Browse Results

Select your format based upon: 1) how you want to read your book, and 2) compatibility with your reading tool. To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.

Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members with links that go to the Help Center for more information.

• Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
• BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
• MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
• DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
• EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
• Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

Kindergarten Math With Confidence Instructor Guide (Math with Confidence #1)

Comprehensive coverage of all essential kindergarten math topics. With this scripted, open-and-go program, parents can help their children master all the concepts typically covered in kindergarten: counting to 100 writing numbers beginning addition and subtraction shapes and patterns coins, time, and measurement Carefully-sequenced, confidence-building lessons will help children develop a strong understanding of math, step by step. Daily review will ensure they fully master what they have learned. With this blend of conceptual understanding and traditional skill practice, children will be well-prepared for first grade. This book is the Instructor Guide to Kindergarten Math With Confidence: Student Workbook

Kindergarten is Cool!

Get ready for kindergarten in this fun, rhyming story that's sure to reassure little ones anxious about their first day.When you wake up for schoolyou'll get dressed, really coolwith your sneakers and socksand your lunch in a box . . .Kindergarten's begun.Big kids say that it's fun.But is that really true?Will it be fun . . . for you?Celebrate all the familiar milestones and moments shared by every kid entering kindergarten in this charming second-person narrative. Whether it's early-morning jitters or becoming familiar with new classroom routines, this sweet and bouncy story will have expectant kindergarteners saying, "Kindergarten is cool!"

Kindergarten, Here I Come! (Here I Come!)

Get ready for school with these fun poems! This adorable picture book celebrates all the familiar milestones and moments shared by every single kindergartener. Whether it's the first-day-of-school jitters or the hundredth-day-of-school party, every aspect of the kindergarten experience is introduced with a light and funny poem--not to mention charming illustrations.

Kindergeburtstag feiern für Dummies (Für Dummies)

Der Geburtstag Ihres Kindes naht und Sie wollen Tipps für einen richtig tollen Kindergeburtstag? Die Erzieherin und mehrfache Mutter Michelle Dostal unterstützt Sie bei der Planung und Vorbereitung. Sie zeigt Ihnen, dass manchmal weniger mehr ist und macht Mut, sich gar nicht erst in einen Wettstreit mit anderen Eltern zu begeben. Dieses Buch ist voller Ideen für eine gelungene Party, egal, ob Sie drinnen oder draußen feiern, alles selbst organisieren oder sich professionelle Unterstützung holen, Spiele spielen oder basteln möchten. Ob Mottoparty, Kreativgeburtstag oder Schnitzeljagd, mit diesem Buch kann die Party steigen!

Kindertransport

The author describes the circumstances in Germany after Hitler came to power that led to the evacuation of many Jewish children to England and her experiences as a young girl in England during World War II.

Kindertransport

Mama and I climbed aboard. I waved to Papa until he was only a tiny speck in the distance. The train turned the curve, and he was gone.The powerful autobiographical account of a young girls' struggle as a Jewish refugee in England from 1939–1945.

Kindling Courage / Whoomph! Surviving an Avalanche (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 6)

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Kindness

Heartwarming and humorous, Kindness sensitively captures the reality of children's feelings as they navigate the small and large events in their world. From Hurricane Katrina to everyday encounters in the school hallway, the play offers an unforgettable lesson in compassion.

Kindness Club Fox Says Thank You (Kindness Club)

Follow Fox as she learns how important it is to show kindness and gratitude toward her friends.Fox is feeling grumpy. She doesn’t want to play with her friends and instead snatches away their ball and snacks. While her pals go on a boat trip, Fox runs off to her favorite place—the lighthouse— determined to have more fun on her own. However, when a storm breaks and Fox sees her friends’ boat battling with the waves, she realizes she needs to help. Will Fox be able to show how much she truly cares for her friends by saving the day?Children will love the myriad animal characters and learning and understanding the different ways we can be kind to one another. There are lots of extra learning opportunities, including questions about the story, activities such as how to make your own Kindness Badge, and notes for parents and caregivers to extend learning and reinforce positive behavior.In the words of Badger, who runs the Kindness Club, "When you show kindness, it makes you and your friends feel good."

Kindness Club Mouse Tells the Truth: Join the Kindness Club as They Learn To Be Kind (Kindness Club Ser.)

