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Library Media Center

library media center

Welcome to the Chinn Elementary Digital Library Media Center!
You can find resources on this site to help you discover new books (traditional print and eBooks), find resources for research, and link to other useful websites. Your media center holds the key to your curiosities and learning!

Research

Google is often the "go-to" resource for online research. However, search results on Google are sometimes overwhelming because of the advertisements and number of hits. Try some of these databases and search engines to help with your research.

Virtual Library

Mr. Cochran's Library Google Classroom

Hour of Code

Practice coding with these helpful websites.

Audio and eBooks

Here are ways you can check out audio and ebooks. 

Sora

SORA
The new, friendlier Overdrive!
Check out eBooks and audiobooks from Sora. Use your district username and password to log in. Students will be able to access eBooks and audio books. Access juvenile fiction and juvenile nonfiction to find books available for elementary students. 

epic

Epic -Students have access to thousands of books through Epic with their teacher's login. Parents can purchase a membership as well. 

Award Books

We celebrate these award books! Updated lists come out each spring. 

Mark Twain Award Nominees

Building Block Nominees

Towed by Toad
Ashley Van Horn
Bear's Lost Glasses
Ashley Van Horn
Simon and the Better Bone
Ashley Van Horn
Peg Gets Crackin'
Ashley Van Horn
The Quiet Forest
Ashley Van Horn
Mr. Fox's Game of No
Ashley Van Horn
Just One Flake
Ashley Van Horn
Dig, Dig, Dinosaur
Ashley Van Horn
I Live in a Tree Trunk
Ashley Van Horn
Ploof
Ashley Van Horn

Show Me Readers Award

The Mighty McKraken
The Three Little Guinea Pigs
Basketball Dreams
Seals Are Jerks!
Cooler Than Lemonade
We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish
How This Book Got Red
Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions
The Kitten Story
The World's Best Class Plant

Great Kids Can Read

The Witness Trees: Historic Moments and the Trees Who Watched Them Happen
Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember
Small Shoes, Great Strides. How three brave girls opened doors to school equality
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms
Oliver’s Great Big Universe
Love is in the Air: The Story of Aviation Pioneer Nancy Harkness Love
A Llama is Not an Alpaca: And Other Mistaken Animal Identities

Steven Cochran

Media Specialist
Contact Mr. Cochran

Bryttney Turner

Media Assistant
Contact Ms. Turner

 

Important Links

Here are links to help you in class or at home!