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 Audio Books |
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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 Selected 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
Research
Learn how recorded books accelerate reading gains.
Recorded Books |
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Audiobooks & Literacy:
An Educator's Guide to Utilizing Audiobooks in the Classroom
Get tips on how to
use audio
books 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 audio books.
Audio Bookshelf |
Recorded Books Newsletters
A collection of newsletters supporting the use of audio
books 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 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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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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Animation Grove
Original animated
stories for preschoolers to read and enjoy online.
Deborah A. Gibb
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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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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
Storybooks Online
Original illustrated stories. Includes several for young
adults.
Carol Moore |
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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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ClassicReader.com
Texts of dozens of children’s classics in the public domain.
Classic Reader
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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 |
Clean as a Whistle
A hilarious short story from Bruce Coville.
Full Cast Audio |
DailyLit
Read books in the public domain by email.
DailyLit |
E-Books for Young Readers
Links to e-books for a variety of ages.
University of Virginia
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Electronic Text
Center
An
online archive of thousands of electronic texts in the
public domain.
University of Virginia.
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Enoch Pratt E-Stories
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 |
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian
Andersen
Online texts of stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Robert Lewis |
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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' 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.
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 Voirst,
Harlem by Walter Dean Myers and Brothers
of the Knight by Debbie Allen.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Nick Jr. Com
Animated stories to read
online.
Nickelodeon |
The Nightmare Room
An exclusive online story, The Dead of Night, by R. L. Stine
with other books to come.
R. L. Stine |
Ongoing Tales from the Past
Old time
fairy tales, stories, and poems for children of all ages
with new postings monthly.
Other areas of the site include
romance, science fiction, fantasy, and mystery stories.
Ongoing Tales |
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 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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Sesame Street Stories
Stories of favorite characters that live on Sesame Street.
Sesame Street Workshop
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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.
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg Counties, NC
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Talking Tales
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 |
The Velveteen Rabbit
Online text version of the classic story by Margery
Williams.
Dennis McCarthy |
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 7/29/08
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