Get to know the animals of the Kindness Club and follow Rabbit as she learns how important it is to say sorry. At Rainbow Island Harbour, some new visitors have arrived, including Little Peacock. The other animals are excited to meet him but Rabbit is worried that her friends will be more interested in the newcomer than in their old friend Rabbit. Rabbit tells Little Peacock he&’s not welcome to play with the other animals but when Peacock disappears, will Rabbit admit what she&’s done? And will she be able to find Peacock and apologize for her mistake?This charming board book for children aged 3-5 features: - A strong underlying message encouraging children to do kind deeds and continue to be kind.- Teaches the idea that being kind is not a one-off action; it is a way of being, in order to be a member of the Kindness Club. - Whimsical illustrations sit alongside a heart-warming story centered on kindness.- The story includes parent/carer notes to promote discussion between adults and children, questions that encourage understanding of the topic, and two activities: making a Kindness Club Badge and making a Peacock Fan that will track your kind deeds. The heartwarming board book encourages children to always be kind to one another, through beautiful illustrations and a playful story with an important underlying message. In the words of Badger, who runs the Kindness Club, &“When you show kindness, it makes you and your friends feel good.&” Children will love the myriad of animal characters and learning and understanding the different ways we can be kind to one another. There are lots of extra learning opportunities, from questions about the story to activities showing you how to make your own Kindness Badge to notes for parents and carers to extend learning and reinforce positive behavior.At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop there!There&’s so much more to explore and love with DK&’s adventurous and heartwarming Kindness Club series. If you enjoyed Kindness Club: Rabbit Says Sorry, why not try Kindness Club: Mouse Tells the Truth!

Kindness Club Rabbit Says Sorry: Join the Kindness Club as They Find the Courage To Be Kind

Get to know the animals of the Kindness Club and follow Rabbit as she learns how important it is to say sorry.At Rainbow Island Harbour, some new visitors have arrived, including Little Peacock. The other animals are excited to meet him but Rabbit is worried that her friends will be more interested in the newcomer than in their old friend Rabbit. Rabbit tells Little Peacock he&’s not welcome to play with the other animals but when Peacock disappears, will Rabbit admit what she&’s done? And will she be able to find Peacock and apologize for her mistake?This charming board book for children aged 3-5 features: - A strong underlying message encouraging children to do kind deeds and continue to be kind.- Teaches the idea that being kind is not a one-off action; it is a way of being, in order to be a member of the Kindness Club. - Whimsical illustrations sit alongside a heart-warming story centered on kindness.- The story includes parent/carer notes to promote discussion between adults and children, questions that encourage understanding of the topic, and two activities: making a Kindness Club Badge and making a Peacock Fan that will track your kind deeds. The heartwarming board book encourages children to always be kind to one another, through beautiful illustrations and a playful story with an important underlying message. In the words of Badger, who runs the Kindness Club, &“When you show kindness, it makes you and your friends feel good.&” Children will love the myriad of animal characters and learning and understanding the different ways we can be kind to one another. There are lots of extra learning opportunities, from questions about the story to activities showing you how to make your own Kindness Badge to notes for parents and carers to extend learning and reinforce positive behavior.At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop there!There&’s so much more to explore and love with DK&’s adventurous and heartwarming Kindness Club series. If you enjoyed Kindness Club: Rabbit Says Sorry, why not try Kindness Club: Mouse Tells the Truth!

Kindness Club Squirrel Learns to Forgive (Kindness Club)

Get to know the animals of the Kindness Club and discover how Squirrel learns the importance of forgiving others and showing them kindness.This heartwarming story encourages children ages 3-5 to always be kind to one another, through beautiful illustrations and a playful story with an important underlying message.Rainbow Island is having a baking competition! Squirrel sets off with his famous chocolate cake, but when Goat crashes into him, the cake goes flying. Squirrel is inconsolable. However, he later finds out that it was an accident. Will Squirrel learn to forgive Goat's actions? Will Goat accept Squirrel's kindness? This charming book for children features: - A strong underlying message encouraging children to do kind deeds and continue to be kind.- Teaches the idea that being kind is not a one-off action; it is a way of being, in order to be a member of the Kindness Club.- Whimsical illustrations that sit alongside a heart-warming story about kindness.- Parent/carer notes to promote discussion between adults and children, questions that encourage understanding of the topic, and two activities: making a Kindness Club Badge and making a Peacock Fan that will track your kind deeds. Children will love the animal characters, and learning and understanding the different ways we can be kind to one another. There are lots of extra learning opportunities, from questions about the story to activities showing you how to make your own Kindness Badge to notes for parents and carers to extend learning and reinforce positive behavior.In the words of Badger, who runs the Kindness Club, &“When you show kindness, it makes you and your friends feel good.&”At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop here!There&’s so much more to explore and love with DK&’s Kindness Club series. If you enjoyed Squirrel Learns to Forgive, why not try the other books in the series, Rabbit Says Sorry, and Mouse Tells the Truth?

Kindness Counts! (Ready, Freddy! 2nd Grade)

During Random Acts of Kindness week at his school, Freddy is assigned to do a special good deed for the biggest bully in the second grade.

Kindness Makes Us Strong

This bright book by the creator of Love Makes a Family celebrates acts of kindness big and small.Kindness is a friendly hello. A roaring cheer. A quick boost. Kindness is what makes us strong! This joyful board book shows various children as they extend kindness in all kinds of situations: on the playground, at lunchtime, on a bike path, and on a neighborhood street. This sweet preschool read-aloud shows the way kindness helps build friendship and community.

