Reading

Stories to Read Online

Yellow Jackie is a first-person, click-through science mystery that takes place on a sail across half the Pacific. It's designed for upper elementary and secondary students, and should take about an hour to solve. See the Teacher page for tips on using in the classroom.

StoryNory - Audio stories online

Inkless Tales - free stories online with read-aloud options.

IPL Story Time- common tales and other favorites, along with illustrations. Hosted by the "Internet Public Library."

Learning with Mysteries Free lesson plans, ideas, and online mysteries to teach critical thinking and reading comprehension

Gutenberg Literature - The Internet's oldest provider of free books and text online

Bartleby - Unlimited access to books, verse, and other reference materials. Free.

T he Great Books Homepage - student research database is searchable alphabetically, chronologically, categorically and thematically.

Online texts from The Internet Public Library. Also check out the TeenSpace on IPL, and the Internet Public Library KidSpace for younger children.

Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts - a collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

CLWG Children's Literature Web Guide has links to authors, stories, Reader's Theater scripts, book reviews and more.