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CHILDREN'S STORYBOOKS ONLINE Award Winning Links
The links on this page have received our Storybooks Award because they have special appeal due to story creativity, specialized content, educational information, fun activities, or are just downright charming.
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Story Sites
BAB Books On-Line Stories For Kids
- A nice selection of stories written and illustrated by different people. Also has an "Adlib" area where you can create your own funny story. (Mar. 2008)
Bedtime-Story - Whimsical bedtime stories for children of all ages.
Bikesters - This unique site has motorcycle stories with so many illustrations that they read like a comic book. For older children/young adult. (Jun. 2001)
Book-Pop.com - Highly recommended website with stories written by Stephen Cosgrove. The stories here are exquisite -- include lovely music and are professionally written and drawn. The interactive games are delightful. Flash or basic programming options. (Jun. 2001)
Chateau Meddybemps - Humorous stories and entertaining content. (Jan. 2000)
Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project - The largest collection of illustrated antique children's books online. (Mar. 2003)
Christian Kids Links - by Net Ministries
Light Up Your Brain - Nice selection of audio stories. This site also has fun games and music. (Sep. 2001)
Tiger Aki - These simple stories about a tiger cub are colorfully illustrated and have sound, animation and interactivity. While targeted for young children, they are so delightful and cleverly done that even older children and adults will be amused. Requires Macromedia Flash Plug-In (version 4 or later). (Jun. 2001)
Walks with Red Dog - Stories by Jim Conrad. A site for young adults. Well-written experiences of a man's relationship with his dog. For older children and adults who like simplicity and wisdom. (Jun. 2001)
Wired for Books - Well done dramatic audio production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll free online. (Jun. 2001)
Xlibris - The Littlest Knight - Commercial. If your child has enjoyed the story online, consider buying it in paperback. This is a lovely quality book produced by Xlibris. The illustrations are three times the detail possible on the web and must be seen to be appreciated. (Mar. 2003)
Oobistories.com/ - Great stories that make the ordinary magical. Has lots of creative and entertaining touches including sound effects. (Sep. 2001)
Books with Pictures/Audio
BBCi - Cute animated stories for young children. (Mar. 2003)
School Storybook Sites
Room 108 - Fun stories with animation and music, some by students. Reading, picture books, singing, math activities,
Popular Sites
AT&T Labs-Research - Multi-Lingual Text-To-Speech (TTS). Type some words and hear them spoken! (Mar. 2003)
TheButterflySite.com/ - Visitors can explore the exciting world of butterflies by visiting The Butterfly Site's dozen butterfly topics, tons of butterfly links, contests, and awards. (Jun. 2001)
Communication with Parrots - Parrots are smarter than we think!
Here Be Dragons - Imaginative site all about dragons by Jennifer Walker. Includes exquisite artwork.
Oh.. I'm So Happy - Frog in Love - with music. (Mar. 2003)
Stories from the Web - This site encourages children's participation with their own stories, reviews and Web club. Cute site with lots to do. (Jun. 2001)
Young Writers' Clubhouse - Advice, inspiration and contests for kids 10 and older. Features live chat, bulletin board and stories about young writers (Mar. 2003)
Zelo - A large selection of nursery rhymes. (Mar. 2003)
Games, Cartoons, etc.
TheCase.com for Kids - Mysteries to solve, scary stories, magic tricks and contests (Jul. 2000)
Coolmath4kids.com, by Karen - Math games, jigsaw puzzles and fun things to do for young children. (Mar. 2003)
Cyke, Cyber Knowledge and Emotion - This site has fun interactive games for young children as well as animated stories. They accept story submittals from adults and children at: Submissions (Jul. 2001)
FunBrain.com - Fun games with educational value.
FunSchool - Excellent games -- many are educational. This site has pop-up banners. (Jan. 2000)
Game Goo - Adorable colorful games with audio for young children. Has animation, imagination and is educational. (Mar. 2003)
Gameaquarium.com - Cute site. Learn keyboard typing online. Child friendly -- beginner to advanced levels. (Mar. 2003)
gigglepoetry.com - Accepts original poetry from children. (Jul. 2000)
kid-e.tv - Has fun animation to entertain young children. Highly recommended. (Jun. 2001)
Mathematics Lessons - Learn math with fun games. (Mar. 2003)
The Rainy Day Resource Page - Lots of fun things to do. (Mar. 2003)
Seussville - Play games and order Dr. Seuss merchandise
Up-to-10 Internet for Kids - Excellent animated games that are educational as well as entertaining. French and Spanish versions also. (Jul. 2000)
YukYuk.Com - Creative and fun animated/interactive cartoons by Chad Frick. Need Shockwave to play.
