Accelerated Reader
- Follow this link to Accelerated Reader: https://ukhosted70.renlearn.co.uk/2243830/default.aspx
- Sign in with your student log-in and the AR password abc
- Select the Accelerated Reader orange icon
- Search for the book, either by title or quiz number. (Double check that the correct title and author comes up before you start the quiz!)
- Select ‘Read Independently’
- Start the Quiz – good luck!
You must use the above link, Googling “Accelerated Reader” won’t work.
To check whether a book you have at home or have found online has an Accelerated Reader quiz, click here: https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/default.aspx
If it doesn’t have a quiz, why not write a book review instead?
Accelerated Reader Articles
When logged in to Accelerated Reader you can also click the other orange icon “Accelerated Reader Articles” to read and quiz on non-fiction articles on a range of topics. New articles on the main page, or you can choose a topic you’re interested in. When you’ve found one you want to read, click “Read & Quiz”.
To visit The Hurlingham Library online, click the link below:
Free Books Online
Below are some websites where you can get ebooks and audiobooks for free.
Hammersmith and Fulham library
(or whichever library service is local to you)
https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/libraries/online-and-audio-visual-resources/ebooks-emagazines-enewspapers-eaudiobooks-and-ecomics
Library customers can download books, magazines, newspapers, audiobooks and comics free online.
You will need a valid library card to use the service. You can browse, borrow and return eBooks via the Cloud Library website in a browser but will need to use the Cloud Library app to download and read them.
If you’re not already a member you can sign up online for free:
https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/libraries/using-library/membership-and-joining
RBdigital combines eMagazines, eAudiobooks and eComics in a single app, which is available to install from your device’s app store. Wide range of eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eComics to choose from on the app. You can listen/read them on your smartphone or tablet for free.
Audible
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_hm_hb
Download and listen to audiobooks, free while schools are closed
Solomon Kingsnorth
https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html
Free books in PDF, Word and audiobook format
Free books in PDF, Word and audiobook format
Many books
https://manybooks.net/
50,000 free ebooks - arranged by genre
Open Library
https://openlibrary.org/
Online library catalogue with many e-books available to borrow or read online for free. This website has lots of good books available but they can be hard to find - try searching the title of something you’d like to read.