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Books for early readers.  Children can listen to the stories too.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Libros para los que aprenden de leer. Los niños pueden escuchar a los cuentos también.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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This website has book lists, suggestions, articles, and links for families who are growing readers.

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Brightly | Helping Parents Grow Lifelong Readers

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Find great books for kids, reading strategies, age-specific book lists, exclusive author content, and more.

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Playlists with many picture book read alouds.
Hay una lista de libros en español.

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Award-winning and classic children's storybooks are faithfully adapted and brought to life in this series of animated and live-action stories. Parents and ch...

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Short book with words that follow patterns.

Practice for those just learning to read in English

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Flyleaf Publishing - Online Materials Portal

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For Students - Flyleaf Publishing - Online Materials Portal

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Del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia.

¡Libros, poems, canciones, y más!

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Maguaré - Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia

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Dulce María y el cangrejo

A Dulce María le encanta jugar en la playa y un día conoció a un cangrejo muy especial ¡Un cangrejo que cantaba! Descubre las aventuras de estos nuevos amigos. ¿Cómo imaginas que cante un cangrejo?

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Maguaré - Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia

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Maguaré, descubre imagina y crea, portal infantil de la Estrategia Digital de Cultura y Primera Infancia del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia.

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Hay enlaces, ensayos, y actividades para imprimir para las familias que hablan o aprenden español.

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Here you can browse my collections of books in Spanish. Some books are authentic (written originally in Spanish, for Spanish speakers) and some are translated. I like to have both kinds around!

Reading is one of the best ways to develop language naturally, and every home or classroom needs a good stash of children's books in Spanish. They're far better than flashcards or worksheets, because they provide language in context. We lose ourselves in a good story. That subconscious state of mind is ideal for acquiring language!

As a non-native speaker, I rely on books in Spanish to help me deliver good input and improve my own language skills. As much as Netflix in Spanish or music are great resources, nothing beats curling up with mom or dad and a good book.

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Spanish Children's Books: The Best Bilingual and Authentic Titles

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Here you can browse my collections of books in Spanish. Some books are authentic (written originally in Spanish, for Spanish speakers) and some are translated. I like to have both kinds around! Reading is one of the best ways to develop language naturally, and every home or classroom needs a good stash of children's books in Spanish.

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Many famous actors are reading aloud chapters of this Roald Dahl novel.

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"roald dahl" books "charlie chocolate factory" "willy wonka" "james and the giant peach" matilda

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Greetings to you! We shake you warmly by the hand! Do take a look around! You'll find storytelling, creative ideas and all sort of other audio-visual treats about our stories, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches and many many more.

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Register for free to read the magazine. https://time.com/tfk-free/

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Registrar es gratis para leer la revista. https://time.com/tfk-free/

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Read aloud story times. Includes some read by the authors.

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kids stories reading parents "read aloud" "read along" "read aloud books animated" "bedtime stories" storytime "picture books" "books for elementary school" ...

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Brightly Storytime brings you full-length picture books read out loud by our storyteller, Ms. Linda. Drop by for a new video every week! Brightly is a resource to help parents raise lifelong readers. Launched in partnership with Penguin Random House, Brightly features book recommendations for every age and stage, reading tips and insights, seasonal inspirations, author essays, contests, gift guides, and more.

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Click on Set 1 and Set 2 to read books. When you scroll down, you will find it read aloud.

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Welcome to Knowledge on the Go™ for Kindergarten. Below you will find free video lessons in math and English language arts as well as access to resources that feature early readers called Geodes. Our team of teachers and teacher-writers are recording consistent and coherent lessons to support teachers and students nationwide.

Check back often for the latest lessons.

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Knowledge on the Go Lessons | Kindergarten

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Welcome to Knowledge on the Go™ for Kindergarten. Below you will find free video lessons in math and English language arts as well as access to resources that feature early readers called Geodes. Our team of teachers and teacher-writers are recording consistent and coherent lessons to support teachers and students nationwide.

