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Linda's Links to Literature |
E-BOOKS
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Read, listen, or watch old favorites and new books and
stories.
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Educator Guides , Articles
and Review Sources About Audiobooks |
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ALA Notable Children's Recordings
Lists of the best audiobooks for children from the
current and past years.
Association for Library Service to Children (ALA) |
ALA Notable Children's
Videos
Lists of the best videos for children from the
current and past years. Many are children's books.
Association for Library Service to Children (ALA) |
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Lists of the best audiobooks for children from the current
and past years.
Young Adult Library Services Association (ALA) |
Audio Books
Teacher Resources
Learn about teaching methods for using recorded books in the
classroom.
Recorded Books |
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Audiobooks & Literacy:
An Educator's Guide to Utilizing Audiobooks in the Classroom
Get tips on how to
use audiobooks in an educational setting.
Random House
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Audiobooks: Hows and Whys
Powerpoint presentation about using audiobooks.
Teri Lesesne - Sam Houston State University |
AudioFile
Reviews titles for children and young adults and includes
podcasts and clips from audiobooks.
AudioFile Publications |
Talking About Audios
A collection of articles supporting the use of audiobooks.
Audio Bookshelf |
Recorded Books Newsletters
A collection of newsletters supporting the use of audiobooks in the classroom.
Recorded Books |
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Audio Book
Awards for Children's and Young Adult Literature |
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Grammy Award for the Best Spoken Word Recording for Children
Search under Children for the best of the year and past years.
The Recording Academy |
Odyssey Award
Recognizes the best audiobook produced for young listeners
0-18.
American Library Association |
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Audio Book
Distributors for Children's and Young Adult Literature |
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Audio Bookshelf
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Books on Tape
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Full Cast Audio
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Listening Library |
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Free Audio Book Sites for
Children's and Young Adult Literature |
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HarperAudio
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Kara's Free Audio Books
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LibriVox |
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E-Books |
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There are many
sites that catalog texts currently in the public domain.
This site lists only those links that have the most texts
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A-Apple Pie
The original
illustrations from the book by Kate Greenway.
University of Pennsylvania
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Absolutely Whootie:
Stories to Grow By
Folk and fairy tales from around the world, grouped
according to story type, values, and origin.
Whootie Owl Productions
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The Adventurous Bunny and
Easter Island
An online story about a shipwrecked bunny who lands on
Easter Island
and brings the joy of spring and rebirth to
the Earth.
The Learning Box
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Aesop's Fables
Classic
and modern versions with animated illustrations.
University of Massachusetts
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Aesop's Fables
Collection
of over 600 fables with lesson plans – some with pictures
and audio.
John R. Lang
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Afro-American Myths and Fables
A
collection of illustrated myths and fables from Africa
and other cultures around the world.
The Afro-American Newspaper Company of Baltimore
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Amazing Adventures
Read-along stories with activities.
Tosi Productions |
American Folklore
A collection of retellings of
American folktales, Native American myths and legends,
tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from every
State.
American Folklore |
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Andersen Fairy Tales
Favorite tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
Andersen Fairy Tales
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BAB Books
Children's stories to read online.
Bab Books |
The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project
Collection of classic children's books and stories.
Baldwin Project-Lisa Ripperton |
Banph
An
original chapter story about a warrior ant.
Left-Handed Creations
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Beantime
Stories
A collection of original illustrated stories.
Meddy Bemps
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Beatrix Potter Stories
A collection of stories with original illustrations from
Beatrix Potter.
Some have audio in different languages or a multimedia slide
show.
Ohio University Telecommunications Center
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Between the
Lions
Dozens of stories to read online.
PBS |
Big
Universe
Read children's books online. Different languages
represented.
Big Universe |
Book
Nook
A variety of stories especially suited to ESL students.
Book
Nook |
BookGlutton
Read hundreds of classic books online and talk about them
online as you read.
BookGlutton |
Bookyards
Ten thousand plus eBooks and access to hundreds of online
libraries. Browse by title or author or do a keyword search.
Bookyards |
Boy and Poi
Poi Pup
An online illustrated for listening.
Linda Boyden
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Briana's
Nursery-Fairy Tales
Fifteen online fairy
tales.
Briana |
Candlelight
Stories
Provides original illustrated children’s MP3 stories.
Subscription required.
Candlelight Stories |
Cbeebies
A collection of stories...old favorites and new.
BBC |
Children's
Books Forever
A collection of free downloadable, illustrated books from
Hans Wilhem.
Hans Wilhem |
Children's
Books Online: The Rosetta Project
A collection of antique illustrated children's books from
the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Children's Books Online |
Christmas Time
Together
Christmas stories and humorous poems.
Imagitek |
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Classic Bookshelf
Choose the fonts, size
and color of the text to read classic books online.
Simon Dempsey
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Classic Fairy
Tales
Read-along fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans
Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault.
Classic Fairy Tales
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Classic Reader
Texts of dozens of adult and children’s classics in the public domain.
Classic Reader
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DailyLit
Read books in the public domain by email.
DailyLit |
Dandi Palmer Picture Books
Complete picture books for download from the author.
Dandi Palmer |
E-Books for Young Readers
Links to e-books for a variety of ages.
University of Virginia
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E-Stories
from Enoch Pratt Free Library
Tales from around the world.
