What an inspiration! I have definitely bookmarked www.gutenberg.net. What a terrific resource. Of course I checked to see if my brother's new book, The Cactus Eaters is an eBook yet (it's not), but there are so many others. I was surprised that the top 100 list is mainly comprised of classics like Ulysses and Beowulf, not popular fiction. I haven't been a fan of the idea of ebooks, being from the old-school where we love to curl up with a book in our laps, but I opened the eBook for Emma, which one of my students is reading over the summer, and found myself happily reading away! I'll have to keep an open mind about eBooks; in our Independent Studies program we have been consistently adding to our collection of Audio books, which are great for English learners, or special ed students or just kids who think they don't like to read or aren't as fluent at it.
The notion that Project Gutenberg has 25,000 free books in its online catalogue is amazing.
This, and the World Public Library, are great resources for librarians, teachers, students and readers in general!
About Me
- MrsA
- I love working with teenagers (go figure!) and acting as a mentor and role model to kids of all ages. I like spending time outdoors with my animals. I have a close circle of friends; I'm kind of a barnacle that way. I count down the days each winter until spring training starts and when I go any amount of time without seeing my horse my husband says I get very grumpy.
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