Entries by Jim McCabe

Free: Revolts, Resistance and Emancipation by Dorothy Sterling. Grade Level is 9.1

Here is the story of the slavery issue from the first slave traders through the African-American part in early American history and the Civil War, and the events and people who played a part in the history-making document, the Emancipation Proclamation. Read about Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner who led revolts, and the settlements of […]

Adding ebooks to an Overdrive bookshelf

These instructions work for both Android and iPads. You or your school can add ebooks to your Overdrive bookshelf without purchasing them through Overdrive. If you email a book to your student’s gmail account, they will have the choice of loading it in an app such as Google Play books or saving it. By saving it, […]

Abraham Lincoln by James Daugherty

Download the epub format for Android tablets, Chromebooks and Apple devices: Download the mobi format for Amazon devices: James Henry Daugherty (1889-1974), winner of a Newbery Medal for Children’s Literature, was born in Asheville, North Carolina, but grew up in Indiana and Ohio. When he was 9, the family moved to Washington D.C., where he […]