SAUSD has several platforms to make digital reading available to students.



  • Discovery Education Audiobooks

    Discovery Audiobooks Screenshot including titles White Fang, Anne of Green Gables, The 39 Clues, Beatrix Potter, etc.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Spark your imagination and explore the full collection of Audiobooks available in Discovery Education Experience—from classic children's stories and fairy tales, to science fiction and famous poetry, to modern young adult favorites. Discovery Education uses Google Single Sign-On.

     

  • Sora

    Depiction of Sora reading app

    Sora provides the quickest and easiest way to get started with digital titles from our school. Students can log in using their sausdlearns.net account and immediately access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks on almost any device. Get started today at https://soraapp.com/library/santaanausd or download the free Sora app for Android or iOS. The app is already installed on all student Chromebooks. For easy access on other devices, our school’s setup code is: SantaAnaUSD.

    Trouble navigating the app? Try this video overview, this Step-by-step guide or the Sora Help site.

    Internet not always available? Connect to a network to download a book, then read offline while not connected. 

    Found the book you want, but it's already checked out? Place a hold.

    Can't find a title you're searching for? Request a book to be added to the SAUSD Sora collection: Student Book Request Form

    Connect Sora to your Public Library account as well!  Add a public library in Sora  SAPL Student Success Card info  OCPL e-card registration

     

    Tumblebooks

    Tumblebook Library

    Over 550 titles which include animated talking picture books, books in English, French and Spanish, read-alongs, non-fiction books and National Geographic Videos. This link will log into SAUSD's subscription automatically. 

     

    Unite for Literacy (free resource)

    Unite for Literacy screenshot (Spanish)

    Some titles are available in Spanish. To change written language, click the pencil on the top left. 

     TeachingBooks

    teaching books dot net logo

    TeachingBooks.net has tons of information about many of your favorite books and authors, including some full text read-alouds. Login not required.

    Enki

    ENKI Library | Califa

    enki California Digital Library: a geolocated, curated collection available to anyone physically located in the state of California! (free resource) 

    In response to COVID-19 and library closures, Califa, in partnership with Bibliolabs, has made a digital library available to every person in California - no library card required. This collection uses geolocation to provide access to anyone physically located in the state of California.  The library includes several thousand simultaneous use ebooks from leading publishers as well as the Indie Author Project Select collection, which features over 400 award-winning indie-published ebooks, some of which are right here in California!