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FAVORITE CHILDREN'S STORIES

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  • Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Elementary aged youth.
  • Appropriate for Middle School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth.


  • Aesop’s Fables. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.AesopFables.com
    This online version of Aesop’s Fables includes the full public domain texts—638 fables. There are images from the Dore illustrations and the beginnings of audio texts.

  • Aesop’s Fables Read. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.umass.edu/aesop
    Aesop’s Fables, in two versions for each tale, all with illustrations done by students in a computing art class.

  • The Alice Fan Club. Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.SimonSaysKids.com/Alice
    The characters in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Alice series endure all these dilemmas—and more. This fan area is your chance to read all about Alice and her friends, make some new friends of your own, and hear from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor herself.

  • American Girls Series. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.americangirl.com/fun.html/
    An American Girl is a unique current girls’ series by Valerie Tripp, Janet Beele Shaw, Connie Porter, Susan S. Adler, and Maxine Schur. The series title is American Girls Collection. The American Girls stories are told through the eyes of girls living in different time periods. This site expands on the stories and has a club for fans of American Girls.

  • Animorphs Page. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://scholastic.com/animorphs/
    The home page for this popular paperback series of young people with the capacity to morph into animals of great power in order to fight alien enemies. Written by K. A. Applegate.

  • The Arthur Page. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://pbskids.org/arthur/
    For Arthur fans everywhere! This site is maintained by PBS and features games and children’s art. A very popular site for younger children who love the character created by Marc Brown.

  • Baby-Sitters’ Club Page. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/bsc/index.htm
    What’s happening at the Baby-Sitters’ Club? Visit this site to learn about the characters and adventures.

  • Berenstain Bears. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.berenstainbears.com
    The official Berenstain Bears site, includes activities and lists of books.

  • Betsy-Tacy Homepage. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Lights/4859/
    Maybe this Web page is the first you have ever heard of the well-loved series about girls growing up in turn-of-the century Minnesota.

  • Children’s Storybook Online. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.magickeys.com/books/
    Read lots of exciting stories like “Round Bird Can’t Fly,” “Grow Your Own Gargoyle,” and “The Wumpalump.”

  • Come Home to Little House.  Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.littlehousebooks.com/
    This companion site to the original Laura Ingalls Wilder series includes online activities, character descriptions, and more.

  • Fun with Spot. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.funwithspot.com
    Fans of Eric Hill's Spot books will enjoy playing these games and reading the animated versions of some of these books. Shock wave plugin required.

  • The Goosebumps Page. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://place.scholastic.com/Goosebumps/index.htm
    Enter if you dare! Meet R. L. Stine and the many tales he has created for you in this scary place.

  • Guys Read. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.guysread.com
    Author Jon Scieszka makes suggestions for a literacy program that connects boys with books they want to read.

  • HarperChildrens.com. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/
    A place to do fun things, learn about books, and meet authors. This is an exciting site maintained by HarperCollins for its children’s books.

  • Harry Potter. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp
    Scholastic has created a fun-filled site for Harry Potter fans of all ages. Click on this site and find a trivia game, a pronunciation guide, owl posts and more.

  • Kidsreads.com. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://kidsreads.com/
    This site offers a place for parents and children to explore books and their reviews.

  • Lemony Snicket. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.lemonysnicket.com
    As Lemony Snicket says, this site is filled with "dreadful images," "wretched information," and "unnerving games."

  • Magic School Bus Page. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/home.htm
    What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now? This site encourages you to work with many aspects of the Magic School Bus Adventures.

  • Narnia. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.narnia.com
    This elegantly designed site devoted to C. S. Lewis's fantasy classics provides information about the books, the creatures and people of Narnia.

  • Online Adventures of Captain Underpants. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm
    Scholastic's site for fans of Captain Underpants is not to be missed. Of course, there is a load of "fun stuff" - Click-o-Rama, Professor Poopypants' Name Change-o-Chart 2000, and Make your own Comic. In addition, there is information about the author and the characters.

  • The Peter Rabbit Web Site. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.peterrabbit.com
    The official and definitive site on the world of Beatrix Potter. Potter's favorite characters and other aspects of her work can be viewed at a wide selection of art exhibitions, theatrical performances, displays and local events.

  • Random House Kids. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/
    Explore online with your favorite books and characters; you can even submit your own book reviews for online publication.

  • Seussville. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.seussville.com/seussville/
    The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss’s playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!

  • Stories from the Web. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/
    Using story starters or going solo, children can write their own tales, poems or book reviews and hang them in the on-line gallery. Or, read a story from one of your favorite authors.

  • Storyline. Appropriate for PreK aged youth Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth
    http://www.bookpals.net/storyline
    Enjoy a selection of stories read online by members of the Screen Actors Guild. Files are available for Windows Media, Real Player or Quicktime formats.

  • Treasure Island. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/>
    An informative site very neatly designed for children by a librarian in Britain. Learn all you can about this novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Web Site. Appropriate for Elementary School aged youth Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
    http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/index.html
    Oz first started as a book by Frank L. Baum, then a series of books. The incredible world of Oz is explored in these pages. There is much to know about this wonderful land, and on these pages you will be told quite a lot about it, and helped to find out where to find out more.

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The above sites are recommended for children from preschool through age 14, their parents, and other caregivers. Recommendations apply only to sites listed, not to any sites that may be linked from these sites. The pages are maintained by the Great Web Sites Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children.

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A list of recommended Web sites for children on the topic of favorite children's stories. Maintained by the Association for Library Service to Children's Great Web Sites Committee.