Books+On-Line

[|http://www.gutenberg.org] - Project Gutenberg offers over 38,000 free ebooks: choose among free e-pub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.

[|http://www.childrensbooksonline.org] – the largest collection of illustrated antique books on line…we think

[|http://www.biguniverse.com] – inspiring students to read, write and learn

[|http://www.tumblebooks.com] – free trials for tumblebooks, audiocloud, and tumblereadables

[] - “ The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community – children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online.” This multicultural collection now includes hundreds of interactive stories in different languages.

[] - unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge

[] - This site features free “iPod-ready stories for kids”, ranging from popular classics, such as “Sleeping Beauty” to lesser know gems like the Japanese tale “The Cat’s Elopement”. And the iPod isn’t required. You can listen to “storynories” on you computer.

[] - StoryPlace is a virtual experience of going to the library. The **PreSchool Library** features an animated online story, an interactive accompanying online activity, a take home activity, and an additional reading list of other exciting preschool appropriate titles. **Elementary Library** allows students to participate in the story through character selection and other interactive choices, a corresponding printable activity and an additional related reading list. **Book Hive** is a guide to children’s literature and books, is designed for the older reader, with featured titles, online activities, reading polls, book selection guides and inventories, and original stories submitted by children.

[] - StoryBook Online provides original stories with color illustration for children of all ages. The goal of this project is to combine education and entertainment to engage students in reading and ignite their imaginations. There are riddles, mazes, coloring pages, and related literary links. Readablity scores are provided for each story. Online submissions by authors are welcome but are not monetarily compensated. This site lacks the animations available via some other sites, but children will enjoy the vivid color illustrations accompanying each story.

[] - The animated shorts, interactive art and games, and stories by Emmy Award-winning children’s authors on this site encourage creativity and inspire students and educators to create individualized, exciting story paths.

[] - The mission of this acclaimed site is to inspire kids to read: “Through podcasting and web video, we hope to connect kids in grade 3-8 with books that will make them excited about reading.” Be sure to check out the archives.

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[] - is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of internet resources related to books for Children and Young adults.

[] - Digital Book index provides links to more than 114,000 title records from commercial and noncommercial publishers, universities, and various private sites. About 75,000 of these are free, while others are available at a cost.

[] - free activities and downloadable materials for many of their children’s books

[] teacher guides, helpful hints, and ideas to spark classroom activities and discussions for dozens of books and authors

[] - Hennepin County Library manages this database of titles sort by literacy skills, with presentation ideas for sharing

[] - BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot.com editors and organized into intuitive categories, such as bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic texts, book news and more.

[] - Flat Stanley website

[] - Tracie is a children’s author who also writes many of the teachers’ guides that appear on publishers’ websites. Over 200 of these guides are available her on her site.