Enoch Pratt Library |
A Europe of Tales
Spooky animated legends from Scotland, Finland, Brittany,
Iceland and Italy in 7 languages.
A Europe of Tales |
FableVision Place
A group of stories
that can be downloaded and read anytime you like.
FableVision |
Fiction.US
A collection of classic, novels, short stories, and play for
older children as well as picture books for younger readers.
Fiction.us |
Free-Books
A collection of children's books on MP3 that can be
downloaded and burned to a CD.
Free Books |
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Grimm Fairy Tales
Favorite tales by the Brothers Grimm.
Grimm Fairy Tales
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
Web
edition of 20 tales from the Grimm Brothers' in German and
English along with a
selection
of illustrations from 19th-century editions.
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Grandpa
Tucker's Rhymes and Tales
Stories, poems, and songs for kids and families of every
age.
Not Just for Kids |
International
Children's Digital Library
A collection of new books, old favorites, and some
out-of-print books from international children's literature in 28 different
languages.
University of Maryland
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Just Free Books
Searches 450+ sites for public domain texts, open books,
free audio books, ad-supported books and more.
JustFreeBooks |
Kennedy Center Storytime Online
Transforms three
picture books into videos in RealPlayer format.
Includes
Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst,
Harlem by Walter Dean Myers and Brothers
of the Knight by Debbie Allen.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Kids
Story Center
Stories with sound and animation. Includes Dolch storybooks.
Room 108 Teacher Store |
Kids' Corner
Classic children's
stories by Beatrix Potter, Lewis Carroll, and more, enhanced
with RealAudio.
Wired for Books
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Light Up
Your Brain
Listen to or download a classic children's story from Hans
Christian Andersen, Beatrix Potter, and others.
Light Up Your Brain |
Lil' Fingers
Computer storybooks, games, activities and coloring site.
Lil' Fingers |
Lit2Go
Fee public domain collection of book, stories, and poems in
Mp3 (audiobook) format.
Florida Center for Instructional
Technology |
Literature for Children
A collection of treasures
published largely in the United States and Great Britain
from before 1850 to beyond 1950.
State University System of Florida |
LoudLit
Delivers public domain literature as audio performances for
MP3 players.
LoudLit |
Magic
Keys
Original illustrated stories. Includes several for young
adults.
Magic Keys |
Many Books
Free online books in different formats including
formats for the PDA, iPod, or eBook reader'
Many Books |
The Moonlit Road
Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South.
The Moonlit Road |
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Neverending Tale
A collection of
choose-your-own-path adventure stories for children and
teens.
Prescient Code Solutions |
The Nightmare Room
An exclusive online story, The Dead of Night, by R. L. Stine
with other books to come.
R. L. Stine |
Online Books
Lists 30,000+ books including classics from children's
literature.
University of Pennsylvania
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Project Gutenberg
The
Internet's oldest collection of free E-texts of classic
books with a searchable database.
Project Gutenberg |
Read Print
A small collection of online classics arranged by author.
Includes brief author biographies.
Read Print |
Reading A-Z
An online reading program with a limited number of free books to download.
Learning A–Z
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Reading Planet
Read the stories while hearing the audio.
Reading is Fundamental
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The
Real Mother Goose
Original 1916 Mother Goose with illustrations by Blanche
Fisher Wright.
Johanna Cormier
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Scholar's Lab
An
online archive of thousands of electronic texts in the
public domain.
University of Virginia.
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Sesame Street Stories
Stories of favorite characters that live on Sesame Street.
Sesame Street Workshop
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Speakaboos
Favorite stories, fairy and folk tales, fables, nursery
rhymes, and lullabies read aloud with teacher guides and
handouts.
Speakaboos |
Starfall
Enjoy online stories, games and activities.
Starfall |
Stories from the WEB
Online books and stories
for children and young adults.
Stories from the WEB
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Story
Cove
Collection of video folktales from around the world.
Includes lesson plans and printables.
August
House Publishers |
Story
Hour
Collection of ten illustrated stories to read online. Some
have audio.
Internet Public Library
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Storybook
Web
Watch and listen to the authors reading excerpts from
their stories and play related games.
Learning and Teaching Scotland |
Storyline
An online streaming video program featuring SAG members
reading children's books aloud.
Screen Actor's Guild Foundation
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Storynory
Free i-Pod ready stories to download for children. Other
audio software can also be used.
Storynory |
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StoryPlace
Animated online stories
where the reader interacts with the characters in English or
Spanish.
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg Counties, NC
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Storytime Anytime
An animated picture books series, complete with music,
sound and narration.
Calgary Public Library |
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Tiger Aki
Several animated stories
with sound and reader interaction.
Tiger Aki
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Turning the Pages
An award-winning
interactive program allows users to virtually 'turn'
pages,
zoom-in on high-quality digitized images, and read or listen
to notes.
View the original Alice in Wonderland by Lewis
Carroll.
The British Library |
We Tell Stories
Digital stories created by top authors including teen author
Kevin Brooks
Penguin |
Web Pop
Online Books
Listen to or read online books and stories written by
Stephen Cosgrove.
Web Pop |
Linda's Links to
Literature assumes no responsibility for the accuracy
of materials found at each link. Checking the accuracy and
suitability of all materials before using them with students
is recommended.
All links were current at the time posted. There is no
guarantee that the materials found at these links will be
available at any given time.
Reporting broken links is greatly appreciated. |
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Updated 10/24/09
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