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Ploughshares
Ploughshares, published in April, August, and December, delivers new voice fiction, poetry, and literary reviews.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Stories
This resource shares many stories of volunteers and their experiences helping people in different lands.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Scoop on Gossip
We've all probably heard a bit of gossip, a story about someone we know that might embarrass him. Despite whether the information is true or not, the fact that it is being passed on to other people could be harmful for him. It may be fun...
Other
Jewish National Fund: Stories
Here, you can read twelve different Jewish stories, including those about Ruth, King Solomon, and King David. Each story includes small interactive images to embellish the text.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
A singalong book of the Itsy Bitsy Spider song. Includes spoken narration in 14 additional languages with singing and text in English.
Other
Global Oneness Project
This site offers a wealth of high-quality stories, articles, films, and photo essays from around the world that cover many themes and current topics. Many of them are accompanied by lesson plans.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Wild About Authors and Illustrators
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They...
Chateau Meddybemps
But That Wasn't the Best Part
Learn about the Banana Festival in this fun online story. Great illustrations and the story is easy for younger children to navigate.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Princess and the Dragon
Listen to and read along with this story about a princess and a dragon. You can choose the ending to the story. Then print off activities to go along with the story.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Lazy Bear
Read along as you listen to an animated story about a bear who sleeps too long; then print words and some activities to do with the story.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Greedy Hippo
Read and listen to the story about the greedy hippo; then print some activities and play an online game having to do with the story.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: One Moment Around the World
Listen to a story that helps you understand time zones around the world. The story begins at 5:00 in the morning in London; as you read or listen to the story, you are asked to determine what time it is in other parts of the world using...
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Cold Planet
Listening to a cute story about an imaginary planet helps with English comprehension and the additional activities encourage reading and writing skills.
Sacred Text Archive
Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
Indian Fairy Tales is a well-illustrated collection that includes a wonderful notes section giving source information, parallels to other stories and remarks by the author. Very valuable for upper level students of fairy tales.
Sacred Text Archive
More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
More tales from the Emerald Isle that include a great notes section detailing the source of the story, parallels to it and commentary by the author.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Classics for Young People
A launching point from the University of Calgary for several classic stories that are available online. Alphabetical by author, the list includes Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Rudyard Kipling.
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables
Very unique site that presents Aesop's Fables with traditional and modern pictures. Pictures are created by art students at University of Massachusetts Amherst. There is an index to search by individual stories.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Cnice: Cuentos Y Leyendas Ilustrados Por Ninos Ii
This resource features four stories and related activities in Spanish. Students can watch an animated version or listen and read along. Each story also includes activities: word puzzles, coloring, reading comprehension questions, and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Parable
This is an encyclopedia entry for the word "Parable." It defines the word, discusses its origins, and provides examples.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Mister Rogers, Who Gets the Flowers?
Students can read along with the audio as Mister Rogers tells a story about giving.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Tales About Travellers by Thomas Bingley
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Tales about Travellers by Thomas Bingley (1861), a collection of stories about the perils, adventures, and discoveries of travelers.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Martha: True Stories
A collection of interactive story activities about topics including the environment, technology, inventions, and measuring. There are four stories about each of the topics. In addition to being able to page through the books, the books...
University of Michigan
Making of America: Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Retold by K. L. Bates
Digitization of "Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims," an early twentieth-century illustrated version of Chaucer's famous tales.
Other
Kidoons: The Real Princess (Or the Princess and the Pea)
An animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the "Real Princess" (or "The Princess and the Pea"). Website also contains coloring pages and games for children. Available in multiple languages.