About Skybrary School

Skybrary School® is a carefully curated, ever expanding interactive library of digital books and video explorations designed to engage young readers and foster a lifelong love of learning.

LeVar Burton Kids brings its mission of comprehension and intellectual engagement into the Digital Age through Skybrary School. By infusing digital books with purposeful interactivity, engaging narration by award-winning storytellers, and delightful educational videos, Skybrary School captures the magic of LeVar Burton’s life's work to help children find relevance and understand context in their reading.

What is Skybrary School?

Skybrary School is built specifically to empower educators of grades K-3 to reach and engage young readers. Well suited for both differentiated and whole-class instruction, as well as blended and traditional learning, Skybrary School provides teachers and administrators with an easy-to-use dashboard that provides access to standards-aligned lesson plans and teacher management tools, including real-time student data.

• Reading Frequency. Increases reading frequency and literacy development through engaging formats, personal choice, a wide variety of topics, and increased comprehension.
• Comprehension. Improved comprehension through purposeful interactivity, with added context and relevance provided through “Video Field Trips."
• Motivation. Promotes self-directed learning by giving kids the ability to choose their own reading journey. Teachers can also assign books to students. Includes rewards through gamification.
• Time Saving. Ease of use saves time and streamlines logistics for the busy educator.
• Simple and secure access. Children can breeze into the service with no trouble.

What do you get with your 2 for 1 subscription?

• An email directly from First Book shortly after your purchase that includes instructions on how to log in and get started
• Two one-year classroom subscriptions, which includes access to Skybrary School's ever expanding interactive library.
• An easy to use, multipurpose tool that features quick log-in, simple navigation, and carefully curated books created to suit a classroom's individual needs, whether it be 1:1, small group, or one-to-many environments.

System Requirements: Windows 7+, Mac OS X 10.9+, Chrome OS 33+, iPad iOS 9+. Skybrary supports the following browsers on laptops, desktops, and Chromebooks: Chrome 33+, Firefox 33+, Internet Explorer 11, Edge 12+, and Safari 8+. iPads must be 2nd Gen or higher, running iOS 9+ and Safari 9+. Skybrary is currently not supported for use on Android tablets.