Mr. Harris’s Favorite Picks:
Websites:
4tenderheart
offers unique stories for online reading and also two television readings of
Sir Pot stories.
ABC Fast Phonics is a free tutorial
that uses cartoons and sounds with audio narrations and clickable words to
teach phonics. A site for begininng readers.
Aesop's Fables offers
37 of the Aesop fables in audio versions (shown by speaker icon) for free
listening online in their RealPlayer audio player.
Alphabetimals an online read and
listen alphabet book with animals for each letter. The sound of the
animal and of the word are read outloud when the button is pressed. There
is also a free iPad video. No registration required.
AlvieTheLittleBrownBurro has
seven Alvie stories to read online or download in MP3.
AmazingAdventureSeries offers
the children story "June the Prune" for free reading online.
The story can also be heard by pressing the audio button at the top of the
page.
Ambling Books has a large collection
of free audio books of classic novels for children. These are all
available for free download in MP3 without registration. Using their
Ambling player allows the download in one file, otherwise multiple files need
to be downloaded.
A Story Before Bed has 10 free books
that are shown in a flash viewer while the author narrates the book. The
rest of the site is paid where you can narrate the book.
AudioBookCloud an online source
of free audio books run in conjunciton with local libraries.
This library offers free access to all users. Click on Children link after clicking
on link here. All available for free listening online.
AudioBooksForFree (Childrens) has a
few hundred audio books available for free download as MP3s. However, the
quality of the free downloads is 8kbps, which is bearable. Higher quality
recordings cost money. No sorting for age groups. The books appear
to be mostly for older children.
AudioBookTreasury has 8 classic novels
available for free listening online. They may also be downloaded as MP3
by a right-click on the link and selecting "save link as".
AudioLiterate has 18 free classic
audiobooks available for free listening online or free download in MP3 (zipped)
without registration.
Barnes & Noble offers 16 free
video readings of children books , by the authors in their Online Storytime
section. This is in their flash player and the audio is
accompanied by the illustrations from the book.
Beenleigh State School of Queensland,
Australia has a large collection of stories to read online with audio built in.
BookBox has 18 audio books available in a variety
of languages available for download in MP3.
BooksShouldBeFree has a good
collection of Childrens and Fairy Tales audio books available for
download in MP3 (64kbps) format. Files are downloaded in Zip format and
when extracted are separated into chapters.
BritishCouncil has
a very nice collection of flash animated song and audio read-a-long
stories. Games and other activities also available. they also have
a YouTube listing.
CatEyeBooks offers Chapter 1 of a 200
page mystery adventure book, Trouble Spots, written
by a 10 year old girl. This is a video presentation with ilustrations in
the video accompanying the audio. Also available atYouTube. More chapters are due to come
for free. Thanks to howtolou for
this suggestion.
CinnamonBear is a British site
featuring the adventures of Paddy O'Cinnamon available for download in MP3
format. The quality is very good, but the stories are divided into
separate downloads of small sections. A nice unusual listing though.
Don't Spank Hank is an online
childrens book that also offers a narrated version for online listening.
E-Books Directoryhas links to 4 children's
audio books available for free download in MP3.
eChristian has 3 free audiobooks for
children. Free registration is required for free download in MP3.
Free AudioBooks.EU has 5 free
classic ebooks in its Children section. All are available for free
download as iTunes Podcast, M4b and MP3 (as well as EPUB, MOBI and read
online).
Free Audio Books.ws has an
interesting collection of free audio books for children. The link here is
to there Land of Oz audio book collection. They also have some free audiobook
collections listed here . The rest of the
"free" offerings seem to be come ons to join a pay site (with a free
offering). O)n these free, the links are offsite for free download in MP3
without registration (most at Librivox).
HighlightsKids has 9 books available
for listening and viewing online through a flash player. The site also
has games, puzzles, reading stories and science experiments and stories for
children. Two other stories availablehere.
Johnnie's Story Page most
of these are links offsite, but it is a very nice collection and well
sorted for beginning and more advanced readers. All the ones I looked at
were flash presentations and also had audio available.