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Click on Set 1 and Set 2 to read books. When you scroll down, you will find it read aloud.

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Welcome to Knowledge on the Go™ for Grade 1. Below you will find free video lessons across math and English language arts. Our team of teachers and teacher-writers are recording consistent and coherent daily lessons to provide support for teachers and students nationwide.

Check back daily for the latest lessons.

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Welcome to Knowledge on the Go™ for Grade 1. Below you will find free video lessons across math and English language arts. Our team of teachers and teacher-writers are recording consistent and coherent daily lessons to provide support for teachers and students nationwide. Check back daily for the latest lessons.

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Click on Set 1 and Set 2 to read books. When you scroll down, you will find it read aloud.

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Welcome to Knowledge on the Go™ for Grade 2. Below you will find free video lessons in math and English language arts as well as access to resources that feature early readers called Geodes. We've also included Fluency videos for math so students can get additional practice. Our team of teachers and teacher-writers are recording consistent and coherent lessons to support teachers and students nationwide.

Check back often for the latest lessons.

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Welcome to Knowledge on the Go™ for Grade 2. Below you will find free video lessons in math and English language arts as well as access to resources that feature early readers called Geodes. We've also included Fluency videos for math so students can get additional practice.

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Print, read, record, and turn in for a free book!

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Kentucky Bluegrass Award List

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Link to summer activities and events at the LPL.

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Show & Tell

Have you completed a cool craft, created some artwork, or assembled a jigsaw puzzle during quarantine that you are really proud of?

We want to see it!

Post a photo of your completed work on our Summer 2020 Facebook post and we will randomly select one to win a prize!

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Have you completed a cool craft, created some artwork, or assembled a jigsaw puzzle during quarantine that you are really proud of? We want to see it! Post a photo of your completed work on our Summer 2020 Facebook post and we will randomly select one to win a prize!

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Mensa for Kids' Excellence in Reading Program

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Mensa for Kids' Excellence in Reading Program

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To encourage the joy of reading, the Foundation has developed the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Program. Earn a commemorative certificate in recognition of your outstanding achievement and get an Excellence in Reading T-shirt, too!

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Need more to do after reading?

To help reader stay engaged while reading, we've compiled a variety of activities that can be done at home or in the classroom.

These activities are designed to get kids thinking critically and creatively about the books they read.
Elevate Your Reading

To encourage the joy of reading, the Foundation has developed the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Program. Earn a commemorative certificate in recognition of your outstanding achievement and get an Excellence in Reading T-shirt, too!

The Mensa Foundation recognizes and encourages education, gifted youth, and lifelong learning through resources like the Mensa for Kids website and other programs for youth and those who support them. This program is open internationally to any and all readers under 18 years of age, their teachers, and librarians.

Acknowledging the value of the National Endowment for the Humanities' appreciation of classic literature for young people, the Mensa Foundation is providing a year-round challenge to kids of all ages based on the NEH's Summertime Favorites and Nonfiction Favorites reading lists, with some alterations.

To participate in the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Program, follow these steps:

1. Select a list from the grade level bands listed below. Remember to read to the level of your ability or interest, regardless of your age or grade level.

2. Print the appropriate list and track each book you read by checking it off and recording the date it was read, along with a rating. Electronic signatures and check-offs are not permitted. The form must be completed by hand. We operate on the honor system, and we encourage honesty in this way.

3. Please submit the original form used, even if it is very messy. Copying the form over to make it neater may result in rejection of the form. We reserve the right to request additional confirmation of completion of the program and/or to refuse to grant recognition.

4. Once you've completed an entire list, both the reader and an adult will need to sign the list as verification and return it and the order form to the Mensa Foundation at the address provided. Once we've received your signed list and verified it, we'll send you a recognition certificate and T-shirt. Please allow 6 weeks for delivery.

5. You may use five nonfiction books to replace any five books from the same grade-level segment.

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Through the Excellence in Reading program, the Mensa Foundation offers gifted youth the opportunity to read a list of age-appropriate books and earn a certificate and free T-shirt. The books on each list are selected by librarians across the U.S.

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One of the proudest moments of my short career as a mom was when my daughter asked, "Can you read me a story?" It was a school night, and we were really strapped for time, but I grabbed the opportunity and read her one of my childhood favorites.

Today, it's the one nighttime routine - besides brushing teeth - that I try not to let slide.

Children love hearing stories, especially at bedtime. It's a time-honored tradition that helps them wind down after moments of playing, screaming, and other intense activities, and go to sleep.

Reading also helps kids bond with their mother or father as they associate it with love and affection, improves language, sharpens their memory and creative thinking, and makes them love books.

It's not that easy finding children's books around the house or buying newer titles every day though. Thankfully, there's a wealth of free kids' books online you can read to them, or give them to read on a computer, phone, or tablet.

Try these great sites with good quality, free online books for kids. Also, check out our YouTube video if you prefer to watch, rather than read! Also, check out our YouTube video where we cover some of the best options also:

Best Websites With Free Online Books For Kids

Oxford Owl

Storyline Online

International Children's Digital Library

Open Library

Amazon's Free Kids Ebooks

Barnes & Noble Free Nook Books for Kids

Mrs. P's Magic Library

This award-winning website from Oxford University Press is your online resource for children's books and other reading activities.

It's designed to support their learning at school and at home. Once you register for free, you can access more than 250 free Oxford ebooks for kids along with storytelling videos, games, and guides that help them develop their reading skills.

Storyline Online is another award-winning, interactive children's literacy site that features famous actors like Kevin Costner, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Eva Longoria, and others reading children's books alongside minor animation elements.

Each video has a brief explanation below it showing details of the run time, book author, illustrator, and publisher, suggested grade level, and a plot summary.

Run by The Screen Actors Guild Foundation, the site offers books developed by credentialed elementary educators and aims to strengthen verbal, written, and comprehension skills for English language learners.

ICDL is a nonprofit organization that provides access to the best children's books of their culture, and cultures around the world regardless of where they live. There are over 4,000 titles in 59 languages to choose from, that you can read to your children.

If you want a personal bookshelf for your family, create a free account and save your favorite kids' books, set personal preferences, and bookmark books you'd like to read later.

Alternatively, use the simple search interface to find suitable titles by age, length of the book, genres, reading level, and more. You can also pick a book from some of the featured titles on the home page, and read away for free anonymously.

Once you have a few to get started, it's easier to extract powerful themes from the stories to help explain important lessons to your kids or allow them to expand on the stories and create games out of them.

This site is part of the nonprofit Internet Archive and houses a collection of more than one million books, with access to over 22,000 free online books for kids - classic and newer titles - for free.

It continually updates its collection of links to children's books online, plus other books, so you can rummage through the collection and find a few for your own reading pleasure.

Amazon isn't just an online store to buy stuff from. It's also a rich resource for kids' books online.

You can find free Kindle books for kids categorized under the Children's eBooks section. There are several subcategories like Action & Adventure, Animals, Early Learning, Sports & Outdoors, each with 100 free eBooks to pick from so you can read a different one each day to your kids.

With more than 3,000 children's ebooks, you're sure to find something you and they will like.

Barnes & Noble is synonymous with books so you're guaranteed they'll have some for the little ones too.

The site has a special Kids' section with different categories to choose from such as age or subjects, and you can sort them by title, bestseller, new or old, and user ratings.

If you have the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader, you can download free online books for kids from ages 0-12 years. Some children's favorites like Disney characters Elsa and Anna, or Dr. Seuss, Peppa Pig, Dork Diaries, and many others are all in there.

You probably know her from her role as 'Mimi' in the Drew Carey Show, but Kathy Kinney wears more hats than just actress and comedienne - she's a storyteller and children's advocate too.

Kinney believes that children deserve a good book to read or be read to, which is why she and her partners co-created this site to pep up the magic and joy of hearing timeless stories online.

