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- Free Books for All! - 208 fiction and non-fiction titles of varying grade levels
- Free Upskilling Books for All! - 147 how-to books for those who wish to learn a new skill, prepare to go back to school, or switch careers
- Free Children's Books for All! - 43 books for second graders and younger
Online Libraries & Resources
- National Emergency Library - free access to educational books from Internet Archive
- LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks
- OverDrive - free books through public library or school
- Project Gutenberg - free public domain ebooks
- Storyline Online - free streaming stories read by actors
- Audible - audiobooks (30 day trial)
- Audible Stories - unlimited streaming of hundreds of titles for families for free
- Scribd - audiobooks and more (30 days free)
- Epic! - childen's ebooks
- Tales2Go - subscription audiobooks for K12 schools
Publishers
- VitalSource - free etext access for non-profit institutions through May 25
- RedShelf - free, convenient access to online learning materials
- Cengage - information on free online platforms during COVID-19
- Pearson - resources for learning during pandemic
- McGraw-Hill - free access and training for their online platforms
- Macmillan Learning - free access to online resources for those with print copies
- Harper Collins - resources for K12 and college students
- Simon & Schuster - changes in online reading guidelines
- Scholastic - day-to-day projects to keep children reading, learning, and growing
- Taylor & Francis - free access to scholarly journals and content related to coronavirus
- Wiley - information on free access during COVID-19
- American Association of Publishers - even more info on trade, academic, and scholarly publisher offerings