eBooks & eAudiobooks

Listening to audiobookNow your library never closes!  With our new digital library browse, check out, and download digital eAudiobooks and eBooks anytime of day from anywhere in the world.   Kids of all ages can read and listen to multimedia eBooks.

To access these books, it is recommended and in some cases required that you have: 

Getting started is easy.  Click on one of the services below. When you’re ready, check out your materials by entering your library card and download the digital books to your computer.  Once downloaded, you can transfer them to your portable device, or burn the audio books directly to CD.  When the lending period is up your digital books are automatically returned — so there are never any late fees!  Many of the materials can be read or listened to immediately right from your computer.

Click here to go to MyMediaMall

Go to MyMediaMall to download OverDrive popular fiction and nonfiction eAudiobooks, eBooks and eVideos onto your home computer or laptop. Use your valid Wauconda Area Library card to check out titles.

eAudiobooks

  • How it works
  • Search/download eAudiobooks
  • Download free Click here to download OverDrive Media Console. and Click here to download Windows Media Player..

  • Mobile devices must support WMA with Digital Rights Management (DRM). To review a complete and current list of supported portable devices, click here. Please note that iPods do not support OverDrive downloadable audiobooks.

eBooks

eVideos

More information about MyMediaMall eVideos.

Child listening to audiobook

 

Click here to go to TumbleBooks

The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picturebooks) and TumblePuzzles. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.

TumbleBooks features include:

  • TumblePad Word Helper allows you to click on a book to hear a sentence repeated, or click on a vocabulary word in order to hear it sounded out.
  • Each title has recommended reading levels for both automatic and manual modes. Click on the reading level to see other books at the same level.
  • The TumblePuzzles and memory TumbleGames are great educational games to play after reading a book.
  • The Language Learning section has a growing collection of books in Spanish and French. 
  • Discover important books about volunteering, tolerance and other life lessons. 
  • Navigate en Español, en Français or in Chinese
  • Explore TumbleReadables, a collection of Large Print chapter books and classic children's books created in the TumbleReadable format. TumbleReadables are online electronic books which include our innovative text size slider which enables the reader to increase the text size to up to 34PT. Perfect for reluctant, emergent, ESL and middle schoolers who just love to read! 

Requirement: Flash Plug-In

TumbleBooks and TumbleQuizzes are created in Flash animation and require the Flash plug-in to view and hear the animation. The great majority of computers and operating systems are already preloaded with Flash. If you are unable to view the books you can download the Flash plug-in for free at www.macromedia.com Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@tumblebooklibrary.com should you have any questions.

Happy Tumbling!

Click here to go to TumbleBooks