Children's Books for Reading

2020ok around 100 books for babies through 12 nicely divided into categories.
AllBooksFree has a very nice collection of ebooks for online viewing and
listening. Some are also available for download in PDF. These are unique entries
that are not available elsewhere.
4tenderheart offers unique stories for online reading and also two television
readings of Sir Pot stories.
AaronShephard'sWorldof Stories is a nicely categorized collection of stories
from around the world for online reading. The listings give the appropriate age for
reading, length of the story and origin.
AlvieTheLittleBrownBurro has seven Alvie stories to read online or download in
MP3.
AmazingAdventureSeries offers the children story "June the Prune" for free
reading online. The story can also be heard by pressing the audio button at the top
of the page.
AmericanFolklore offers many folk stories from USA, Canada and Mexico as well
as Native American for online viewing.
AntBee Joe Ant and Boo Bee offer nine illustrated books for younger children for
online viewing.
Archive.org (Children's Library) large collection of children's books available for
online viewing (original books) and download
ArmenianStoryTeller has a few Armenian stories and poems available for free
reading online.
BABBooks has 25 free illustrated books available for online reading or listening.
Baby School has a small collection of online flash books for toddlers and young
children.
BaldwinLibraryofChildren'sLiterature has almost 6,000 classic , but unique,
children's books for free viewing online. the ones I looked at had beautiful
illustrations. A caution that some of the works are unacceptable by today's
standards due to the view of minorities at that time. Not related to the above as
far as I can tell.
Baldwin Online Children's Projects 520 classic children's books in a variety of
genres for online viewing.
BBCSchools has three online illustrated books for young children that can be
viewed with or without audio.
Bedtime-Story has a large collection of illustrated books for online viewing. Some
are classics and others are unique stories separated into unusual categories.
Beenleigh State School of Queensland, Australia has a large collection of stories
to read online with audio built in.
BetweentheLions has a good number of video books with words for younger
readers to follow along. Also some games and other activities for young readers.
B For Ball offers books for online viewing geared to preschoolers. These
books cover basics such as alphabet, colors, shapes etc. Thanks to Gretish for this
suggestion.
Bibliotastic has an interesting and unique collection of 15 free ebooks in their
children's category. These may be viewed online without registration. Free
registration is required to download in PDF, KINDLE or EPUB.
BookBox has about 20 free books available for download in pdf (as a single page)
and MP3. Also free games and coloring books.
BookPop has a number of illustrated books free for online reading. There are also
some coloring pages for download. There are supposed to be music and story
downloads, but I kept getting an error when trying to reach those.
BooksShouldBeFree has a good size collection of Childrens and Fairy Tales books
available for download in plain text format.
Bored.com (Children's) has 1572 works available for online viewing in their
children's section. Searchable by author name and title.
BritishCouncil has a very nice collection of flash animated song and audio read-a-
long stories. Games and other activities also available. Audio may be disabled for
reading only.
BuddhaNet offers about 15 Buddhist books for children as well as textbooks and
coloring books for download in pdf.
CandlelightStories has a good number of stories from the Arabian nights
collection as well as other story books available for online reading.
CBeebies is a BBC site that offers a good number of free stories, in flash, for online
reading and listening. Also, has games, music and coloring books.
ChildrensBooksForever has a nice collection of books in pdf. Additional
comments from Cathy of PuzzlEd "I checked out ChildrensBooksForever and the
books are just delightful! Gorgeous pictures and some good themes for primary-
school kids (anger, bullying etc). Over 20 books available to download and use on
computer, Smartboards etc, as well as viewing online (and in quite a variety of
languages, too, apparently). Excellent for school or home use."
Children's Books Online is an excellent collection (600+) of illustrated antique
children's books for viewing online. They are also available for download at a fee.
This little gem was suggested by an anonymous poster.
Children'sLibrary.org has a large collection of books for online viewing. Many
appear to be unique classic works that are finely illustrated. Books can be filtered
by age, length and fiction/non-fiction.