Kindness for Weakness

In an environment where kindness equals weakness, how do those who care survive?

Kindness: A Treasury Of Buddhist Wisdom For Children And Parents

Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents

This collection of Buddhist stories conveys the teachings of Buddha in a very interesting and easily understandable language. It suits all age groups irrespective of religion or creed.

Kindred

The first time I meet an angel, it is Raphael and I am eighteen. Miriam is an unassuming college freshman stuck on campus after her spring break plans fall through. She's not a religious girl--when pressed she admits reluctantly to believing in a higher power. Truth be told, she's about as comfortable speaking about her faith as she is about her love life, which is to say, not at all. And then the archangel Raphael pays Miriam a visit, and she finds herself on a desperate mission to save two of her contemporaries. To top it all off, her twin brother, Mo, has also had a visitation, but from the opposite end of the good-evil spectrum, which leaves Miriam to wonder--has she been blessed and her brother cursed or vice versa? And what is the real purpose behind her mission?

Kindred Souls

Jakes grandfather, Billy, hears the talk of birds, is eighty-eight years old, and is going to live forever. Even when Billy gets sick, Jake knows that everything will go on as always. But theres one thing Billy wants: to rebuild the sod house where he grew up. Can Jake give him this one special thing?From beloved author Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about what we do for the ones we love, and how the bonds that hold us together also allow us to let each other go.

Kindred Spirits

Twin witches Cam and Alex have returned to Coventry Island to say a final farewell to their guardian, Karsh. But when the girls visit their ancestral home on the island, they discover many shocking truths about their past.

Kindred Spirits

Sara realizes she might not the only one with amazing paranormal powers.Sara is used to having visions, but she has no idea why she keeps seeing a cute blonde she's dubbed "Mystery Boy"...and then she meets him. Mason isn't all that friendly, yet Sara feels drawn to him, and the two begin spending more and more time together. Sara isn't sure she even likes him, but she can't stop thinking about him. And the strangest things seem to happen whenever the two are together... Meanwhile, Sara begins to suspect that she has developed another power: telekenesis. Lady Azura insists she is mistaken, but the more research Sara does, the surer she is that she--or someone close to her--has the rare and awesome ability to move objects with the mind. The question is, who is it?

Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa

A nonfiction picture book about the inspiring true pay-it-forward story that bridges two continents, 175 years, and two events in history--connecting Ireland, Choctaw Nation, Navajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribe.1845. The Potato Famine devastated Ireland. An ocean away, Choctaw people heard and were moved by the similarities to the injustice they had suffered on the Trail of Tears. Though they had little, they gathered money to donate.2017. Irish people built a statue to remember their connection to the Choctaw Nation--twenty-foot high feathers in the shape of a bowl.2020. COVID-19 disproportionately ravished the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. Irish people remembered the Choctaws' kindness and paid it forward by donating.Empathy creates kindness that lives well beyond a single act and includes more people the bigger it grows.

King

King by Ellen Oh, founder of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, will be loved by fantasy and action fans of Kristin Cashore's Graceling, Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels, and Marie Lu's Legend series! This thrilling and romantic conclusion to the Prophecy series brings Kira her final quest. Girl warrior, demon slayer, tiger spirit of the yellow eyes--Kira is one captivating heroine. Author Marie Lu raved, "After finishing my journey with Kira, all I wanted was more!" Here is the much-anticipated final installment in the Prophecy series!All eyes are on her. Kira, once an outcast in her home village of Hansong, is now the only one with the power to save her kingdom. Kira braves a sea of tigers and battles armies of demons as she learns to trust herself, the romantic feelings for Jaewon that are growing within her, and the destiny that must be hers.

King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred (King & Kayla #5)

King & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series.When King and Kayla meet Fred, a lost dog, they collect clues to him find his human family. Analytical Kayla notices that Fred knows basic commands but has no collar. This dog isn't a stray. Sensitive King notices that Fred smells like smoke and hamburgers. There's a campground nearby and there were fireworks just a few days ago. Can King and Kayla put the pieces together and find Fred's family?With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series is perfect for newly independent readers. King and Kayla model excellent problem-solving skills, including working as a team, gathering facts, making lists, and evaluating evidence.

King & Kayla and the Case of the Cat Hunt

In this latest book in the Geisel Honor award-winning series, our intrepid human-and-dog detective duo have another mystery to solve: how did Raj&’s cat escape from a locked house?King and Kayla have a new case and a new friend. King LOVES new friends. They&’re his favorite! Raj needs our beloved detectives to help him find his cat. Blue was in the house when Raj left for school but now he&’s gone. Blue didn&’t come for dinner or breakfast. (King can&’t imagine missing a meal.) Blue never goes outside and he never had the chance to escape. Where did he go? When Raj describes Blue, he sounds very familiar. Could Blue be Cat with No Name?