Summer Reading
Iowa City Community School District Teacher Librarians
Books & Reading are for Everyone!
The Iowa City Community School District Librarians have put together a variety of resources to help students of all ages spend some time reading and exploring throughout the summer.
While the resources are listed under grade level bands, we encourage students and parents to checkout all the resources shared, especially those that don't list a grade level as they will appeal to a wide range of ages! We believe Books are for EVERYONE! Happy Reading!
Iowa City Public Library
The library is closed until further notice. HELP is available Monday-Friday 10am-6pm. Current fines are suspended and due dates are extended. They will continue to monitor COVID-19 health guidelines and announce a date when they can safely return to the building.
Coralville Public Library
The library is closed until further notice. Librarians are available Monday-Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm. Information on services available is found HERE.
North Liberty Community Library
The library is closed until further notice. To view available services, click HERE.
Cedar Rapids Kernels Summer Reading Program
The Kernels Summer Reading Program is designed to help encourage students Pre-K – 5th grade stay engaged in their education outside the classroom. Reading program scorecards are where students can find directions on how to participate and track their minutes.
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program
This summer, earn one free book through the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program for kids in grades 1–6.
MackinVIA
MackinVIA has almost 3,000 e-books, audiobooks and a collection of databases. See your Teacher Librarian for login details.
BookFlix
BookFlix pairs fiction with nonfiction stories. See your Teacher Librarian for login details.
Unite for literacy
Unite for Literacy provides free access to picture books narrated in many languages.
goodreads
Find and read more books you'll love and keep track of the books you want to read HERE.
Tumblebooks
Free interactive e-books for kids K-12 at Tumblebooks. Contact your Teacher Librarian for login details.
Storyline Online
Stories read by celebrated actors HERE.
PebbleGo (English and Spanish)
Choose from up to 5 subject areas covering Animals, Health, Science, Social Studies, and Biographies to help guide your child's exploration. See your Teacher Librarian for login details. Click HERE.
PebbleGo Next
PebbleGo Next helps students learn about key ideas related to Social Studies, Biographies, Science, States and American Indians. These articles are supported by read-aloud audios. Click HERE.
Username: engaged
Password: learning
Capstone Interactive
Capstone Interactive features over 5,000 e-book titles that include read-aloud features. Click HERE.
Username: continue
Password: reading
Digital Johnson County
Ebooks and audiobooks from the Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty libraries. A guide to access this site is found HERE.
Riveted
Free young adult books from Simon and Schuster's teen division.
Audible
A collection of free audiobooks for students to stream.
Library of Congress
A collection of classics to read for free.
Project Gutenberg
Free ebooks, mostly classics