Novel Effect has been one of my favorite apps recently–and the favorite of others as it was added to AASL’s (American Association of School Librarians) Best Apps List. I am using the app this week during kindergarten and
When you open the app, it looks like the image above. This app is FREE, which amazes me. There are some free ebooks on this app, but most of the books will need you to have a physical copy.
This is what it looks like when you select a book.
I download my stories so I won’t have to worry about internet connection (plus there’s a reason why I purchased a phone with such big storage space). I cast my phone to my Promethean board so the sound can play over the board. I have this app downloaded on my iPad, but I use my phone more frequently since that is a little easier to hold so the microphone can easily detect my voice.
I spent the time one weekend to make a collection in Destiny of all the books that we have in our Library that are available through Novel Effect. I know that they have added some since then, so I need to comb through their list again. However, they have made it easy for me to do so because they have put out this list of titles that are in Novel Effect. My only complaint with the list is that I wish there was a column for “date added” so that it would be easier for librarians to update their collections in Destiny as new titles are added to
They also have these stickers for book covers and these bookplates to help you identify Novel Effect books in your library.
If you aren’t using this, please download it today.
Common Sense Media’s review of Novel Effect can be found here.
Update: Novel Effect responded to my tweet sharing this post and said they would add a date added column to their list of titles!