Book Retriever is a SaaS application dedicated to helping teachers find the right book for each individual student. Classroom teachers often have a large collection of books in their room that students can checkout to read. Most teachers have a poor organizational system and struggle to find books that improve the reading skills of all their students. The Book Retriever application catalogs their physical library and allows them to track which student has which book checked-out. The database of books includes over 600,000 leveled books. A teacher can view the reading history of a student and find their next checkout based on the leveling information. This ensures every student is checking out a book they’ll want to read and will improve their skills.
Formats Used:
Web-based, any computer with a browser.
Book Retriever Scanning App is a supplemental app that runs on iOS, Android and Kindle.
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Problem solved:
Book Retriever allows a teacher to organize their library, track student checkouts and reduce the number of lost books. But more importantly, it allows the teacher to the find the right book for each individual student. A teacher can view a student’s reading history and then filter their library down to the titles that the student will want to read and are capable of reading. This ensures each student improves their reading skills to read at grade level.
User age range:
Typically K-8
Pricing model:
Solo is $36 per year per library.
School & District version is $60 per year per library, and $2 per student per year.
Available options:
The Book Retriever Scanning App is optional, but it makes adding books easy and has a student mode to allow students to check books in and out themselves.
What makes Book Retriever unique?
Book Retriever has over 600,000 leveled books in its library, which helps the teacher find the right books for their students. It also assists in tracking reading history, helping teachers with advancing student literacy skills.
Also, schools reduce lost book rates from typically 20 percent per year to under 5 percent, saving hundreds of dollars every year for each library.
Book Retriever supports Clever.
Characteristics:
Book Retriever is very user friendly and is designed to make it easy for teachers to use.
Here’s what users are saying:
Book Retriever has changed the culture of my classroom. My kids love to search for books online and have taken ownership of the check in/check out system. I would recommend Book Retriever to every teacher who has a classroom library!
Johnny Armijo
JL Long Middle School
Dallas Independent School District
Book Retriever not only helps me manage my growing classroom library, but it also helps me find just the right books for students' reading level and interest. I decided to assign "locations" by genre, so I could easily find books to match a student's interest. Sometimes, though, I need a book on a particular level; it's so easy to search my collection by level online to find the perfect match for a student.
Annette Kirk
Snook ISD
We're loving using Book Retriever to manage the collection in our new book room! Checkout is simple and convenient. Teachers can search for books by level or by subject without setting foot in the book room, which is a tremendous help in planning. Book Retriever has really helped us to organize and keep track of our collection.
Meg Spacagna, NBCT
Instructional Coach
John Baker Elementary