ChildrenStory offers a nice collection of fairy tales for online viewing as well as
Bible stories and coloring books.
ChildrensStories offers 6 free works by Elisa Gianoncelli. 2 are for children 7 and
older, 1 for children 6 to 9 and 3 for children under 6.
Childrenstory offers a smaller collection of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and holiday
stories. There is also a story that was written and illustrated by 2d grader
children. Caution that many of the other links lead to items for sale.
ChildStoryTeller has a good number of short stories and nursery rhymes for
reading online. No illustrations to speak of and most of the stories are classics that
can be found elsewhere, but there are a few unique entires here.
Classic Literature Library (Fairy Tales) Small collection, but a nice collection of
the Oz and Peter Pan books along with Lewis Carroll's children's books available for
online viewing.
Classicly has a nice collection of free books for children and young readers. Most
are available for download in pdf, kindle or MP3 (audiobook). The Young Reader
Collection only lists four books, but if you click on links in the introductory
paragraph, you will be taken to other works. Thanks to Tyler G for this suggestion.
ClassicReader (Young Readers) Several hundred classic books for young
readers available for online viewing.
CyberKids offers free books, written by children, for online viewing. Unique
collection divided into several genre categories. Also offers some interactive
stories, music and activites.
DLTK-Teach offers free printable children's books. Most are geared towards pre-
schoolers, including a set on the alphabet, but there are some stories for older
children also. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
EasyMediaBroadcast has a nice little collection of classic children's books with
many of Beatrix Potter's works. The works are available for download in TK3 and
as .exe. Downloads were a bit slow, but the quality of the works was very good.
e-booksDirectory has some classic children's books available for online viewing
and some for download. Some are the usual classics, but also some unusual
entries here.
eduplace offers 14 "leveled" books for online reading or printing.
ePubBooks has an interesting collection of classic fairy tale books, with some
unique entries. These are available for free download in EPUB.
ePubBud has several hundred free books available in EPUB. These are divided into
categories, mostly by age. These appear to be a mix of classic and original and
unpublished works. You can also create your own book to post there. Thanks to
lala for this suggestion.
ETextCenter the electronic text center of the University of Virginia has a large
collection of works for children and young adults available for online viewing. These
are classic works and many are availble elsewhere, but there are some unique
ones. Books are sorted by author name.
FableLibrary has an interesting and unique collection of childrens works. Most are
available for viewing online, including some flash versions. But a few are available
for download. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
FarmhouseFables offers 5 short story books about the little creatures that have
made their home in the meadow next to the old farmhouse.
Feedbooks (Fairy Tales) has a small but unique collection of fairy tale books from
around the globe available for download in Kindle, ePub and PDF.
Fiction eBooks (Children's Illustrated) 8 of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books
very nicely illustrated.
FictionPress has 2695 free works in its Kids Fiction Archive. These appear to be
original and unpublished works and most are short stories. These are available for
free reading online.
FloridaDisaster.org offers three books on hazardous weather for 1st, 2nd and
3rd grade readers in download in PDF.
GailSpencerLamm offers her illustrated ebook, Emily's Patience, for free online
viewing or download.
Geronimo's Adventures features 9 good size books on the adventures of
Geronimo the teddy bear for online viewing.
Giraffian offers a nice collection of books for pre-schoolers, covering the alphabet,
numbers colors and other topics. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
GoldenGems a collection of little golden books and other illustrated books for
children for online viewing and saving as jpg.
GoodnightStories is a nice little collection of unique children stories for reading
online. A good number of the stories were written by children. Some other
activities and printable coloring pages are also available.
Google Book Search (Fairy Tales) 578 works for online viewing, from the 1850s-
1920s.
Grammaropolis has a book, video, songs and games to help children learn proper
grammar.
Gutenberg (Children's) Large collection divided into sub-categories available for
download in several formats.
