Tuesday, October 10, 2017

NoveList: a tool for finding the perfect book

More and more classes, especially in the English department, are adding independent reading and response to their curriculum this year. Homestead provides access to a tool that can make it much easier for students to find the perfect book for outside reading.

NoveList Plus lets you search for a book in a bunch of different ways; not only by genre, subject or age group, but also by adjectives like "quirky" or "suspenseful".  One of its best features is its "title read-alike" or "author read-alike", which helps students expand beyond the books they've already loved to try something new.

This video shows how to look for "read-alikes" in NoveList: