Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear announced that TeachingBooks is now available and free to use at all Kentucky schools and libraries, as well as online from a laptop or cellphone. This website provides learning resources related to roughly 100,000 books for children and young adults.
“Reading to children, either in the classroom or in our public libraries, is one of my favorite things to do,” the First Lady said. “On my visits around the state, I’ve learned that teachers, librarians and families are always looking for ways to bring stories to life for their kids, just like Andy and I loved to do for Will and Lila. That’s exactly what TeachingBooks is all about.”
TeachingBooks, which is provided for free by the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives (KDLA), is designed to help students from kindergarten through high school learn more about their favorite books and authors while also enhancing reading comprehension and instruction.
“We want to instill a love of reading in every Kentucky student by helping them find meaningful connections to books,” said TeachingBooks Founder Nick Glass. “Whether in the classroom, library or home, we want students to know these resources are available to them 24/7. And, we want all Kentucky families to feel empowered to encourage reading engagement at home with fun family involvement.”
Available resources include:
- Discussion and activity guides;
- Read-along audiobook performances;
- Video book trailers and video recordings of the book being read out loud;
- Book-themed activities, including concentration games, word searches and jigsaw puzzles;
- Author name pronunciation recordings, featuring more than 3,000 authors who reveal and personalize the backstory about their names; and
- A feature to help discover books similar to others that readers have enjoyed.
