Open eBooks App for your Apple or Android Device

Thanks to First Books our students have access to FREE eBooks using the Open eBooks App. I had my younger daughter, Kate, a 5th grader from Timothy Road, test it out today for you guys. Here's the step by step process and a little info from Kate about what she read today using the app.

1. Email Mrs. Hinger at hingers@clarke.k12.ga.us and get a login ID and password
2. Download the app Open eBooks

3. Login using First Books, use barcode and pin from Mrs. Hinger after you've emailed her
4. Browse all the great books.

5. Open and read any book you would like, you may download up to 10 books.

Kate was very excited to learn that Open eBooks has many books from a series she has been reading in book format over the last year or two. This is a series of non-fiction graphic novels called Science Comics. She read Robots and Drones: Past, Present, and Future today and really enjoyed it. These quirky comics include factual information along with humorous ways at discussing the subject covered in the comic. For example in the book Kate read, the virtual assistant (Alexa, Seri, Google Home, etc.) named Fred turns around and talks to the computer and they collectively give information to the narrator, which just happens to be a bird, Pouli the first robot created in 350 BCE by Archytas. It's a pretty engaging way to learn new information and have a little fun at the same time. These books are especially good for people who like to read graphic novels or who enjoy reading non-fiction or humorous books.

Email Mrs. Hinger today to get your own password for Open eBooks so you can read this book and many others online.

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