Books! Books! Books!
Elementary resources
- The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl (You can download it in PDF format)
- The Duck in the Gun by Joy Cowley (a funny story for kids, nicely illustrated. Intermediate)
- Three Little Kittens (intermediate)
- The Amazing Adventures of Equiano by Jean-Jacques Vayssières (intermediate)
- Holes by Louis Sachar (downloadable)
- Energy Sources: The Pros and Cons (It downloads automatically as you enter the site)
- Feasts and Festivals by Patrick Yee (intermediate)
- Dinosaurs I have known by Barry Louis Polisar (funny!! intermediate)
- How Did We Get Here and Other Stories (intermediate)
- Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway (elementary)
- A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (stories of ancient Greek mythology retold by Nathaniel Hawtorne, advanced)
- The Boy Without a Name by Idries Shah (Both in English and Spanish with audio in both languages, intermediate)
- Alexander the Great by Pavlos Valassakis (higher intermediate)
- The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb (advanced)
- The Arabian Nights (advanced)
- The Aesop for Children (adults will love his fables, too! Advanced)
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (retold in words of one syllable by Mrs. J. C. Gorham)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (advanced)
- The Illustrated Alphabet of Birds (easy-to-read rhymes, lower intermediate)
- The Cries of London (published in 1821) Read the words of the people in London streets
- The World Turned Upside Down (silly prints and funny rhymes, probably published in 1820, advanced)
- The Blue Sky by Andrea Petrlik Huseinovic (intermediate, lovely illustrations by the author)
- Little Cinderella (published in 1858)
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (a classic tale. Advanced)
- It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher (a story for young teanagers, lower intermediate)
- The Alien by Anthony Mwangi (comic format, lower intermediate)
- Little Red Riding Hood (published in 1910, intermediate)
- The Iliad for Boys and Girls (a version of Homer's book published in 1907, intermediate)
- Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (advanced)
- Heidi by Joanna Spyri (advanced)
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (advanced)
- Who Killed Cock Robin? (nursery rhymes, advanced)
- Sydney and the Sea Monster by David Elliot (for young children, intermediate)
- Peculiar Zoo by Barry Louis Polisar (funny poems about animals for young children, intermediate)
- Maori Legends for Young New Zealanders by Katarina Mataira (11 Maori legends, advanced)
- Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (advanced)
- Humpty Dumpty by W.W. Denslow (intermediate)
- Croaking Johnny and Dizzy Lizzy by Linda Gambril (for children, upper intermediate)
- Miss Tiny by Linda Gambrill (young teenagers, intermediate)
- Going Downtown and Other Rhymes by Khoo Kim Choo (for kids, intermediate)
Elementary resources
- http://www.bedtimestoriescollection.com/index.php (great site)
- http://www.professorgarfield.com/toon_book_reader/index.html (cartoons and comics with sound)
- http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/flash-tales-stories.html (217 fairy tales, with sound)
- http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/short-stories-for-children.html (stories for children) I
- http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/short-stories-for-children-2.html (stories for children) II
- http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/short-stories-for-children-3.html (stories for children) III
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/find-a-book/library-page (for kids, must register)
- http://www.kizphonics.com/phonics-readers/ (for very young kids)
- http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm (audiobooks for young students)
- http://childtopia.com/index.php?module=home&func=coce&idioma=eng (animated books for very young students)
- http://tarheelreader.org/find/?search=&category=&reviewed=R&audience=E&language=en&page=1 (short stories for beginning readers)
- http://www.kizclub.com/reading3.htm (read, listen and print)
Intermediate resources
- http://aj3000.com/wp/free-graded-readers/ (graded readers)
- http://www.mightybook.com/story_books.html (animated books)
- http://www.kids-pages.com/stories.htm (classic tales, illustrated)
Advanced resources
- http://english-e-books.net/advanced/ (excellent site)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ (excellent site, almost all authors)
- http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42796 (a book for children, advanced level)
- http://www.readanybook.com/ (best sellers)
- http://www.publicbookshelf.com/index.html (romance)
- http://esl-bits.net/index.html (read and listen - 2 different speeds)
- http://www.world-english.org/stories.htm (word format)
Sites for all levels
- http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/SimpleSearchCategory?ids=16&pnum=1&cnum=1&text=&lang=English&ilangcode=en&ilang=English&langid=11 (Excellent library, especially for children and young teenagers. All books are beautifully illustrated. You can read books in English and many other languages) DON'T MISS IT!
- http://english-e-reader.net/findbook (lots of books for different levels. Excellent)
- https://freekidsbooks.org/ (flip books for kids)
- http://rivetedlit.com/books/?tag=classics&view=grid (must register)
- http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm (illustrated books, various levels)
- http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/readers/resources (registration required)
- http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/skills/cambridge-english-readers/resources?page=3&layout=undefined&tab=undefined (registration required)
- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Audiobooks
- http://www.loyalbooks.com/ (hundreds of books of all genres)
- 1984 (George Orwell) (read and listen - 2 different speeds)
- Animal Farm (George Orwell) (read and listen - 2 different speeds)
- The Little Mermaid (Hans Christian Andersen) (audio and text)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (Hans Christian Andersen) (audio and text)
- https://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=1273&zoneIndex=3 (lots of audiobooks - no text, you must purchase that. For all levels of ESO - Spain)
- http://www.pearsonlongman.com/penguinkids/penguin-kids-audio.html (Excellent. Downloadable material. Teacher notes and exercises included)
- http://www.penguinreaders.com/pr/teachers/mystery-mp3.html (advanced. No text)
Videos
- http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/animated-stories-children.html (lots of animated stories)
- The Fox and the Grapes
- The Elves and the Shoemaker (elementary)
- https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline/videos (celebrities read stories for children)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aoxFSuiAiM (English talking books. Go through the list on the right for more stories)
Miscellaneous
- http://www.bookrags.com/#gsc.tab=0 (study guides of different books)
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/ (read a book and think of it, for younger students)
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