ESL/Bilingual Education Resources

Over 1500 complete picture books through older reader books, in audio and video format. Limit by reading level, grade, etc. Lesson plans and teacher resources.

Fiction and non-fiction for upper elementary through YA.

Fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Add a search term to the existing search to add focus.

PreK-Grade 6 teachers and librarians create a free login using a Google account. "Epic Free—which offers students up to 2 hours of after-school reading a week—will be ending on July 22, [2021]. At that time, those with Epic Free accounts will transition to Epic Basic accounts, which gives them access to 1 book a day, every day. This change will not impact students’ access to Epic School during regular school hours."

This notable website presents a collection of illustrated books in numerous languages that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from around the world.

Start here if you are looking for specific titles. You will need to create a free account. Use a Google account or create a unique one.

To access the app, educators sign up and receive codes for their students. Using those codes, students can download the free Open eBooks app to mobile devices and access a library of eBooks for K-12. Only accessible to patrons using K12 school district Google account or similar. See eligibility https://www.fbmarketplace.org/eligibility-faqs/

PreK-Gr 5 books, worksheets, and curricula: "Starfall’s successful learn-to-read activities are based on teachers’ experience and research. Developed and tested in the classroom, the activities follow evidence-based methods recommended by the NICHD National Reading Panel, including explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, systematic phonics instruction, and methods to improve fluency and comprehension."

provides free access to more than 400 original picture books, one fourth of them written in Spanish. The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers in warm, expressive voices. The languages of narration include indigenous and endangered languages along with languages most widely spoken in the US.

Ebooks for adults, teens, and kids.
Sign in with your public library card and pin. UW-Whitewater students may request a library card from Whitewater's Irvin L. Young Public Library.

Lost PIN? Need a digital library card? Not sure which library to use?

Search for books by interest level, reading levels (Lexile), grade level, award winners, and more. Includes reviews from 27 sources including the Cooperative Children's Book Center [CCBC].

This is an electronic subscription to the Gale series of literary criticism, including Something About the Author and Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Find the right book for a themed unit or child's interest! Search for preK-8 fiction by genre, subject, keyword, "read-alikes," interest level, reading levels, and more. Discussion guides and full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.

Includes all content from NoveList K-8 in addition to adult fiction.