KiddieRecordsWeekly has a very
interesting collection of stories. These were recorded on records during
the mid 1940s to the early 1950s. Many of these recordings were
extravagant Hollywood productions on major record labels and featured big time
celebrities and composers of the day. There are around 250 recordings
available for download in high quality MP3 format or they can be
streamed. Some are available as one download, but most are available in
several segments. (See KidsAudioBooks {below} for easier download).
KidsAudioBooks Very good site which
lists many of the same records listed at KiddieRecordsWeekly, but has them all
available in one download. Also has some old time radio shows as well as
a small collection of coloring pages (images to be saved) and reading books
(pdf download).
KidsEnglishBooks offers 6 free
downloadable picture books with matching audio as well as 3 fairy tales in pdf
and audio for free download.
Kids Learning Centre has a nice collection of
sing-a-longs and of talking books available for free listening or free download
in MP3.
KidsLearnOutLoud has about 160 free
audio books and podcasts available for listening or download in various formats
(usually MP3). These are links to other sites so the format and quality
can vary, but the few I listened to were of very good quality. Some
interesting entries here.
KidsNurseryRhymes has singalong nursery rhymes for online listening
and disco sing alongs for download in MP3
format.
Kids World Fun has a nice collection
of animated short stories for read-a-long. There are also some animated
movies available, but they do not have read-a-long. Some free ebooks and
other learning activities also available.
Kindersite offer a good number of stories in
flash for reading and listening online as well as lullabies, music and games
for younger children.
KOL Jr. has 40 free read-a-long video
and audiobook for free watching online in their flash player, without
registrration. There are 15 Arthur books
included in this collection.
Librivox (Childrens) has a good
collection of childrens audio books available for download in MP3 (64kbps or
128kbps) or ogg. Quality of recordings is very good, but the downloads
are chapter by chapter.
Librophile has a very large
collection of free classic audiobooks for children. These cover a large
age range. All are available for free listening online or free download
in MP3 (zipped) without registration. There are also links to reading
versions of the books.
LightUpYourBrain has 20 childrens
audio books available for download in MP3 or for listening online. All
are read by Chuck Brown. There is also a large collection of childrens
games available at the site.
Lit2Go has a large collection of audio
books and poems, which appear to be almost all for children of varying ages
(link is to grade level links). They also have several interesting
collections: The Books of Oz (5 books);The Princess Collection (13
books); and The Stratemeyer Syndicate (5 books)
Quality of recordings was very good. Available for free download
in MP3.
Little Critters A dozen free stories
in their interactive read and play section presented in a flash
player. Also, sing-a-long songs.
MagicKeys has 4 free audio stories
available for free listening online. Not downloadable as they are in
flash player. 3 are for young children and 1 is for older children.
MeeGenius has 6 free classic fairy
tales for yoou nger children with the option to read or be read to in their
online flash viewer.
Mem Foxreads several of her stories for
children aloud.
Mightybook is
a pay site, but it offers a good size collection of very interesting and free
flash animation storybooks, story songs, Beatrix Potter stories and more.
I thought the music and art section, which combines classical music and
art, was a very good idea. All of the stories and songs are audio
and print for read-a-long.
MrsPStorytime Mrs. P reads a few
classic stories, some childen written stories and animal stories read by Mrs P
in a youtube video, with readalong capttions.
My Audio School although also a pay
site, they offer a good collection of free audiobooks for free download in MP3
without registration.
OnlineAudioStories has close to 100
audio stories for free listening. Most are short poems, but there are a
few longer stories mixed in.
OxfordOwl has 5 full length audio
books available for free listening online. These are downloadable as MP3
using the DownloadHelper mentioned in the Introduction here.
PodioBooks has 8 free books for
listening online. They may also be downloaded as MP3 by a right-click and
selecting "save link as".
PublicDomaineBlog has
links to popular classic works available for free listening online. They
also have links to the reading materials and for most a video (movie).
Reading Bear A phonics learning site
for begining readers. Free audio and visual presentations.
Read To Me has 15 free flash video
read-a-long books for free viewing online, without registration. All are
performed by professional performers.
RIFReadingPlanet has 10 free audio
stories (with read-a-long) available for listening online. They are in
flash player, so are not downloadable with the DownloadHelper mentioned above.
Robert Munsch has about 60 books by
Robert Munsch (and read by him) available for download in MP3 format.
SillyBooks has
nine animated read along books for viewing online. These are flash
animations and are for those learning to read.
