What we can read online today

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A wide range of free ebooks can be read online or downloaded for free nowdays.

Here you can find a list of my favourite platforms providing free books: some are for chidren, English Language Learners and also adults.

Online libraries offer free reading online sometimes and thanks to modern devices students can take advantage of these online editions. For some books you can also download the text or also listen to it or download the mp3.

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READING THE CLASSICS IN ENGLISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES

http://www.gutenberg.org/

If you search online you will find lots of books and you can read them online, you can download them as epub book, kindle format or text format. For some books you can dowload also the audiobook.

Depending on the type of device that you are using you will choose how to dowload the book.

Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg offers free ebooks to download.

You can check online the book Northangher Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg.

LEARNING ENGLISH

http://english-e-books.net/

You need to register to have access to this website where you can find a lot of books that can be read online or downloaded together with the audiobook.

The books are divided into different language levels:

elementary
pre-intermediate
upperintermediate
advanced

You can choose how to download the book:

epub
mobi
fb2
rtf
txt

You are provided with the genre and information about vocabulary.

This free online library offers a wide range of books that can be used for extensive reading and for supporting the language learners while developing their reading skills.

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe story you are going to read was written by a girl. She left this world many years ago. Her secret diary was found after the Second World War. She wrote there all the events which happened to her for the last five years. As you see, this book is based on the real events. After the war had burst, the Jewish family left Germany. The Franks moved to Holland. The father created a successful business there. But the German army invaded Holland in 1942. A new but horrible life began for the Jews. They could go only to some certain shops, had certain time to be in the street and wear yellow stars on their clothes. The father made a shelter in one of his firm's buildings. He felt a disaster. They used it. Eight people were living in the shelter for two years. The only window to the outside world for Anne Frank was a radio. She heard only bad news. One day they got hope. Unfortunately, this hope wasn't to come true for Anne's family.

Free Books online for Children

The International Children's Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

The mission statement of the Library - from the website

" The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas - by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. "

Books are in the Public Domain and have been donated. You can read them online.

You can try reading this book online

www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/SaveBook?bookid=jamaeso_01070015&lang=English&ilang=English

https://freekidsbooks.org/

The New Kid | Free Kids BooksNeha has just returned from a long vacation. Her friends give her a warm welcome. But in the time she was gone, a new family has moved in to the housing society and her friends have issues with the new kid. Neha wants to be friendly with him, but will her old friends tolerate that, ...

Wildlife in a City Pond - Saving the Environment | Free Kids BooksWildlife in a City Pond, a children's book about conservation, from Pratham's storyweaver platform. Another great free book at FKB

This interesting website has free ebooks that can be read online or can be downloaded as a pdf document.

Books are grouped according to level and topic and offer interesting ideas for developing the students' reading skills.

An Interesting website for reading stories https://storybird.com/read/

This website presents different types of texts for reading: you can find texts and poems and they are created by people who have decided to be part of this reading club.

Sparky Saves Christmas by live_pink on StorybirdIt's Christmas Eve and Santa is very busy with all his last-minute work. But when a terrible storm hits the North Pole, who will save Christmas?

The website has another section for poetry:

https://storybird.com/read/poetry/

Poetry by firelike on StorybirdRead, write, discover, and share the books and poetry you'll always remember.

Story Jumper : https://www.storyjumper.com/book/search

Books can be read and shared online. Educators can use the website to create stories and publish them . The website is free but if you want to download or publish the book as paperback or hardcover book you will have to pay.

www.storyjumper.com/book/index/37876216/Puggy-visits-the-Moon

www.storyjumper.com/book/index/46091886/Christmas-on-the-Farm

www.storyjumper.com/book/index/22976318/The-Sun-and-Moon

www.storyjumper.com/book/index/18507298/All-I-want-for-Christmas-

The Open Library: an interesting project online

https://openlibrary.org/

People can borrow ebooks online.

How to Access Free eBooks (by the Millions!) - Simplek12Would you like to access free eBooks in your school, classroom, or personal life? Open Library is a must-see for reading enthusiasts everywhere.