Stories for Children

1. Aesop's Fables - with morals listed. This site has hundreds of fables and fairy tales.
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - [this link opens on a new page] A twelve-chapter performance in RealAudio by the Wired for Books Players
3. BBC - CBeebies Story Circle - Many genres of stories for children. Some audio, some not. British accent may confuse some students.
   1. Story Circle Printable Books From CBeebies - A cut out and keep Story Circle book. There are many books that you can print and color from CBeebies's Story Circle. The books are in .pdf format.
4. Beantime Stories from Chateau Meddybemps - [this link opens on a new page] Where jellybeans ripen under tropical rainbows. Check their homepage for other neat things.
5. Children's Storybooks Online - You will find illustrated storied for young children and older children. (some with audio)
6. Farmyard Animals - [this link opens on a new page] Counting Story; audio included
7. Fimbles - Comfy Corner - [this link opens on a new page] Reads stories to children. Very entertaining!
8. The Greedy Hippo - [this link opens on a new page] Listen to this story. The words are below the illustrations.
9. Goldilocks and the Three Bears - [this link opens on a new page] Listen to the story and then print the sequencing activity
10. The Green Grass Grew All Around - [this link opens on a new page] Song and book
11. JayJay's Storybook - [this link opens on a new page] JayJay is a jet plane who is afraid of the dark.
12. Kindersite - Multi link with many online stories. Some have audio. Age level is indicated on each.
13. Kizclub Stories - Stories are read to the child. Words are outlined for real-along. Excellent site for beginning readers. Loads of different stories.(not available 3-16-08)
14. Lil' Fingers Storybook - Over a dozen stories and a coloring activities page also. No audio. For Pre-K and KK.
15. Little Animals Activity Center - For 4-8 year olds. From BBC. Audio stories where there is interactive participation. This is a British site and the language pronunciation and meanings may seem strange at times.
16. Little Red Riding Hood - [this link opens on a new page] Listen to the story, then do the activities.
17. Moogie the Messy Beastie - [this link opens on a new page] Story that is read aloud
18. NickJr - [this link opens on a new page] stories that are read aloud and animated - A very good site for young children. Click on the stories link to get to the list of stories that are told. Don't forget to click around while the story is being read for cute animation of the characters!
19. Online Children's Stories - There are a lot of stories available on the Internet to read or download. Some of them are from well-known books, others can be found only online.
20. Online Stories - Numerous links for audio stories read to the students.
21. Online Stories - no audio; books on colors, numbers, plurals and animal matching.
22. Printable Story Books - 10 free books, plus 3 more in Spanish!
23. Read A Story - (British site) This site reads stories, and then has an activity following the reading of the story.
24. RIF Stories - Read along stories and songs, many for Pre-K students.
25. Tales by Beatrix Potter from Kids Corner [these stories open on new pages]
    1. Cecily Parsely's Nursery Rhyme
    2. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
    3. Johnny Town-Mouse
    4. Miss Moppet
    5. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
    6. The Pie and the Patty Pan
    7. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
    8. Timmy Tiptoes
    9. The Tale of Two Bad Mice
26. Sniffy and Fluffy have an Adventure - [this link opens on a new page] a frog and a fish take a trip across the pond
27. Stories for Little Kids - stories with audio and colorful movies
28. Stories to Grow By from Whootie Owl - You can search for stories by type, the values taught, or the place of origin. This is a large stockpile of stories and the stories are age ranked.
29. Stories to Read - [this link opens on a new page] interactive stories for emergent readers
30. Story Place - The Children's Digital Library - Visit the preschool library and the elementary library. Audio available.
31. Story Place Preschool Library - Online Stories with audio, online activities to go along with the stories; take home activities and parents' activities.
32. The Symphony of Friendship - [this link opens on a new page] A story about the start of the Japanese custom of playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Christmas. (2nd grade and up)
33. Tiger Aki Storybooks - [this link opens on a new page] series of stories about Tiger Aki
34. Woodpecker's Knocking - [this link opens on a new page] story with audio
35. You Make the Story (Plaid-Libs) - children supply adjectives, adverbs, verbs, nouns and pronouns (singular and plural) and then a silly story is generated from the words they supplied.