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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

At the Birthday Party

This book is about the things people like at a birthday party.

Doing Jobs Together

This book is about how families work together to complete everyday chores. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)

Look at the Animals

"Amerian Politics & Catholic Christianity" provides an engaging and cogent analysis of such hot button topics as religious freedom, the conscience, abortion and same-sex "marriage. " Bridging the chasm of questions from the pew to the polls and beyond, this book provides an accessible and insightful point of entry into an authentic Catholic worldview and culture. It is recommended as a resource for Catholics and for all who take seriously Christianity's place in the public square.

On the Playground

This book is about the many activities children can do at a playground.

Clock Watch

This book is about a wide variety of clocks of different sizes and with different settings. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)

Making a House

This book is about the types and purposes of tools that are used to build houses.

Playing Sports

This book is about children playing a variety of sports that they enjoy.

A Party for Rabbit

This story is about Rabbit and the foods he likes to eat.

At the Pond

This book is about the animals that are found at the pond and how the animals move at the pond.

Costume Party

This book is about costumes.

Day Camp

This story is about telling time to the hour.

Families Work and Play Together (Early Connections)

Hat Day at the Zoo

This story is about color words.

My Backpack

This story is about how a boy gets ready for school by loading his backpack with school supplies and snacks.

My Book

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Thanksgiving Then and Now

This book is about what Thanksgiving was like long ago and what Thanksgiving is like today.

All Work, No Play

This book is about children who lived long ago and how they had to work long days to help their families. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)

Gravity

This book is about the factors that contribute to gravity: mass of objects and distance between them.

Community Jobs: Set Of 6 (Early Connections)

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Growing Older

This book is about how you learn to talk, walk, play, jump, eat, sing, read, run draw, write, and paint.

Heat

This book is about how we get, use, and measure heat. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)

Life in the City

This book is about the daily life of a boy who lives in New York City. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)

Looking Into Space

This book is about space and the solar system.

Rules

This book is about the rules that both students and adults follow to maintain a safe, healthy, fun lifestyle.

Sounds

This book is about the different types of sounds and how sound is created.