MNPS Summer Reading Resources
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Want E-Books and Digital Audiobooks?
MackinVIA: Ebooks & Digital Audiobooks
How to access:
- www.nashville.mackinvia.com (Use your Limitless Libraries username and password to log in. Contact your librarian if you need help with this information.)
- Clever
- Schoology
If you want to narrow your search results and only see the audiobooks, for example,
- Under "All Resources," select "Audiobooks" to see what digital audiobooks your school owns.
- Read or listen on a device.
- Or, download the MackinVIA app to read or listen to books on your phone or tablet.
- The book will automatically be returned on the due date, or you may select "return early."
Ebook & Digital Audiobook options @Limitless Libraries
How to access:
- Choose your school from the drop-down menu. You can also view the catalog in Spanish. This setting is in the upper right corner on the Limitless Libraries website.
- Search by title, author, or keyword.
- Above the search results, you will see the tab "Available now-online." Then, you will see a list of formats, such as ebook or Audiobook. Select the version you want and check it out.
- On the left side of the search results screen, click "Language" to see if translations are available.
- Use your Limitless Libraries username and PIN to log in. Contact your librarian if you need help with this information.
- For an ebook or e-audiobook, you may have several choices for the format, such as MackinVIA, Overdrive, EPub, Kindle, Hoopla. To read a book in the Overdrive or EPub format on a phone or tablet, download the Libby App. Or, you can select "Read Online" to read on your computer. For MackinVIA log-in help, see above section.
Want books?
MNPS Promising Scholars
Nashville Public Library
Participate in a Summer Reading Challenge!
Nashville Public Library's "Nashville Works Together"
Prizes will be awarded for reading and logging minutes in Beanstack. If you prefer to not use Beanstack, you may print a reading log or pick one up at various locations in Nashville. Information about how to log minutes in Beanstack and how to pick up a copy of a reading log are on the NPL Summer Reading website.
PRIZES!
This year, we're doing something different. Instead of winning a prize for each reading goal, we're focusing on giving.
For each reading goal (15, 30, 45, 60 days), you'll earn a ticket you can use to vote for one of three non-profit organizations. At the end of Summer Reading, the Nashville Public Library Foundation will make a donation to each non-profit. The non-profit with the most votes gets the biggest donation.
But readers won't leave empty handed! Participants earn coupons good at various Nashville businesses at each reading milestone.
Registration Prize
Receive a reusable Nashville Public Library bag.
15, 30, 45, or 60 Days Reading Prizes
- Earn a ticket for each 15 days read. Each ticket can be spent to vote for one of three non-profits.
- Earn a coupon for each 15 days read.
Activity Completion Prizes
- Earn a ticket for completing activities in June. Each ticket can be spent to vote for one of three non-profits.
- Earn one ticket for completing activities in July. Each ticket can be spent to vote for one of three non-profits.
Grand Prize Drawings
At the end of Summer Reading, each library location will have a drawing for a $150 gift card to a local bookstore.
How to Return Library Books
Options:
- Return MNPS school library books and Nashville Public Library books to any Nashville Public Library branch.
- You may also return MNPS school library books to the school they belong to, if the school has summer office hours. It is recommended that you call the school first.
- You may also return it to the MNPS school you attend during the school year.