Many organisations are allowing free access to previously paid for reading and audiobook resources. Here we include just a few of the options available.
Reading/Audiobooks for pleasure
- FREE READS from the popular author Tom Palmer -You can also watch and listen to Tom Palmer on his YouTube channel.
- Hertfordshire Public Libraries Digital books, audiobooks, newspapers and magazines
- Buckinghamshire Library Use your bucks library account to borrow eBooks and audiobooks to view on your Chromebook or phone
- Audible Free 30 day trial for audiobooks
- Audible Stories Audible have made a selection of their children’s audiobooks available for free, including literary classics, texts in French and Spanish, and folk
tales - BookBub A selection of free eBooks for Kindles
- Project Gutenberg eBooks of texts out of copyright
- BookTrust Bookfinder - find out about books in a wide variety of genres
- BookTrust HomeTime - resources for younger students
- World Book Day: World of Stories Audiobooks
- World Book Day Secondary Resources Extracts and activities
- Poetry Foundation Contemporary and classic poetry
Podcasts
Podcasts are available covering every possible area of the curriculum, and are free to listeners.
To listen, you can either download a dedicated podcast app like Overcast or Pocket Casts, listen via Spotify, or listen via a podcast’s own website. Here are a few recommendations:
- 99% Invisible - design and society
- The Allusionist - language and communication
- Stuff You Missed in History Class - history
- The Infinite Monkey Cage - science
- 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - design, history, business and politics
- Articles of Interest - fashion and textiles
- Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast - politics
- Song Exploder - music
- More or Less - economics and maths
- BBC Sounds: Documentaries - various topics
- You’re Dead to Me - history
- We Can Change the World - interviews with inspiring young people
- TEDTalks - various topics
