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E-books
E-books
Reading is Fundamental
Reading is Fundamental
Parents can sign up for a free month of access to a library of e-books for kids. Click on the picture to the left to be redirected to the site.
Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble is offering some children's books as free ebooks. Parents may want to preview these books before children read them.
TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks
The TumbleBook Library provides a variety of read-along books for students. Students can also complete quizzes after reading some books or complete a book report about what they read.
American Girl Free Online Library
American Girl Free Online Library
American Girl is offering free access to their online library. You can choose the book you want to read, download it as a pdf document and read it right on your device. Click on the picture to the left to be taken to the web page where you can begin choosing a book to read!
Read-Alouds
Read-Alouds
The Brilliant Deep
The Brilliant Deep
read by author Kate Messner
Bello the Cello
Bello the Cello
written and read by Dennis Mathew
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures
written and read by B.J. Novak
A Bad Case of Stripes
A Bad Case of Stripes
written and illustrated by David Shannon
read by Sean Astin
Carla's Sandwich
Carla's Sandwich
written by Debbie Herman
read by Allison Janney
Mousetronaut
Mousetronaut
written by Astronaut Mark Kelley
read by Astronaut Scott Kelley
Dog Breath
Dog Breath
written by Dav Pilkey
read by Ryan and Craig
The Day the Crayons
The Day the Crayons
Came Home
Came Home
written by Drew Daywelt and Oliver Jeffers
read by Ryan and Craig
I Survived The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (Ch. 1 & 2)
I Survived The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (Ch. 1 & 2)
Written and Read by Lauren Tarshish
*The author currently has videos for chapters 1-8 and will be adding more read-aloud videos to her YouTube channel. You can access her channel here.
Magic Treehouse #4:
Magic Treehouse #4:
Pirates Past Noon
Pirates Past Noon
Written by Mary Pope Osborne
More chapter book read-alouds are available at the Lights Down Reading YouTube Channel here.
I Want My Hat Back
I Want My Hat Back
by Jon Klassen
Watch this puppet performance of the well-known children's book I Want My Hat Back.
Hank the Cowdog
Hank the Cowdog
by John R. Erickson
Watch and listen as the author of the Hank the Cowdog series reads his books aloud on his ranch. You can access his other read-aloud videos on the Hank the Cowdog YouTube channel here.
Links to more online read-alouds:
Links to more online read-alouds:
Podcasts
Podcasts
For Ages 2-6
For Ages 2-6
Brightly Storytime
Brightly Storytime
Kids can listen along to popular stories written for children ages 2-6. Click on the photo above to view the Brightly Storytime site.
Circle Round
Circle Round
Description from the site: "Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10. Each 10- to 20-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups." Click on the photo above to listen to this podcast.
Little Stories for Tiny People
Little Stories for Tiny People
This podcast library includes original stories that appeal to toddlers. Click on the image above to view the podcast story library.
For Ages 7-12
For Ages 7-12
Classical Kids Storytime
Classical Kids Storytime
Do you like classic children's stories like Cinderella? Each episode of this podcast tells a classic children's story with enhanced sounds and music. Click on the image above to hear these stories.
Highlights Hangout
Highlights Hangout
Ever read Highlights Magazine? This podcast features some of the same fun aspects of the magazine. Click on the picture above for directions on how to access this podcast.
The Past and The Curious
The Past and The Curious
This podcasts focuses on fun facts from the past including true stories about spies, George Washington, the development of cartooning and much more! Click on the light bulb above to hear episodes from this fun podcast.
Story Pirates
Story Pirates
Actors and comedians turn popular children's stories into sketch comedy in this fun podcast. Click on the photo above to start listening!
The Story Seeds Podcast
The Story Seeds Podcast
Librarian and kidlit blogger Betsy Bird hosts this podcast that matches kids with bestselling authors who create an original story based on the kid’s idea. Authors in person with a child to write and record an original episode together. Kids with their own story ideas can call in to have their ideas featured in future episodes. Click on the photo above to listen!
Tumble
Tumble
Description from the site: "Tumble is a science podcast for kids, to be enjoyed by the entire family. We tell stories about science discoveries, with the help of scientists! Join Lindsay and Marshall as they ask questions, share mysteries, and share what science is all about." Click on the image above to listen to Tumble episodes.
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