Welcome to the Chandler Elementary Library Webpage

Please go to Capstone Library to read books while at home on your device.  Our username is chandlerelem.  Happy reading!

Victoria ISD has partnered with the Victoria Public Library to provide our students access to Sora.  Please follow these steps to get on to Sora: (1) Go to the Sora Webpage; (2) Choose "Victoria ISD" as your school; (3) Login using your Clever login without using the @student.visd.net.  The username is the first initial, last initial, and the 6 student id number.  The password is the first initial, last initial, dash (-), and the last 4 digits of your social security number.  For example, ch123456, ch-1234.  (4) Have fun browsing books and reading!

If you have any questions during this time, please email Cassaundra Hybner or contact me at 361-433-5535.

The Chandler Elementary Library has over 12,000 titles available for our students and staff.  You can search the Chandler library collection from any school computer. For more resources, click on the links below. 

AR Bookfinder

If you would like to see which titles have Accelerated Reader quizzes available, please visit AR BookFinder.  You can use this site to search for information on AR quizzes by author, title,  or subject. You can also enter a reading range to find books on certain levels.

Book Trailers:

• Rump The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

• Platypus Police Squad The Frog Who Croaked by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

• Odette's Secrets by Maryann Macdonald

• The Expeditioners by S. S. Taylor

• Lester's Dreadful Sweaters by K.G. Campbell

• Pickle by Kim Baker

• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

• Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10 by Judy Finchler

• A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon

• Hero by Mike Lupica

• Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo

• Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates by Kim Kennedy

• Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

• The Magic Tree House Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne

• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

• Dem Bones by Bob Barner

• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Scieszka & Lane Smith

• The Call of the Wild by Jack London

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

• Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibbotson

Author Visit Webcasts

• RL Stine Author of Goosebumps and Horrorland Series 

• J.K. Rowling Author of Harry Potter Series

Resources

Dewey Decimal Rap

Destiny Website

AR BookFinder

Capstone Library

Sora

Educational Resources

We also offer access to the following online websites, encyclopedias and research databases. To gain access to these exciting and educational resources for you and your child to use at home, please email the librarian or ask your child’s homeroom teacher.