![]() ![]() If you are a current CLA member and you would like to contribute a post to the CLA Blog, please read the Instructions to Authors and email co-editor Liz Thackeray Nelson with your idea. Educators can create an Epic! for Educators account. Educators can also add their students – whether K-12 or beyond – and assign books to them within the site.Īs I want the pre-service teachers to have access to and use this resource beyond our semester together, I encourage them to create their own free account as an educator. ![]() Users can type a title, author, illustrator, or topic into the search bar hover over “Explore” in the menu to see options for various subject areas (such as “narrative nonfiction” in English Language Arts or “geometry” in Math) or browse curated collections by other users. With instant, anytime access to a library of 40,000+ books, audiobooks, learning videos and more, it fuels curiosity and reading confidence. Epic is designed for elementary schoolers and offers a wealth of books at all reading levels for kids from kindergarten to 5th grade. There are numerous ways to explore what’s available in Epic. Every time you click on a book, you’re told the age range, estimated reading time, and brief summary. Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry (Epic Athletes, 1) Check Price on Amazon. Epic is FREE for teachers and students can connect to their teachers to earn classroom reward points. I emphasize to the pre-service teachers the importance of such features for emergent readers. Epic Zero: Tales of a Not-So-Super 6th Grader. In addition to digital versions of printed books, the site includes audiobooks and “read-to-me” books with the option to add text highlighting. 'Dogs', 'Scientific Method', Kate DiCamillo, etc. One of my particular favorites is the bilingual picturebook Sora and the Cloud (Hoshino, 2011), exquisite with its soft mixed media illustrations and Japanese translation. Click the Search field at the top of any page > Enter a keyword, phrase, author, or book title (e.g. Just a few of the many books available include El Deafo (Bell, 2014), When Aidan Became a Brother (Lukoff, 2019), and The Princess and the Warrior (Tonatiuh, 2016). The site includes books diverse in representation (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, social class, language, etc.) and genre. As stated on the site’s homepage, users can “instantly access 35,000 eBooks, learning videos, quizzes and more for K-5.” Many of the books available are recent publications and award/honor recipients. For those unfamiliar with Epic, it provides a vast collection of children’s literature including picturebooks, chapter books, and graphic novels.
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