Hiyah offers some reading skills software for children 18 months to 6 years of
age, which may also be used online without download. Thanks to bowhunter1951
for this suggestion.
InklessTales offers 15 stories for online viewing as well as games, poems and
activities.
International Children's Digital Library nice collection of children's books from
around the world in a variety of languages and nicely categorized, available for
online viewing.
Joggoon has 30 classic children novels available for free reading online. There
are some unique listings here.
Johnnie's Story Page most of these are links offsite, but it is a very nice collection
and well sorted for beginning and more advanced readers. All the ones I looked at
were flash presentations and also had audio available.
Kellscraft (Children's Books) nice collection (100) of childrens books from the
1890s-1920s.
KidsKnowIt is not a book site, but it does have a lot of reading for children, along
with educational puzzles and games.
KidsNurseryRhymes a British site featuring over 1200 nursery rhymes for online
viewing. Also has sing along rhymes (must have midi player-available there) and
some nursery rhyme disco recordings available for download in MP3.
Kidspace A small collection of childrens books, available for online viewing, from
the Internet Public Library.
KidsPages offers free illustrated ebooks for reading online as well as other
learning activities for younger children. These stories are generally classic children
stories.
KidStoriesOnline offers free stories online (with optional audio), free ebooks,
audio books and videos. Some require providing an email, but most are available
to all.
Kindersite offer a good number of stories in flash for reading and listening online
as well as lullabies, music and games for younger children.
Knowledgerush has a small, but interesting, collection with a good listing of Oz
and Tom Swift books, along with some other classics for viewing online. Also a
young adults section.
LearningIsland Nice collection of children's books available for online viewing.
LearningPage has a series (38) of printable "Tommy" story books suitable for
about 8-10-year-olds, plus some other printable books, for free. Requires free
registration. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
LibraryofCongress maintains a nice collection of classic children's books in its
Childrens Literature collection of its Rare Book section. these are available for
online reading and download in pdf. These are illustrated copies and are a nice mix
of well known and unusual.
LilFingers Storybooks Small collection of books for very young children for
reading and being read to.
LongLongTimeAgo is a large collection of fables, myths, folk tales, fairy tales and
more from around the world. These are available for reading online.
Magickeys small, but interesting and unusual, collection for online viewing
ManyBooks (Young Readers) 2390 books available for online viewing or
download in an extremely large variety of formats
MemoWare (Children's eBooks) 686 books available for download in varying
formats
MerpyStories offers several animated flash stories, with accompanying music, for
online viewing. The unique stories of Merpy, Jeremy Dragonfly and Rufus the
Firefly available in English and Spanish. Other activities available.
Michael Hardgrove offers his illustrated book, "The Echo and the Pixie" for free
reading online.
Mightybook is a pay site, but it offers a good size collection of very interesting and
free flash animation storybooks, story songs, Beatrix Potter stories and more. I
thought the music and art section, which combines classical music and art, was a
very good idea.
Munsey's (Children Books) 2283 free books available in HTML or a good variety
of downloads.
Munsey'sMobile has over 2000 free books in its Children's category. These are all
available for free viewing online and are also available for download in PDF, PRC
and ePUB. These appear to be different works than those available on the regular
Munsey's site, above.
MuseumofUnnaturalHistory has a small collection of illustrated childrens' stories
for online viewing. these are unique stories not found elsewhere.
MysteryNetKids has a good size collection of mysteries for children to solve.
There are 28 "Solve-It" stories, 29 "Chiller" stories from the Darkmaster, 28 "Quick
Solve" stories, 28 Magic Tricks and 21 mystery stories written by children that won
the mystery writing contest at the site.
PBSKids has a few read along stories as well as several short educational videos
for young children.
PlanetOzKids has an interesting collection of stories relating to myths about
animals. Also available are detective stories to work along with. All available for
online viewing.
ProfessorGarfield offers 11 free books for beginner readers. These are nicely
illustrated and are read in their "toon reader". There is an option to have the book
read aloud using human voices as the child reads. Interesting and unique
collection. Available in several languages. Other activities also available at the
site.
