrive from any web browser by visiting http://granite.lib.overdrive.com. You can also access our library via the OverDrive app, which is available for a whole range of mobile devices and operating systems (see http://app.overdrive.com.) Students log in with their regular school login (student number and whatever password they have at the point school ends.)

For more information and help with Granite’s OverDrive, please see this post or download these more detailed instructions.

The Salt Lake City Public Library System

Our friends at the The City Library are hosting the Super Summer Challenge 2016, encouraging all in our community to “read, explore, make, discover, and do more this summer.”

The city’s summer challenge goes through August 20, and they provide an exciting variety of challenge goals, activities, and events for Kids, Pre-Readers, Teens, and Adults. Participants can win a variety of prizes.

Salt Lake County Library Services

Our friends at the Salt Lake County Libraries are also hosting an exciting 2016 Summer Reading Challenge: On Your Mark, Get Set…READ.

Special events include a teen online short story contest, ToshoCon Teen Anime Convention, Teen STEM Camps, and a special admission discount at the Natural History Museum of Utah for the library’s summer reading participants. Prizes are available to participants. Many other library events are happening on a daily basis. Visit or contact your local branch of the county library system to find out more information.

Additional Summer Learning + Reading Resources

  • Several school libraries in Granite School District open their doors periodically during the summer for book checkout and other programming.  Contact your school to find out if they offer this service.
  • Check out our list of free Digital Resources and Tools for Reading and Literacy. (It is collaborative so feel free to comment or add to it.)
  •  You can download and listen to the free YA audiobooks provided weekly by Audiobooksync.com all summer long.
  • The Edutopia blog post, “Fun and Free Summer Learning Resources,” provides many more ideas.

 

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, NewsTagged With: Literacy Promotion, OverDrive, Parent Resources, Reading Promotions, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading

New YA Fiction in OverDrive | May 2016

May 2016Josh Whiting

OverDrive May 2016 Display_Page_1With summer vacation in sight, school librarians will soon remind students to bring in all the checked out books. But this doesn’t mean anyone has to stop reading; summer is the perfect time to dig into a new book, and Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library (http://granite.lib.overdrive.com) will be available all summer long for all students and staff members, wherever they are on almost any computer or mobile device.

We are constantly adding new ebooks and audiobooks to our collection, which now numbers nearly 7,000 titles across K-12. Check out the posters below for some of the latest releases added to the YA collection for May 2016.  We also have many new releases in our juvenile collection, they just aren’t shown here. Log in to OverDrive to check them out.

[Read more…] about New YA Fiction in OverDrive | May 2016

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Spotlights, NewsTagged With: audiobooks, Cindy Moyle, ebooks, Library Resources, Literacy Promotion, Literacy Resources, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Summer Reading

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