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BAB Books: On-Line Stories for Kids - This site has lots of online stories. One of our favorites is "When I Grow Up." One little boy dreams of the future, when he'll be a firefighter, a cowboy, or an astronaut. What would you like to be when you grow up? There are also links to other charming stories.
Bibliomania - Free education library that contains hundreds of works of classic fiction, short stories, drama and poetry and dictionaries, research and religious texts. Includes the works of Shakespeare and James Joyce.
BookSpot feature - Children's Books from Alcott to Seuss - Just about anything you'd like to know about great books for children is at this site. It has information on all the award winners and the recommended-reading listees. Look for this surefire reading material on your next trip to the library. But this particular page is just a feature on kids' books. For everything else, take the link to the BookSpot main page for general book reviews, best-seller lists, book club discussion groups (some are online!), and much more.
BookWire Electronic Children's Books Index - Many full-text online children's books are collected at this Web resource, including Mark Twain's stories and Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.
Children's Storybooks Online - Explore these stories with your little prereaders, who will be delighted by the busy animations, charmed by the animal noises, and enchanted by the tales themselves. There are stories for older kids too.
Christmas Stories - It's the night before Christmas, and you need some new holiday stories. Here's a collection in the St. Nick of time! You'll find the complete text of L. Frank Baum's "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus", as well as lesser-known tales from European and other cultural traditions.
Cyberstories - This site was created by students for the ThinkQuest Junior competition. It's a magazine that is "for kids, by kids." The stories change with each issue. The summer 1999 copy includes the third-prize winner of the world's messiest room contest, a preview of the new primate center at the Philadelphia Zoo, and tips on how to win a ThinkQuest contest. There are also poems, stories, and jokes.
Disney Books - Read a Story - Everyone knows Disney makes terrific movies. Did you know they also publish books? Some of them are online here. Currently, some of the titles you can read are Aladdin, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, The Lion King, 101 Dalmatians, Mulan, Pocahontas, and more.
Fabler Fox's Reading Room - Fabler Fox has seen many things Under the Big Blue Sky. Best yet, he can really spin a story! Everyone in the meadow wants to hear them, and you can too. Read about Buster the Robin, Eeny-Miney the Mole, Kyoko Peacock, and more. Just bring him a blueberry muffin, stretch out on the comfortable grass, and enjoy!
Giraffe Project - Giraffes are really special. They are so tall, they can see just a little bit farther ahead than everyone else. Some people are sort of like giraffes, too. Some of them see problems in the world. What do they do? They "stick their necks out" and try to find solutions. They become heroes and the world becomes a better place. Read stories about some of these "giraffes" who have made a difference in helping other people, the environment, and animals. Maybe you'll be inspired to become a giraffe yourself! These folks can help.
Goosebumps - Are you a fan of R.L. Stine? His Goosebumps series is the subject of this home page. Follow creepy links that lead you to Stine's biography, his photo, and the transcript of an online Halloween chat with Stine. Also read a ghoulish chapter from recent books in his series. Did you know you can get Goosebumps from TV? A link includes synopses of the TV episodes, identifying the featured book. Did you hear a noise? We're sure we heard something...did it come from the Field of Screams?
Ika Interactive Stories for Children - Come and save the Wacky Planets. Be quick there is no time to loose, or read one of the other stories.
IPL Story Hour - Bored? Parents not telling you any good stories these days? Just want to read something new? Point your browser towards the IPL (Internet Public Library) Story Hour. Many traditional stories are available, as well as newer ones. Some are illustrated by kids, too!
John Deere Kids - Around the farm you have to be very careful, and Ready the Rooster will show you that sometimes it's OK "to be a little chicken." Don't ask for a ride on a tractor, watch out around large animals, and keep away from farm chemicals. Also, that big pile of grain looks fun to play in, but it's not--you could suffocate! See how many of the safety rules you already know and which ones are new to you. There's also a fun story called Johnny Tractor and his Pals (Dicky Disk, Henry Harrow, and Perry Plow, among others). It explains what each type of machinery does and how they must all work together to get the job done.
Johnny Appleseed Homepage - His name was John Chapman, but you probably know him better as Johnny Appleseed. Sometime in the early nineteenth century, Chapman decided his life's mission was to travel through the wilderness on foot and plant apple seeds wherever he went. He hoarded seeds gleaned from cider mills, and soon the countryside bloomed with his efforts. No one knows very much about him, but recently the U.S. Postal Service honored him with a postage stamp. You can find out more about this legendary American figure here.
Kids' Corner - View online slide shows of the classic Beatrix Potter book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and listen as it is read to you. Some of the other stories at this site include the beautifully illustrated "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" and "The Story of Miss Moppet", and you'll find "Cecil Parsley's Nursery Rhymes ", also illustrated by Potter.
Mozart's Magical Musical Life - What if your parents named you Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophillus Amadeus Mozart? Can you imagine writing that on the top of your paper in school? This great story, complete with audio clips, tells about "Wolfie," or Mozart as we know him today. Wolfie had a sister named Nannerl and a dog named Bimperl. He also had a tremendous talent for music and a father who realized that his son was a genius. Is there a genius in your family?
Mr. Flibby - Mr. Flibby is a nice man, but he loses job after job because of his clumsiness and his extra-long arms. This story has a happy ending, but you won't be able to guess the very special and exciting job he finally gets! Read all about it in this 28-page story.
Mystery - What is a mystery? Did you know there are different kinds of mysteries? They include hard-boiled detective mysteries and those by amateur sleuths, among others. At this site there are story starters to help you create your own mysterious stories as well as several completed ones you can try and solve. This site was created by students for the ThinkQuest Junior competition.
