Read Over Zoom

Putting this out there if you are like me and did not know this was an option. I recently learned about a cool kids’ book coming out that I wanted to read to my nephews. But holding a book open, facing the computer camera, and trying to read a book at the same time is neck-crick inducing.

But I googled whether reading a Libby book on a computer was possible, and IT IS. You go to the web version of Libby, enter your card number, and check out the book. Then, you can share your screen via FaceTime or Zoom and read the picture book by looking at the page on your screen instead of peering around a physical book’s page. So they can see the book and you, and you can see the book head-on and the person you’re reading to.

It works for every book if you want to treat someone to a read-aloud over Zoom.