You can browse a database of public-domain titles from various websites, and access a collection of over 100,000 free audiobooks and e-books.

Additionally, the free membership lets you create a personal bookshelf for future reading, so you won’t have to hunt for books you’ve previously considered. On Digital Book, you’ll discover classics, new releases, and everything in between—perfect for family audiobooks on your next road trip.

Search by popularity, genre, language. Use the menu at the top to go directly to audiobooks or ebooks.

Note - more books than audio books.

Epic Books is an online collection of over 40 000 titles of award-winning fiction, non-fiction, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), biographies, graphic novels, DIY (Do It Yourself) and more. Sign up as an educator and the account is free. Epic Books can be used by teachers and students for read-alouds, shared reading, and independent reading time. Read-to-me and audiobook functions allow for the listening portion of a balanced literacy program. Teachers can use these books as part of interactive small group instruction for specific skills or strategies. They can also assign certain books and tasks for practice to individuals or groups.

Free for teachers - you must set up the free account and add students to your classroom in order to get a class code to provide to families. Then when students have that code, they can log in from home with free access.

Find podcasts on a variety of topics for pretty much every subject area.

*Great for Daily 5.
*Tons of stories and more!

Kids Listen is a grassroots organization of advocates for high-quality audio content for children.

LearnOutLoud is a valuable resource for everyone, especially students. It offers a diverse selection of audiobooks, including fiction and educational content, along with video learning, podcasts, courses, and more. While it features some fiction, the site mainly focuses on educational materials and classics, making it less suitable for recent book recommendations or contemporary genre fiction.

Browse using the menu on the left side.
*free courses
*free audiobooks
*free learning documentaries

Libby, by Overdrive is a books app that allows kids to browse and borrow ebooks and audiobooks from public libraries for free. Kids will need a library card to download or stream the books they want to borrow. The app connects users to their local library's ebook and audiobook collection. Users can link multiple library cards from different branches to access a wider collection. Kids can sample books before deciding to borrow them. If they're not immediately available, they can put titles on hold, and the activity tracker lets them track what they've read. Search for a specific title or explore different collections, including Kids, Teens, What's Popular?, and Subjects. Little kids can access picture books with read-along audio, making some books more accessible to early readers. Even though Libby, by Overdrive gives users access to a wide range of books, grown-ups can activate a juvenile or young adult filter in order to limit kids' access to the entire collection.

DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ACCESS BOOKS ON SORA AS WELL ALL YEAR LONG (if your school has Sora)!

Find reading recommendations appropriate for children, teens and adults in NoveList Plus. This readers’ advisory tool assists readers in finding fiction and non-fiction print and audiobooks based on their interests. Students can find read-alike and listen-alike recommendations based on their favourite titles and authors.

This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students (kindergarten through high school students) and their parents and teachers. It features free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; quality free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing. This newly-released list is a work in progress.

Orca Book Publishers Canada has compiled a number of online resources that can be used from home or in the classroom. You'll find links to free teacher guides and activities, ebooks and audiobooks, as well as information about Orca's dedicated language arts program and digital subscriptions.
This site gives information on:
Distance Learning - including information on the Story Ninja program, accessing digital subscriptions and Orca titles
Free Downloads - offers access to Orca Classroom Connections (a quarterly teacher resource with free lesson plans and activities for elementary, middle-school and high-school classrooms) and downloadable teacher guides for many titles
RESOURCE WEBSITES - including the Lucy Tries Sports website;, online resources about sustainability, environmental responsibility, and about the Great Bear Rainforest; Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation; and Seven (the Series): 3 SERIES. 21 BOOKS. 7 AUTHORS
AUTHORS READ - Watch videos of Orca authors reading from their books and learn more about the Read Aloud Canadian Books Program.

library2go helps keep students reading. Students can access ebooks and audiobooks from the provincial library system if they have a library card. This is an opportune time for students to develop fluency and stamina for reading independently. Invite them to explore titles in different genres and to find nonfiction titles that build on their interests. If students don’t have a library card, they can check out their regional library’s membership tab. Many libraries have an online application option so that students can gain a temporary library card number to borrow materials

Free books and audio books! You can read or listen to as many as you like for free.