Speakaboos has about 100 books
available for listening and viewing online through a flash viewer.
Downloads are available for a fee, though some are available free after
registering. They also have a Playarea
with arts and crafts projects.
Starfall has some read-a-long
materials for new readers. Starting with the ABCs and then some
additional material under Learn to Read and I'm Reading as well as some poetry
and other activities. All available for free online listening without
registration.
StoriesNow has 4 famous children
stories that were originally performed live at the lux theater for radio
broadcast. the commercials and other extraneous material have been
eliminated so that the story flows through. These are based on the movie
versions of the stories and have some of the stars from the movie starring in
the radio braodcast.
StoryLineOnline has audio books
available for online listening and viewing through a flash player. There
are also activities associated with the book available online or for download
in pdf. This site is a program of the Screen Actors Guild and features
well known actors as the readers.
Storynory has
a good size collection of interesting children stories. There are
original stories as well as classic novels and fairy tales. The
educational page has Greek myths and Robin Hood stories and some others.
The Junior stories page has books for those just learning to read.
Downloads are very good quality MP3.
TalesFromTheForest has 11 free audio
books available for free listening online or free download in MP3. 4 of
the stories are originals and the other 7 are classics.
The Land of Magichas a very nice collection
of audiobooks available for free listening online or free download in MP3.
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd is
a family friendly podcast that has been running since 2004. All seasons
are available for free download in MP3 or free listening online. Click on
"Archive" to access past indiviual shows. No registratin
required.
TheStoryHome has several free audio
stories for listening to online. These are mostly classics, with some
original works.
The Story Spieler has a nice size
collection of readings by Roy Trumbull of
classics and other works. All are available for free listening online and
free download in MP3, without registration. There is also a link to the
text version of the stories.
Toy Box Productions has about 25 free
audio books for free reading and listening online in a flash player. The
few I looked at were longer books (60+ pages). They are divided into Time
Traveler books of USA historical figures and Bible stories.
TumbleBook Cloud Jr. an onlline
audiobook and ebook site for elementary school children. The site is run
in conjunction with libraries and this library offers access to all
users. All available for free listening online.
Twirly Girl Theater has several
short stories for children available for free download in MP3 without
registration.
Uvula Audio Kids & Young Adults offer 23 free
classic novels as audiobooks in podcasts. All are available for free
download in MP3 without registration. See also their RSS
Feed.
WiredForBooks has a nice collection of
Beatrix Potter books as well as a few others for online reading and also
available in audio.
WorldofTales a collection of
folktales, fairy tales and fables from around the world available as audio.
YouTube has a large collection of
audio children's books with accompanying video presentation of the book.
There may be additional selections in these playlists, or you may just prefer using the
playlists. These are downloadable as video using the DownloadHelper
referenced in the Introduction here. Also, there are free YouTube to MP3
services on the web.
Author Websites
Subscription Websites
FLORIDA MCGRAW-HILL
TREASURES EBOOKS
TUMBLEBOOKS
- A fun and interactive library of animated, talking storybooks for beginning readers
and older bookworms as well.
CLIFFORD THE BIG
RED DOG - Listen to stories about Mrs. Vensko's favorite character,
Clifford.
STARFALL -
Listen to many fiction and nonfiction texts!
STARFALL -
Listen to Folk Tales!
STARFALL -
Listen to 3 different plays!
STARFALL-
Listen to Greek Myths!
STARFALL -
Listen to Chinese Fables!
STARFALL -
Listen to some silly comics!
BOOKPALS -
Listen to online stories read by real actors!
BOOK POP -
Listen to more internet stories and books.
READING RAINBOW
- Listen to many beloved stories online.
READING PLANET
- Read along stories and songs!
STORYTIME WITH
ROBERT MUNSCH
Listen to many
online stories here!
A NEW CHAPTER IN
KIDS' STORIES!
READ ALONG
STORIES AND SONGS!
AUTHOR FRANK
ASCH'S ANIMATED BOOKS!
SPEAKABOOS - Lots
of stories to choose from such as favorite
classics,
folktales, fables, nursery rhymes, and songs!
NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORERS - Listen to exciting,
nonfiction
stories!
Mighty Books
Oxford OWL -
Click on "Find a Book"
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