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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’.

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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

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, led the nation through its darkest hour-the Civil War. Find out about Lincoln's childhood on a frontier farm, how a struggling small town lawyer became president, and why he became one of America's most revered leaders. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. Modern scholarship and a variety of narrative approaches give today's reader a chance to explore the extraordinary world of Abraham Lincoln. This new way of looking at classic subjects creates a unique reading experience that breathes life into the book-report and summer-reading repertoire. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Copyright: 2005

ISBN: 9780132133203

Features: NIMAC restricted Contains images

Twisters! (Dk Reader Level 2 Ser.)

by Kate Hayden

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Copyright: 2000

ISBN: 9780132124843

Features: NIMAC restricted Contains images

The Big Dinosaur Dig (Dk Readers: Level 3 Ser.)

by Esther Ripley

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Copyright: 2001

ISBN: 9780132124782

Features: NIMAC restricted Contains images

Garden Friends

by Dk Books

NIMAC-sourced textbook <p><p>Children just learning to read will love exploring the garden in this book. Meet creepy crawly friends that live in the dirt. Who would’ve guessed there were so many different critters surviving down there?

Copyright: 2003

ISBN: 9780132124454

Features: NIMAC restricted Contains images

Survivors: The Night the Titanic Sank

by Caryn Jenner

Will Tate and his family set sail for America. But they are on board the Titanic, the " unsinkable " ship, which is heading for disaster! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DORLING KINDERSLEY READERS, a multi-level reading programme guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. <P><P>NIMAC-sourced textbook

Copyright: 2001

ISBN: 9780132124416

Features: NIMAC restricted Contains images