Welcome back, SFS readers! Here's a sneak preview of our first LA library visit: All About Sora! Sora is an app that enables you to use your SFS username and password to check out eBooks and eAudiobooks!  Learn more about Sora in the video below, or get started with Sora by clicking here. 

I'm so very excited to share our latest resource to kick start your summer reading COMICS PLUS! Comics Plus is our very own database of over 7,000 comics. You'll never have to wait to read your favorite comics because they are available on demand! You can read them on your computer, or download the ComicsPlus app (App Store / Google Play)  to read them on your phone or tablet. After you download a comic it will be available even if you don't have WIFI. Here's how to access it: 

1.  Go to Comics Plus or download the Comics Plus App to your phone/tablet.
2. Click: Sign Up (in the top right corner if accessing via browser)
3. It should say St. Francis School (if not, simply select our school).
4. Enter the code emailed to your family/posted within Bloomz or Jupiter.
5. Enter your email address and create a password.
6. Enjoy searching for and reading comics!

5In this season of being mostly indoors, I'm finding myself so tied to screens. It's been a huge relief to set up dedicated moments for audiobooks. Don't have any audiobooks? Feel free to reach out to me in the comments below, or start here with Audible's free collection. Here are a couple of ways you might consider adding audiobooks to your routines!

1. If I'm feeling stressed, it's been so nice to make a cup of tea (or juice or soda), settle into the coziest spot in my house, dim the lights, and just listen. Even just 1o minutes can be a total peaceful reset.
2. If you're feeling artsy, audiobooks make great companions to drawing or painting. If you're like me can can barely manage stick figures, try coloring! I'm loving the free printable Harry Potter coloring pages! Or try these manga, abstract mandalas, or quotes pages coloring pages if they're more your style.
3. If it's safe in your neighborhood and ok with your family, audiobooks can make excellent walking companions. Make sure to leave one ear bud out so that you're aware of traffic and can be sure to practice social distancing!
   

If audiobooks aren't your thing, consider these fun (free) ways to get inspired to get inspired about books!​

4.  Every FREE book available on SimonTeen's Riveted Lit page. There are some absolute treasures available here. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare has a delightfully cringy movie and CW TV show that you could pai with your reading. If you're a fantasy reader, definitely go for Alanna: The First Adventure. It's fiercely feminist, classic high fantasy. 

5. Do you love personality quizzes? Try this personality and book matching quiz at Penguin's Underlined. I got the Lucky Ones!

Hello UMS! I miss you all, and I'm hoping that you are safe and well at home. However, I'm grateful that we're able to continue sharing our reading adventures online. I'll be sharing posting weekly with ideas to connect you to not just books, but also information and fun. Please feel free to reach out to me at my school email address ([email protected]) or through our community Flipgrid below with questions or suggestions for our library community. 

To kick off our Flipgrid chat, I hopped over to EpicReads! (Harper Collins' YA Literature resource which has TONS of book recommendations), and took the quiz: Are You a Hero or AntiHero? Watch the Flipgrid tutorial, and take the quiz at Epic Reads, and share your reaction to the quiz in our Flipgrid boards! 
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Please watch the Flipgrid tutorial before clicking the links below!

• 7th Grade Library Flipgrid 
• 8th Grade Library Flipgrid