For teachers and librarians
Free reading, ready for a group.
Use the free books, games and Reader Lab in a classroom, library session or homework club. No accounts needed for any of them.
Practical ideas
Ways to use it this week
Shared reading
Project a Free Library book for the group. Stop at each page turn to ask what a character wants and what might change.
Talk before, during, after
Before: predict from the title. During: point to a word or picture that proves an idea. After: retell in three sentences.
Reader Lab for 10 to 14
Writing & School Help walks students through understanding a task, planning, drafting, revising, study plans and projects, with 10–12 and 12–14 guidance. Evidence Detective and Word Builders give untimed inference and vocabulary practice.
Quiet transitions
Calm Corner offers a brief breathing break between activities. Games are short and need no login.
Rights and age groups
Every free book shows where it came from and its license. Copyright differs between countries, so some editions are offered only in certain territories. Please check the notice on each book before printing or redistributing; we do not provide legal certification. Books keep one original age group (Ages 0–2, 3–5, 5–7 or 7–10). Reader Lab is a separate activities area for ages 10 to 14 alongside those groups; it does not relabel any book. Our original Deuce books are separate from the free library and are not part of it.
What this is not, yet
- There is no live library-card integration. Library connections are planned and exist only as a private prototype.
- There are no classroom, teacher or student accounts, rosters or progress reports. Accounts are for individual grown-ups.
- Reader Lab does not record answers, ask for student details or upload writing and plans. Progress lasts only for the visit; students download their work as text files.
Start here
Public-domain and openly licensed books, each with a source and rights notice.
Short, gentle play for younger groups.
Writing and school help, comprehension, vocabulary, logic and private writing for ages 10 to 14.
Questions about using the site with a group.