MNPS Summer Reading Resources
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Want E-Books and Digital Audiobooks?
MackinVIA: Ebooks & Digital Audiobooks
How to access:
- www.nashville.mackinvia.com (Use your Limitless Libraries username and password to log in. Contact your librarian if you need help with this information.)
- ClassLink
- Schoology
If you want to narrow your search results and only see the audiobooks, for example,
- Under "All Resources," select "Audiobooks" to see what digital audiobooks your school owns.
- Read or listen on a device.
- Or, download the MackinVIA app to read or listen to books on your phone or tablet.
- The book will automatically be returned on the due date, or you may select "return early."
Ebook & Digital Audiobook options @Limitless Libraries
How to access:
- Choose your school from the drop-down menu. You can also view the catalog in Spanish. This setting is in the upper right corner on the Limitless Libraries website.
- Search by title, author, or keyword.
- Above the search results, you will see the tab "Available now-online." Then, you will see a list of formats, such as ebook or Audiobook. Select the version you want and check it out.
- On the left side of the search results screen, click "Language" to see if translations are available.
- Use your Limitless Libraries username and PIN to log in. Contact your librarian if you need help with this information.
- For an ebook or e-audiobook, you may have several choices for the format, such as MackinVIA, Overdrive, EPub, Kindle, Hoopla. To read a book in the Overdrive or EPub format on a phone or tablet, download the Libby App. Or, you can select "Read Online" to read on your computer. For MackinVIA log-in help, see above section.
Want Books?
MNPS Promising Scholars
Nashville Public Library
Participate in a Summer Reading Challenge!
Beanstack Summer Reading Challenge
Dates: May 13-July 31
Participate in Beanstack's Summer Reading Challenge by logging your minutes as you read! MNPS students can check out books from their Promising Scholars school library, the Nashville Public Library, or through nashville.mackinvia.com. Log minutes through your MNPS Beanstack account, which is accessible via ClassLink.
Nashville Public Library Summer Reading
Prizes will be awarded for reading and logging minutes in Beanstack.
To create or update your Nashville Public Library Beanstack account, go to nashville.beanstack.org.
If you prefer to not use Beanstack, you may print a reading log or pick one up at various locations in Nashville. Logs will be available to students attending MNPS Promising Scholars.
Grand Prize Drawings
At the end of Summer Reading, each library location will have a drawing for a $150 gift card to a local bookstore.
Link MNPS & NPL Beanstack Accounts
Let your summer reading count for MNPS & for Nashville Public Library! Follow these instructions to link your child's Nashville Public Library Beanstack account and their MNPS Beanstack account. Your child already has an MNPS Beanstack account (accessible via ClassLink); but if you have not ever created a Nashville Public Library Beanstack account, this step needs to be completed first.
How to Return Library Books
Options:
- Return MNPS school library books and Nashville Public Library books to any Nashville Public Library branch.
- You may also return MNPS school library books to the school they belong to, if the school has summer office hours. It is recommended that you call the school first.
- You may also return it to the MNPS school you attend during the school year.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! HAPPY READING!
MNPS Library Services
Email: lindsey.kimery@mnps.org
Website: https://mnps.org/learn/academics/library-services/book_access
Phone: 629-224-8047
Twitter: @mnpslibraries