PuzzlEd is not a book site, but has links to sites offering free books (which will be
incorporated here when I have time) and a collection of jigsaw and other puzzles
and other activities for children.
RIF Reading Planet has an interesting collection of books for online viewing that
changes monthly. Also has activities and games as well as Asian/Pacific,
Caribbean, Hispanic and native American sections with books and activities.
Robert Munsch has about 60 books by Robert Munsch for reading online and read
by him available for download in MP3 format.
RodCockle offers a nice collection of illustrated books for online viewing, as well as
games and puzzles for 4-8 year olds. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
Room108KidsStories offers about 25 animated stories, with accompanying music,
for reading online. These are unique stories not found elsewhere.
Scholastic Small collection of children's books available for online viewing (or read
to you). Featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog, Alice in Wonderland and a couple of
others.
Scholastic Mini-books has a good selection of stories available to read or print,
many of which are free. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.
SebastianSwan a collection of Sebastian Swan stories for online viewing.
Shay's Imagination offers the unique stories and poems of Shay for online
reading or download in pdf.
SillyBooks has a number of free books available for online reading. There are also
puzzles, games and contests.
Smashwords has over 300 free ebooks for free online viewing or download in a
variety of formats. These are generally unpublished works and unique to this site.
The site does also offer books for purchase, but all the works in this list are
available for free.
Starfall has online flash presentations designed for first graders to entertain and
educate.
StoriesForChildren has 8 Christmas stories by Carolyn Rogers for online viewing
and apparently some woodland creature stories soon to come.
StoriesForMyLittleSister is a collection of original stories written by a big
sister for her little sister. Interesting collection of illustrated stories and also other
activites.
StoriestoGrowBy has a large collection of folk and fairy tales for children from
around the world for online viewing.
StoryPlace Elementary has six stories and related activities for online viewing
geared for elementary school age children.
StoryPlace PreSchool has a nice collection of books and activities designed for
pre-schoolers available for online viewing.
StoryTimeForMe a nice site with unique entries aimed for toddlers through 2d
grade. Interesting combination of old fashioned animated book and flash video.
SurLaLuneFairyTales offers a very nice and large collection of fairy tales from
around the world for online reading.
Talwwins has a interesting mix of classics and original books for children
available for free viewing online or for free download in PDF.
TheManorSchool offers a collection of Greek myths and legends for online
viewing. Featured within the stories is the artwork of children of the school.
TheMoonlitRoad has 11 stories for children for online reading. A mix of ghost
stories, folktales, myths and legends from the American South.
ThePomplemousse has three original stories about the adventures of
Pomplemousse, intended for children and adults.
Tikiri has a nice collection of Sri Lankan stories available in English and Sinhalese
available as PDF.
ToddlerSchool has a small collection of illustrated books to read and listen to
online. Also has educational games for younger children. Suggested by Sefi
Tonight'sBedtimeStory offers 79 classic fairy tales for download or online viewing
in PDF.
uMassAmherstAesop'sFables offers a collection of Aesop's fables, with
illustrations from students in the Computing in the Fine Arts course for online
viewing.
WackyWebTales offers a good size collection of short tales for 3rd graders and
above. Geared to help with parts of speech.
Web-Books has 92 free classic children's novels. These are all available to read
free online or for download in WEB and WEB database. Viewing the downloads
requires their Web Viewer (free) which is clean as far as I can tell
WebPop has a very interesting collection of unique and nicely illustrated books
available for online reading, listening and download.
WiredForBooks has a nice collection of Beatrix Potter books as well as a few
others for online reading and also available in audio.
WorldofTales a collection of folktales, fairy tales and fables from around the world
available for online viewing.
YourBedtimeStory There are not a lot of stories and the stories are not very long,
but this site does have a nice twist that you can personalize the story. There are
also coloring pages along with the stories.