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We do not have books on the website for kids to read.  On Biblionasium, children can rate, review, and recommend books to their community. They can also log their reading and participate in reading challenges. However, due to copyright, students will need to obtain the books from other sources.  

Beyond school and public libraries, we recommend that you review the following sources to consider recommending to your students for reading books online:

Project Gutenberg – A library of over 60,000 free e-books in the public domain

Overdrive a resource where you can download e-books and audiobooks for free if you have a library card 

Unite for Literacyfree digital picture books for kids

 
 
 

First, check your spam or junk folder to make sure the email isn’t there. If you do not see the confirmation email in your spam folder, please email us and we will manually confirm your account and issue a temporary password.

 
 

First, please check our initial sync and setup article and Destiny sync checklist to make sure your accounts and homerooms are configured correctly in Destiny.

We recommend contacting Follett Destiny technical support for assistance with the following issues:

  • Initial sync & setup questions
  • Logging in through Destiny
  • Help running a sync
  • Patron/access levels

You can also call one of Destiny’s dedicated support lines:

USA: 888.511.5114 + Option 2

International: 708.884.5100 + Option 2

Destiny will reach out to us if your problem is Biblionasium specific.

 
 
 

Destiny educators should manage groups through Destiny if:

  • Groups, homerooms, and teachers need to reflect exactly what is set up in the Destiny back end
  • Edits, adding, and removing data are done through Destiny and not Biblionasium

Destiny educators should manage groups through Biblionasium if you need to:

  • Add new group(s) that are not needed in Destiny (book clubs, special classes, etc.)
  • Add additional educators to any group
  • Move students between groups with ease (without needing to re-sync data)
  • Allow students to join a group using a unique group code
Please see our article For Destiny Administrators: How to Manage Your Groups Through Biblionasium for more information on managing your groups through Biblionasium.
 
 
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If you are a Destiny Administrator, please start with our Initial Sync & Setup article.

 

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The Top 50 Children’s Books & Series “Favorited” on Biblionasium in 2018

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Wondering which books to add to your library in 2019? Here are the children’s, middle grade and YA selections our students “favorited” the most this year on Biblionasium.

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20+ Holiday Books for Young Readers (K-12th Grade)

 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and the perfect opportunity to cozy up with a festive book!

While you’re making your list (and checking it twice!) consider gifting a book to your favorite bookworm this holiday season.  

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Read for the Record – October 25th

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is coming up on October 25th, and Biblionasium is on board! This year’s featured book is Maybe Something Beautiful.

Read for the Record is the world’s largest shared reading experience, bringing people across the country and around the world together to read the same book on the same day and share the joy and connection of reading.

This year’s featured book is Maybe Something Beautiful.  If you purchase the book from JumpStart, you will be helping to support Jumpstart’s work in communities around the country. Click here to order your book!

Even if you don’t have access to this featured book, you can still participate by reading to children this Thursday October 25th.   

Maybe Something Beautiful

Reveals how art can inspire transformation. ✔

Based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego. ✔

The triumph of a community against forces of social decay. ✔

Paints a world of possible hope and beauty. ✔

Best for ages 4-7.

Get involved: 

▶ Take the pledge to read and see if you can help break the record!

▶ Check out the Activities and Resource Toolkit from Jumpstart for extra ways to engage kids while reading.

▶ If you will be reading aloud, watch this useful read-aloud training video from Broward Schools.

To celebrate the day… 

▶ Try setting up a reading challenge on Biblionasium!

▶ Set a challenge for students to read to each other.

▶ Set a challenge for students to read 30 minutes to themselves and log the minutes on Biblionasium.

Set up a reading challenge!
For help with reading logs and logging minutes for challenges, please see these articles:

 

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