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BookBrowse Your guide to exceptional books. Reviews, articles, interviews, book club resources, and much more.
BookConnections Book Connections strives to joyfully enrich everyone's experience reading children's and young adult books.
Copyright Alliance A one-stop shop for copyright information, including resources on copyright law; issues and policy; education; and how to find a copyright attorney, creator services, or a copyright owner, as well as news and events.
Downloadable and Streaming Books, Movies, Music, & Magazines A wide range of entertaining media you can access 24/7 with your library card.
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NoveList K-8 Children's book resource, providing read alikes for both fiction and nonfiction. Find the order of titles in a series, find book recommendations by grade level, and that meet curricular standards.
Poetry Foundation Poems, information on poets, audio and video recordings.
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TeachingBooks Find book trailers, movies with authors, audio performances, discussion questions, and more. Designed to serve the PreK-12 school community and their families, as well as pre-service educators in colleges and universities.
Virtual Author Talks Enjoy 2-4 virtual author events each month that can be watched live or as recordings at https://libraryc.org/santacruzpl. Register for each event to get the link for the author talk and watch it live. Submit your questions in advance or during the event. Recordings can be watched anytime and do not require registration.