Reading+Online

toc =Newer Readers= [|Children's Storybooks Online] - a variety of books with pictures. [|Storyline Online]- books read aloud by (sometimes) famous actors [|Short Stories from the British Council]- a collection of animated stories that students can read and listen to. [|Stories for Little Kids from the British Council]- a collection of younger stoires that can be read or listened to [|Animated Aesop's Fables]- students can listen to these stories [|Mighty Book Story Books] - animated story books that students can listen to or read [|CBeebies Storybooks] - Animated stories that students can listen to. [|Inkless Tales]- Stories and poems that students can read. A bit more difficult than others in this category. [|Clifford Interactive Storybooks] [|Starfall.com]- a great collection of fiction, non-fiction, folktales, comics and more. Students can read and listen to the text. [|Poems from Starfall.com]- Students can read the poems and click on individual words to hear them. [|Big Books]- a collection of stories that students can read [|Fairy Tales]- a great collection of fairy tales for students to read. There are also activities with each story. [|Sebastian Swan]- great interactive books for students to read. [|Stories from Rainbows Edge] [|Merpy Stories]- a collection of stories that scroll through the pages on their own. [|Tumble Books]- from the NY Public Library. Students can listen to or read well known books at all levels. [|Children's Books Online]- Best if downloaded [|Giggle Poetry]- There are lots of poems to read and rate. [|My Own Books] - Insert the student and teacher name right into the book. Can be printed off. [|Roy The Singing Zebra] - a series of 9 of guided reading texts online. [|Books with Sound] - a variety of online books with sound [|Books Without Sound] - a variety of online books without sound [|Plays] - a variety of plays for students to read [|Nursery Rhymes] - a larger variety of nursery rhymes for students to read [|Silly Books] - animated books that can be read or listened to by student [|A Dog's Life] - an interactive online story [|Read Book Reviews] - organised by grade level and genre. [|Online Stories and Poems] - a list of sites with poems and stories to read online. [|Storynory] - free audio stories for kids. It is an online treasure trove of audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. We also have a sprinkling of verse. We have published an audio story every week since November 2005.

=More Advanced Readers= [|On This Day] - A site that tells you what happened in history on each day of the year. [|Kids Mysteries] - A number of mystery stories that you can try to solve. [|Aesop's Fables] - all of Aesop's Fables as well as the fairy tales of Hans Christen Andersen. Most of them can be listened to as well. [|Short Stories] - a selection of short stories. [|Ghost Stories]- if you dare! [|The Adventures of Sydney] - a really neat interactive story. [|Simple Short Stories] - a small collection [|The World Wide School Library] - a huge collection of online texts - fiction and non-fiction. [|Lit2Go] - a large number of texts that you can download as mp3s, read online, or print off. All levels. [|The 100 Most Important People of the Century] - from TIME magazine [|Awesome Stories]- check this out! Text, pictures, slideshows and videos! A wide variety of stories, poems and articles. [|Longer Stories from the British Council] - a variety of storiues to read. Most of them can be listen to as well. [|RIF Reading Planet]- 4 online stories to read [|Tumble Books]- from the NY Public Library. Students can listen to or read well known books at all levels. [|Children's Books Online] - best if downloaded [|International Children's Digital Library]- lots of books, organised by year level. A bit fiddly to move from page to page. Books at all levels. [|Giggle Poetry] - lots of poems to read and rate. [|Grimm's Fairy Tales]- a list of fairy tales. Some have audio included. [|New Zealand Biographies] [|My Own Books]- Students can instert their own names ino the books. Can be printed off. [|Classics Illustrated Comic Books] - Classic stories in comic book form [|Discovery Kids Online] - Students can rad about a variety of topics [|Weekly Classic Short Stories] - podcasts of a variety of short stories [|Inanimate Alice] - an interactive story (including pics, video, sounds, etc). Extends into more mature themes. [|Encyclopedia Mythica] - read information about Greek, Roman, Norse and Celtic mythology [|American Folklore] - a variety of folk tales, tall tales, short stories and myths and legends [|Folk Legends of Japan] [|Highlights] - a variety of short stories that students can read [|A Dog's Life] - an interactive online story [|Read Book Reviews] - organised by grade level and genre. [|Myths From Around the World] - a great collection of myths to read. [|Online Stories and Poems] - a list of stories and poems to read online. [|Storynory] - free audio stories for kids. [|Fairy Tales]

=Online News= [|Time for Kids] [|Scholastic News] [|PBS News for Students] [|Kids Post] [|CBBC] [|Young Post]- part of the South China Morning Post for students [|The Standard]- not a student site, but sometimes easier to read than other news sites. [|Google News] [|Newseum] - front pages from newspapers all over the world [|National Geographic for Kids - News] [|CNN Student News] [|Science News for Kids] [|South China Morning Post] [|The Week in Pictures] - a great resource from BBC [|Sports Illustrated For Kids] - mostly North American sports [|Current Events News Blog]- aimed a​t year 6-8

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