Home Welcome Web Resources DE_Sept2010_Newsletter.pdf > Past Newsletters SWCS District Website Staff Websites Map Everyday Technology Everyday Math Resources Ohio Map & Biography Resources Darbydale Calendar > Techology Learning Fun Search Tools for Kids E-Books & Audio Books Ohio PIRC flyer 2010-11.pdf > Search		E-Books & Audio Books What are E-Books? E-books are electronic versions of printed books that can be viewed online from a computer connected to the Internet. VARIETY of LITERATURE TYPES E-BOOKS http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ International Children's Digital Library Foundation makes the best in children's literature available online free of charge.  You see the actual book pages and illustrations. http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/ Fables, fairytales, stories, and nursery rhymes http://www.magickeys.com/books/ Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages http://www.searchlit.org/students.php A site with the goal of advancing students' reading skills by organizing a collection of eTexts links and other reading resources, searchable by grade level. http://www.storyplace.org/ English and Spanish stories and activities http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/ Online stories for children http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/read_it.htm Classic stories and fables http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/Young-Readers.html Wide variety of classic children’s literature http://www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html Stories and rhymes http://www.eurotales.eril.net/contents.htm Stories in multiple languages SPECIAL COLLECTIONS E-BOOKS http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/ A collection of illustrated antique children’s books in multiple languages http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm Kid’s Corner at Ohio University-Multimedia Beatrix Potter stories in multiple languages & other classics FABLES E-BOOKS http://www.aesopfables.com/ Fables and their morals, fairytales and more http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/aesop.shtml Roll a cube to choose and read an Aesop’s fable http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html Fables to read http://www.umass.edu/aesop/index.php Aesop’s fables, some with sound http://www.storyarts.org/ Fables – Click on Story Library http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm Myths, legends, and fables from native peoples around the world                                                                                                                  FAIRY TALES E-BOOKS http://hca.gilead.org.il/ Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales and stories http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/ Read or listen to a story http://www.nogginworks.org/evans/sb/beauty_fr.html Sleeping Beauty http://www.rosemarylake.com/ New fairytales suitable for elementary reading level, grades around 4-6. Shorter ones may also work for 1-3, the longer ones for 7-9. http://oaks.nvg.org/fairy-book.html A collection of fairy tales about princesses and castles, weavers and dwarfs, married people, fairies, clever cats, the red hen, and many others. http://www.childrenstory.com/tales/index.html Small group of fairytales NURSERY RHYMES E-BOOKS http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=heh# English nursery rhymes FOLK TALES E-BOOKS http://oaks.nvg.org/norwegian-folktales.html Norwegian folk tales E-BOOKS On INFOhio   http://www.infohio.org/ WorldBook Online Advanced has an E-Books Center with a Juvenile Literature section.  On INFOhio, click Core Collection, then World Book Advanced. Click E-Books Center, then Juvenile Literature. MORE RESOURCES http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/ebooks.htm List of more free ebook sites http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000376.shtml List of more fables sites What is an audiobook? An audio book is a voice recording of written material. http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/read_aloud_stories.htm Read along stories and songs from Reading is Fundamental http://weread.org/kids/index.php WE READ is a non-profit organization which uses the Internet and technology to engage children and young adults in the joys of reading and writing, and to raise parents' awareness of the importance of reading to their children. http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/mp3_downloads.htm Classic stories and fables http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main Grimm’s fairy tales http://classicfairytales.com/en/main Hans Christian Andersen and Grimm’s fairy tales http://lightupyourbrain.com/audio-stories-for-children.html Modern and classic children’s stories in the MP3 format, downloadable and playable on most audio devices http://www.fablevision.com/place/radio/index.html Hear fables (requires RealPlayer)
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