More Online Reading at Rock Island Public Library Website

If you live in Rock Island, get a Rock Island public library card so that you can read and listen to children's books online at the Rock Island public library website. An online book is also called an ebook (meaning, an electronic or digital book). You must register your Rock Island public library card at their website (I'm not sure if a Moline public library card will work). If the website asks for your library card number, enter the number on  the back of your card (under the bar code) to read the books. If it asks for a PIN, the PIN is the last four numbers of your library card number. Once you've registered your card, you can go into your account and choose a different ID and PIN. Here is a link to the RIPL website to register your card:

LINK: Enter Your RIPL card number and PIN (last four digits of the card number)

Below is a link to Bookflix children's books online, at the Rock Island Public Library website:

LINK: Bookflix Ebooks at Rock Island Public Library

The Rock Island library website also gives you access to the TumbleBook online library. The link below takes you to a place to enter your R. I. Library card number. Once you get into TumbleBooks, you will find books for both younger and older children, including nonfiction books, graphic novels, videos, and games:

LINK: TumbleBooks at the R.I. Public Library

Books found under the Story Books and Read Alongs tabs include audio (you can listen to someone read the book as you follow along).

The pictures below show a description of a non-fiction book for older children at the TumbleBooks link, and a page taken from the book. These are pictures only, not a link to the online book.

Improve Your Reading Speed

Breakingnewsenglish.com is a website that can help you improve your reading speed. Many people learning English don't do well on the TABE reading test because they read so slowly. If they had more time for the test, they could answer all the questions, but the TABE is a timed test. Reading faster (and at the same time understanding what you read) requires practice. At the BreakingNewsEnglish website, you can select a reading and practice increasing your speed.

My suggestion: Click on the link below to go to the speed reading section of the BreakingNewsEnglish.com website. Click on a story. Most stories begin at a speed of 100 or 200 words per minute. Try a slower speed, and then try a faster speed. If the first speed is 200 and you want 100, you may need to go to the homepage and change the level (1, 2, 3, etc.) of reading, then return to the speed reading section.

LINK: Speed Reading at BreakingNewsEnglish.com