Welcome to Salem Central School District's Elementary Library Media Center!
See below for information about our online tools/databases and Sora. We have also included some book sites and podcasts. All of these are available remotely.
The Salem Elementary Library is an exciting place! Click on the links below to find books in the library media center.
OPALS Elementary Library Catalog
Sora - Audiobook/eBook Lending Library
Online Tools/Databases
The Elementary Library Media Center offers many online databases and encyclopedias for our school community. These programs are available for use at school and at home. The link above provides access to these online tools. We will send a flyer home with your child that lists the username and password for all of the programs.
Sora
Salem CSD libraries are excited to announce a new ebook/audiobook lending library called Sora provided to us through WSWHE BOCES. Students can borrow ebooks, audiobooks and read along books for two weeks at a time and can download them onto any device. If your student is using a Chromebook or PC, they can go to https://soraapp.com/library/wswhe. If your student is using a mobile device, they can go to the App Store or the Google Play Store and download the Sora App. The initial set-up code is wswhe. They only need to use this the first time they log-in. After this your student will log-in using their school gmail log-in.
Read Aloud Websites
*Storyline Online - Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
*Storytime from Space - Imagine Astronauts on the Space Station reading stories to and conducting science experiments for the children of Earth as the world rotates below. Imagine no more…it’s Story Time from Space!
*Oxford Owl - Free eBooks
*Loving2Read - Free eBooks
Podcasts
*Stories Podcast - New stories each week.
*Wow in the World - Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz guide curious kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the wonders of the world around them. We'll go inside our brains, out into space and deep into the coolest new stories in science and technology.
*Tumble - Tumble is a science podcast for kids, to be enjoyed by the entire family. We tell stories about science discoveries, with the help of scientists! Join Lindsay and Marshall as they ask questions, share mysteries, and share what science is all about.
*Brains On! - An award-winning science podcast for kids and curious adults.
*But Why - But Why is a show led by you, kids! You ask the questions and we find the answers. It's a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world.