Coloring Books
ABC Teach - Print out pictures to color. (Mar. 2003)
Berenstain Bear Country - Print out bear pictures to color. (Mar. 2003)
Coloring.com - Color pictures online with your mouse. (Mar. 2003)
Draw and Color with Uncle Fred - Unique and wonderful site. Fred Lasswell, famous cartoonist of the "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" cartoon strip, teaches children how to draw simple cartoons that they can color. (Mar. 2003)
National Geographic - Print 'N' Go Coloring Book (Mar. 2003)
PBS - Dragon Tales coloring book to print and color. (Mar. 2003)
Sesame Street - Print and color pages with numbers, letters and Sesame Street characters (Mar. 2003)
WBShop.com - Print and color these Wizard of Oz coloring pages. (Mar. 2003)
Educational and Help with Homework
A+ Math - Flash cards online. (Mar. 2003)
Academy of Achievement - Huge collection of illustrated information about leaders, discoverers and creators who shape the world. (Mar. 2003)
Dr. Labush's Links to Learning - Many excellent links for students, teachers and parents. (Jun. 2001)
EZSchool - Lots of great links. (Jul. 2000)
Fact Monster - Learning Network's kid's almanac, dictionary and encyclopedia and much more! (Jul. 1999)
Honey Bee Research at the University of Arizona - All about bees. Interesting free information plus you can pay for lesson plans (grades K-12). (Mar. 2003)
KidsAstronomy.com - This site has a lot of fun games and interesting facts about astronomy. (Jun. 2001)
Learning How to Draw - Detailed online instructions for teaching how to draw. Excellent! (Jun. 2001)
LearningPlanet.com - Cute site for young children. Click a letter of the alphabet to hear its name and see a picture. (Mar. 2003)
Lycos Zone - Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more. (Mar. 2003)
Merriam-Webster's Word Central - Look up words (fast) in the Student Dictionary. (Mar. 2003)
Spartacus Educational - Historical pictures and articles. (Jul. 2000)
The Nine Planets - Beautiful. A multimedia tour of the solar system for older children/young adults. (Mar. 2003)
Teacher Resources
Curriculum Related Sites - Selection of links for language arts, math, social studies, and science. Courtesy of Walnut Grove Elementary School. (Mar. 2003)
EduLinksUK - Vast amount of links about art or subjects related to art. From simple to sophisticated. (Mar. 2003)
Enchanted Learning - Fabulous for teachers. Includes science pages, Mother Goose rhymes, great music pages, activities, and printouts - Asks for $20 (or donation) as a voluntary membership fee to support the site. (Mar. 2003)
McGraw Hill - Education. Teaching Methods, web resources (Mar. 2003)
On-Line Stories and More - Great links for children learning to read. Lots of alphabet help. (Mar. 2003)
Reading Links - Nice selection. (Mar. 2003)
School Grants - K-12 grant opportunities. SchoolGrants was created in 1999 as a way to share grant information with PK-12 educators. Grant writing can be intimidating to those who are new at it. SchoolGrants helps ease those fears by providing online tips to those who need them. NOTE: SchoolGrants does not have information about daycare grants, private school scholarships, and/or tuition assistance for individual students. They also do not have information about how for-profit organizations can find grant opportunities. (Jul. 2000)
TampaReads.com - Hundreds of free reading worksheets covering phonics and vocabulary building are available here for teachers and parents. (Jun. 2001)
Teacher Stuff - Resources for education, teacher lesson plans, teacher resources, home schooling and much more! (Jan. 2000)
The Teacher's Guide - Free lesson plans and lots more. (Mar. 2003)
Phonics
edsanders.com - Phonics. Important site for information and links about phonics. Free info. (Jan. 2000)
Misunderstood Minds - Excellent article about difficulties with reading. (Mar. 2003)
PamPetty.com - Assistant Professor Pam Petty's links for phonics and reading help. (Mar. 2003)
Rayment's Learn to Read Method - Interesting article about a method for teaching reading that is simple, easy to do and free. (Mar. 2003)
Talking eBooks from Children's Storybooks Online - Commercial. These are our own audio ebooks created specifically to help the beginning reader or ESL student learning English. We offer the same stories that are free on our site, but besides narration, each and every word is clickable to hear. There is every level here, from very short stories for young children to much longer stories that even adults learning to read would enjoy. (Mar. 2003)
Homeschooling
Home School Legal Defense Association - Find information on laws and support groups, listed by state. (Mar. 2003)
Children's Links Sites
Berit's Best Sites for Children - Lots of fun and links.
Children's Books Central - Has internet resources related to books for children and young adults. A meta site for the writers, readers, collectors, illustrators, librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, printers, storytellers and kids. (Nov. 1998)
Super Sites for Kids - Links for teens, parents, preschool, elementary. Links to over 100 online games (Mar. 2003)
Yahooligans, the Web Guide for Kids (Mar. 2003)
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