K-12 Schools

Back-to-School with Sora is easy as 1-2-3!
A one-stop shop for everything you need to start the school year right with reading success. Get tips and tricks, promotional resources, book discounts and more.

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Sora + Book Creator Template

Sora has partnered with Book Creator for a fun new way to document student reading. Using a special template, students of all grade levels can customize and complete a series of fun enrichment activities to create their custom book report.
Check out our instructional video to get started, then download the instruction sheet for your school community.
Get the TemplateReview your Sora skills
Hand-picked training resources to meet your needs, no matter your role. Discover Sora, the student reading app, and explore OverDrive Marketplace, the shopping and administrative portal for Sora.
Training & Resources
2025 Sora Bursts
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Marketplace Discovery Guide
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Sora Discovery Guide
Training & Resources
2025 Sora Bursts
TRAINING & RESOURCES
Intro to Sora video (5 m)
Training & Resources
Sora Discovery Guide
Refresh your collection!
Review key reminders
Brush up on OverDrive Marketplace, Sora’s shopping and administrative portal.
- Check your holds
- Reorder popular titles
- Weed expired titles you won’t be re-purchasing
- Review your Content Access Levels (CALs)
Subscribe & save
Sora Subscriptions can help you save time keeping your library fresh and ready for reading exploration! Choose from affordable digital packages, including new release ebooks and audiobooks, comics, magazines, phonics books and foundational books for early readers.
Curate, curate, curate!
Curations are an simple way to display your digital books and highlight featured collections like seasonal topics, topics by age and student favorites and more.
Pro-tip: Curate collections of classroom and instructional materials for teachers to share directly with students.
Click & shop
- Essential August Releases All | ES | MS | HS
- Essential Summer Nonfiction ES | NF MS | NF HS
- Best Books You May Have Missed
- TOP OverDrive Max (100 concurrent checkouts): ES | MS | HS
- Popular Audiobooks (All) — Audio ES | Audio MS | Audio HS
Get your Class Sets
Purchase Class Sets for your all-class reads, choice reading lists and more.
Don’t forget to bookmark our handy Class Set request form – it can help keep your teachers’ Class Set requests organized for your next Marketplace order or to send to your Digital Content Librarian.
Reading Goals
Reading Goals is a new way to encourage students to take ownership of their reading growth and motivate them along the way.
With Reading Goals in Sora, students can set daily goals, track real-time reading data, unlock milestones, and more! Plus, they’re customizable to each student.
Explore more tips, tricks, and resources

Curriculum Resources
Check out classroom features
Simple tips that turn Sora into a powerful classroom learning tool.

Resource Site
Resources for the whole year
Download free graphics, printables, and more

Help article
Discover accessibility features
Ebooks & audiobooks can make reading more accessible – here’s how.

TRAINING KITS
Educator resources
Training kits & lesson plans to get your students & staff up to speed.