She's a wonderful and skilled storyteller, and on the site, she stars as Mrs. P, a grandmother who reads classic storybooks aloud from her couch in a voice that children can enjoy.

Kinney takes children on unforgettable adventures as far as their imaginations allow, and finds quality entertainment that inspires them to read and love books.

Conclusion

Stories are the children's window to the outside world. They allow them to dream of beautiful castles, princesses, great adventures, and superheroes who fight the ugly green monsters to make the world a safer place.

On their own, children can be voracious readers especially if they've developed a reading habit. It can be challenging trying to keep up when they want more books to read, but with this list of sites to find free online books for kids, there's more than enough to get started.

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7 Websites With Free Online Books For Kids

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One of the proudest moments of my short career as a mom was when my daughter asked, "Can you read me a story. " It was a school night, and we were really strapped for time, but I grabbed the opportunity and read her one of my childhood favorites.

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List of 50 multicultural books every child should know

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List of 50 multicultural books every child should know

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At the CCBC, we define "multicultural" literature as books by and about people of color and First/Native Nations individuals: African and African Americans, American Indians, Asian/Pacific and Asian Pacific Americans, and Latinos. This listing introduces 50 essential books and a range of authors and illustrators for children.

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List of books for girls that love the outdoors

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List of books for girls that love the outdoors

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A Mighty Girl's top picks of books for kids -- and their parents -- on the joys of outdoor play, exploration, and discovery!

For many kids, there's nothing more fun than the chance to play outside! The winter's thaw has already provided plenty of opportunities for puddle jumping and planning this year's garden, and soon nicer weather and the end of the school year will soon provide more opportunities for hiking, beach trips, and lots of outdoor playtime. Best of all, it's good for them: research shows how much benefit kids get from unstructured play outside.

To celebrate the joys of the great outdoors, we've collected many of our favorite Mighty Girl books about all the wonders that outdoor play has to offer. The Mighty Girls in these stories have plenty of imagination, along with bundles of energy, and the end result is lots of outdoor fun. We've also included a selection of books for parents about just how important it is to let your kids get out in the sun, sand, and dirt of outdoor games and ideas on how to build more outdoor time into your family's busy schedule.

For books that celebrate the arrival of spring, especially the fun of gardening, check out our blog post 30 Mighty Girl Books Celebrating Springtime & Gardening.

For more books for children and teens that celebrate the wonders and joys of nature, visit our Nature & Environment section.

Mighty Girl Books About Playing Outside

There's something about enjoying the outdoors with a child that makes even the ordinary magical! These books highlight the wonderful, creative - and sometimes messy - fun that Mighty Girls can have outside.

Get Them Outside: Parenting Books About Outdoor Adventure

Playing outside is fun, but it's also important for mental, physical, and emotional development! These parenting books highlight the benefits of outdoor play - and how you and your children can enjoy them together.

Encouraging your Mighty Girl to go outside - or heading outside yourself - seems like such a simple step, but it really can make a world of difference. Whether you end up digging in the backyard, exploring hiking trails, watching the living creatures around you, or building sandcastles at the beach, we hope these stories will inspire you and your Mighty Girl to find your special place in the great outdoors.

Additional recommended Resources

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30 Books Starring Girls Who Love the Great Outdoors

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A Mighty Girl's top picks of books for kids -- and their parents -- on the joys of outdoor play, exploration, and discovery! For many kids, there's nothing more fun than the chance to play outside!

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Encouraging children to read while school is out will help prevent the "summer slide" and build background knowledge to support reading comprehension. Our booklists can be a springboard for helping your kids choose books on topics that pique their curiosity - that's what really motivates children to want to read.

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Scholastic Summer Read A Palooza- English

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Scholastic Summer Read A Palooza- English

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You decide: Get a BINGO (5 in a row) or go for a BLACKOUT (All spaces)! Bring your completed grid to the Main office when you return to school. BINGO wins a cool prize! BLACKOUT wins a cool prize AND a book!