E-books
E-books or electronic books, are books that can be read on many types of digital devices such as tablets, laptops, smart phones, etc. The Central Middle School Media Center owns a variety of e-books for student and faculty use. Some e-books are available to simultaneous users while other e-books are only available for one person at a time.
Below is a list of the various e-books owned by the CMS Media Center. Please see the vendor-directions for e-reader device applicability as well as instructions on accessing and downloading the e-books. Usernames and passwords are required for many of the e-books. Please contact the CMS Media Specialist for the required information: lbunte@pthsd.k12.nj.us
1. Capstone Interactive E-books
2. FollettShelf E-books
titles include:
Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (one checkout at a time)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (one checkout at a time)
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 amazing authors tell the tales (one checkout at a time)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (one checkout at a time)
The Best American Short Stories 2011 (one checkout at a time)
The Best American Short Stories 2012 (one checkout at a time)
Lay-ups and Long Shots: an anthology of short stories (one checkout at a time)
Early Battles (Civil War) by Jim Ollhoff (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
Turning Points (Civil War) Jim Ollhoff (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
Leaders and Generals (Civil War) Jim Ollhoff (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
3. Lerner E-books
titles include: (one user at a time per title)
Last Chance by Norah McClintock
You Can Run Norah McClintock
Nothing to Lose Norah McClintock
Alien by Tony Bradman
Candy Girl by Karen McCombie
Hide and Seek by Catherine MacPhail
Mutant by Theresa Breslin
Ninja: First Mission by Chris Bradford
Slippy by Catherine Forde
The Dying Photo by Alan Gibbons
The Ghost Box by Catherine Fisher
The Shadow on the Stairs by Ann Halam
What was the Constitutional Congress?
Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution?
4. ABDO Digital E-books
titles include:
X-treme Predators Big Cats
United States Presidents: Barack Obama
Best Sport Ever: Soccer
Emergency Workers: Firefighter
Marvel Age: Spider-Man: Two For One
Graphic Novel: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of Abbey Grange
Navy Seals
Graveyard Diaries: Tracking Your Nightmare
World War Two: weapons
The Universe: the Moon
5. GALE Virtual Reference Library
titles include:
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe 13th ed.
Encyclopedia of World Biography 2nd ed.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 4th ed.
Novels for Students Reference
Alternative Energy 2007
Encyclopedia of Education 2003
Encyclopedia of Film 2007
6. Project Gutenberg (free online e-books) Most books here are out of copyright, thus available for free.
7. Library of Congress Kids http://read.gov/kids/
8. Google Books (includes free access to books in the public domain and books out of copyright)
9. Planet eBook (free access to books in the public domain and books out of copyright)
10. International Children's Digital Library books online in many languages including English, Farsi, Thai, Chinese, and Spanish
11. Bartleby.com - Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more
12. Bibliomania -Includes classic fiction, short stories, poetry, drama, etc.
E-books or electronic books, are books that can be read on many types of digital devices such as tablets, laptops, smart phones, etc. The Central Middle School Media Center owns a variety of e-books for student and faculty use. Some e-books are available to simultaneous users while other e-books are only available for one person at a time.
Below is a list of the various e-books owned by the CMS Media Center. Please see the vendor-directions for e-reader device applicability as well as instructions on accessing and downloading the e-books. Usernames and passwords are required for many of the e-books. Please contact the CMS Media Specialist for the required information: lbunte@pthsd.k12.nj.us
1. Capstone Interactive E-books
2. FollettShelf E-books
titles include:
Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (one checkout at a time)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (one checkout at a time)
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 amazing authors tell the tales (one checkout at a time)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (one checkout at a time)
The Best American Short Stories 2011 (one checkout at a time)
The Best American Short Stories 2012 (one checkout at a time)
Lay-ups and Long Shots: an anthology of short stories (one checkout at a time)
Early Battles (Civil War) by Jim Ollhoff (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
Turning Points (Civil War) Jim Ollhoff (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
Leaders and Generals (Civil War) Jim Ollhoff (unlimited simultaneous checkouts)
3. Lerner E-books
titles include: (one user at a time per title)
Last Chance by Norah McClintock
You Can Run Norah McClintock
Nothing to Lose Norah McClintock
Alien by Tony Bradman
Candy Girl by Karen McCombie
Hide and Seek by Catherine MacPhail
Mutant by Theresa Breslin
Ninja: First Mission by Chris Bradford
Slippy by Catherine Forde
The Dying Photo by Alan Gibbons
The Ghost Box by Catherine Fisher
The Shadow on the Stairs by Ann Halam
What was the Constitutional Congress?
Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution?
4. ABDO Digital E-books
titles include:
X-treme Predators Big Cats
United States Presidents: Barack Obama
Best Sport Ever: Soccer
Emergency Workers: Firefighter
Marvel Age: Spider-Man: Two For One
Graphic Novel: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of Abbey Grange
Navy Seals
Graveyard Diaries: Tracking Your Nightmare
World War Two: weapons
The Universe: the Moon
5. GALE Virtual Reference Library
titles include:
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe 13th ed.
Encyclopedia of World Biography 2nd ed.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 4th ed.
Novels for Students Reference
Alternative Energy 2007
Encyclopedia of Education 2003
Encyclopedia of Film 2007
6. Project Gutenberg (free online e-books) Most books here are out of copyright, thus available for free.
7. Library of Congress Kids http://read.gov/kids/
8. Google Books (includes free access to books in the public domain and books out of copyright)
9. Planet eBook (free access to books in the public domain and books out of copyright)
10. International Children's Digital Library books online in many languages including English, Farsi, Thai, Chinese, and Spanish
11. Bartleby.com - Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more
12. Bibliomania -Includes classic fiction, short stories, poetry, drama, etc.