Online Educational Resources

A central access point for the wide range of online databases and digital resources available through your school library. 

This site is designed to support both school librarians and classroom teachers in integrating high-quality, age-appropriate materials into instruction and student research. Here, you’ll find curated tools for academic research, multimedia content, curriculum-aligned resources, and professional learning—to enhance teaching and learning across grade levels and subject areas. 

Whether you’re planning lessons, guiding student inquiry, or exploring new instructional strategies, this site connects you to the trusted resources you need.

participate in the statewide challenge

2026 #808Reads Summer Reading Challenge

Students and families are invited to participate in the #808Reads Summer Reading Challenge, “read ᐧ learn ᐧ play” from June 1 to July 17, 2026. 

The statewide goal is to log at least 3 million minutes and for each student to log at least 900 minutes of reading in the Beanstack app over the summer break. Students who reach this milestone will receive a Certificate of Completion and will be entered into a drawing to win a Jamba Juice gift card!

2025-26 #808Reads Challenge: Your Next Chapter

The Office of Curriculum and Instructional Design invites schools to participate in the 2025-26 #808Reads Challenge: Your Next Chapter now through May 21, 2026. Our goal is to log a combined 13 million reading minutes by the end of the school year. Students and staff earn digital badges when they read and log minutes in the Beanstack app.  Librarians and teachers can easily use the Beanstack digital reading log to organize and manage classroom, grade level and school-wide reading efforts. View the 2025-26 #808Reads Challenge: Your Next Chapter Flyer (PDF)

Beanstack app

Use the free Beanstack app to participate in the #808Reads Challenge. Find your school on the list and login with your student ID number.

Shared eBook Collection via Sora

All Hawaiʻi public school students and teachers have access to the Shared eBook Collection via the Sora app that provides 24/7 access to thousands of eBooks, audiobooks and read alongs that can be enjoyed on all major platforms and devices. Say goodbye to overdue or lost books! Want to check out an eBook?

• Access the Shared eBook Collection via Sora
• Use Set Up Code: HIDOE
• Getting Started Instructions

Hawaiʻi Book Award Programs

Gosling Awards (Grades K-3): The Gosling Award is a Hawaiʻi children’s choice book award for students in grades K–3. Each year, a committee of librarians selects 12 outstanding picture books to be nominated for the award. Children are encouraged to read or listen to the nominated books and vote for their favorite in the spring.

Nene Awards (Grades 4-6): The Nene Award promotes reading and discussion of literature. Students in grades 4 to 6 are encouraged to read Nene Nominees, discuss them with other students and classes, then vote for their favorite title.

Anuenue Book Award: The Ānuenue Hawaiʻi Keiki Book Award advocates for books created for and about our Hawaiʻi keiki so that they can see themselves in literature and imagine their own creative futures.