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Stories are so important in children's lives- whether told to them by a caring adult, listened to on an audio player, TV or DVD, acted out in plays or films, or "read' in book form...
I have found some great sites that offer free stories for children, in various forms.
Here are some recommendations:
FREE BOOKS AND STORIES TO READ ONLINE
Giraffian Kids' Books - simple but delightful online books for littlies, with cute illustrations.
http://www.storylineonline.net - Online books, read by top actors... a range of good titles, including The Polar Express
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/ - a range of free books to listen to online or download and read- OK for independent readers, or to read to younger children.
http://www.fletcherhill.com/ online stories to read to 4-8-year-olds
http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html -stories and appealing Flash books to read online, and one to download and keep
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/ cute stories, animated (but on very small screen so hard to read along...)
Lil' Fingers Storybooks - really cute online books for littlies
http://www.readinglesson.com/goodys.htm simple online stories for young readers
Room 108 Kids Stories - lots of kids books- most free; simple animations/sounds
http://www.mightybook.com/story_books.html -delightful animated online books etc; many free
http://www.magickeys.com/books/ heaps of books and stories for children to read (varying quality)
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/read_it.htm - some traditional stories to download in PDF format
http://www.bookpop.com -Steven Cosgrove books with cute characters from the world of Serendipity
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/read_aloud_stories.htm - several animated stories to
read/sing-along with
http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/ - delightful books by Hans Wilhelm to download for reading on computers, whiteboards etc or to print.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children - a huge list of sites offering free online stories/books for children (a very useful site which also has lists of sites with free fiction & non-fiction books for all ages)
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Online_Stories/ - a list of sites offering free online stories/books for children
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm#1 Teacher Tap –resources for teachers- well-organised lists of sites for electronic books and online reading
LITTLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO PRINT AND KEEP
See my Free Mini Books to Print page.
FREE AUDIO BOOKS and STORIES TO DOWNLOAD
http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/http://www.kiddierecords.com/ more golden oldies- wonderful selection, lovely quality, with original artwork from the record covers
BooksShouldBeFree.com lots of old titles, for school-age children - free downloads
http://www.bookbox.com/free_stuff.php?cat=mp3 around 18 stories to download in MP3 format (and you can also download a free PDF copy of each story to read; animated and print-a-book versions can be purchased from www.bookbox.com). There are free games on this site, too, which relate to the stories.
... and here is a special treat I've discovered, from an excellent site called storynory.com/ - well worth a visit for their free audio stories- download or podcast.. with read-along text also.
For younger readers, visit http://storynory.com/archives/stories-for-younger-children/
Here are their latest free stories:
