Students have access to many different digital library resources through CUSD, the State of California, and more. Feel free to use the links below to access these.
READ ALOUDS (mostly picture books)
Reading Starts Here - In celebration of their 25th anniversary, Candlewick Press (children's book publisher) created this site of 365 videos about picture books including author talking about writing and read alouds.
Storyline Online - free book read alouds
RESEARCH
Britannica Online - The encyclopedia online for students at all reading levels!
School Access ID: cupertino
School Passcode: cusd
ProQuest CultureGrams (grades 3+) - CultureGrams (from ProQuest) provides easy-to-understand cultural information about all countries of the world, all 50 US states, and all the Canadian provinces.
username: cupertinousd
password: Cupertino1!
ProQuest Discoverer (grades 3+) - Discoverer provides selected (and appropriate) content for beginning researchers to explore factual information about famous people, countries/states/provinces, animals, and controversial issues. DK Eyewitness books are also fully downloadable from here!
Username: cupertinousd
Password: Cupertino1!
TeachingBooks - This website has author bios, interviews, and other links to take you deeper into the stories that we love.