Narnia - 50 years ago, C.S. Lewis created a land of wonder and enchantment called Narnia, and since then millions of readers have discovered his wondrous world that exists just beyond the back of the wardrobe ... But what is the story that lies behind Narnia's creation? Who was C.S. Lewis and how did he first begin to imagine The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? What was it about this book that moved Lewis to tell the entire history of this fantastic world, and that has gone on to inspire artists such as Pauline Baynes to recreate the images of Narnia and its people? Find out more!
Neverending Tale - Help kids and "young at heart" adults add to the stories here. Maybe you'd like to choose your own path through the 6,000 pages of The Haunted Castle. Or maybe the Space Station Delta story (1,000 pages) is more to your liking. Just start reading a story, and when you get to the bottom of the page you'll find a number of choices about what to do next. You can follow a path someone else has written, or you can easily add your own series of choices. The site is monitored for appropriate family content. One thing is for sure--there are two words you'll never find in any of these stories: The End.
NWF's Ranger Rick - The National Wildlife Federation has a magazine for kids that's about nature, wildlife, and wilderness, and some of it is online. You can sample activities from past issues, such as making a detergent bottle bird feeder, or check articles like the Cool Tour through a virtual wetland.
Parents and Children Together Online - Parents and Children Together Online. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication is dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and coursework to everyone interested in reading, English, writing, and the language arts. Let us guide you to the resources you need to help your children and students become effective learners.
Paul Bunyan Trail - In Minnesota, there's an abandoned railroad line that's been made into a 100-mile trail for hikers and bikers. It's named after Paul Bunyan, a legendary figure closely associated with this part of America. Seems Paul and his blue ox chased each other around so much, they created the "land of 10,000 lakes" with their footprints! There's a nicely illustrated version of the story here, where you can learn about Paul's birth (it took five storks to deliver him to his parents), his first week of life (by the end of it he was wearing his father's clothes), and the rest of his amazing life in the great north woods.
Raccoons from Mars - They're atomic-powered robotic raccoons from Mars, and they're aiming for Earth! This wacky science fiction tale comes from the Mount Arlington Public Library. They say, "The following files were found on three sets of stone disks in the supply room of the Mount Arlington Library at the bottom of a box that held issues of National Geographic from the year 1939. The symbols chiseled into their surfaces suggest that they date from the year 4500 B.C. A local artisan managed to manufacture a stone SCSI cable and a rather lovely disk drive made of silver filigree. We were able to read the disks' contents. We remain baffled. Dare we say, at sea." Remember: "If you can read this, you're too close!"
Stone Soup Magazine - is a well-known magazine of stories, poems, and artwork by kids, for kids. Here at their home page, you can peek at a sample issue, plus read some online stories and poems. Maybe you'll be able to send them some of your own work. There is nothing like seeing your name in print, next to something you wrote, whether it's printed in a magazine, a book, or on the Net!
Stories and Fairy Tales Theme Page - If you're looking for some stories to scare your friends as you sit around the campfire, try here. Other tales include fairy tales, Native American legends, and folklore from other countries. There are also many spiritual teaching stories, including some from the Bible as well as the Sufi tradition, among others.
StoryQuest - Make your way inside the stone castle and begin with some funny Mad-Libs. That's where you supply a few words and a story is written for you. Looking for the perfect book to read? Check the book reviews and the selected booklists. There are also links to popular authors' Web pages and hints on both writing and proofreading stories. This site was created by students for the ThinkQuest competition.
The Amazing Adventure Series - Read Along Stories - Read along with these amazing adventure stories full of fun and imagination for all ages. You can also color pictures online, or print out coloring pages to color offline. There are also crafts and games for you to play.
The Prince and I - The teenage prince lives in a beautiful castle, but there's a small problem. How can he be king someday if he can't read? He needs some friends to help him learn! Become a "Friend of the Prince" (it's free), and you can submit stories to be posted at this site. Some of them are very imaginative and funny. There's even a mission you can go on to explore the village (if you can--we got lost), make your way through the forest (we got lost there, too), find the missing prince, and give him a message. (Hint: Don't play the Shockwave version; play the regular version. Make a map. If you get lost, click on Help and watch for the hands on the screen. They will point you in the right direction. If you lose the Forward button and the hand says to go forward, just click where the button used to be.) This royal site is produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Theodore Tugboat: Interactive Stories - Theodore Tugboat is the star of a Canadian television series. In this set of links, Theodore and part of the story appear on each page. At the end of each page, you get to choose which of two things Theodore will do next. This choice is offered on almost every page, so you'll be actively involved in the story and its ending.
Time Machine - H G Wells - Probably the best story about time machines is one of the first--it was written by H. G. Wells, in 1898. This story, titled The Time Machine , has inspired a countless number of books, movies, and articles on time travel. Read a no-frills copy of the story right here on the Internet, and maybe you'll decide to write your own time travel tale!
Wacky Web Tales - Do you like those zany stories where you fill in the blanks and then see what story has been made up using the words you provide? Well, here are some of the zaniest, but that's not all... you can also submit your own web tale for others to be able to fill in the blanks.
Wizard of Oz - Visit this site for the fabulous illustrations by the kindergarten and first-grade kids at Carminati Elementary School in Tempe, Arizona. They retell The Wonderful Wizard of Oz i n a way that will delight you. Notice that Dorothy sometimes has ruby slippers (as in the movie) and other times has silver slippers (as in the original book)!
Worditude-Kids - Come find some e-books to read (those are stories to read online), or go to the "What's Next" section where they start a story and you decide what happens next in the story. You can also play some games and send e-cards.
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