Thursday, March 19, 2020

Free Reading for All (with a tablet or computer connected to WiFi)...


Another letter to my students' parents:

Dear Parents,
Here are a few free ebooks I would recommend to get your kids started.  They can read them online using their Chromebook (html), or you can download them onto a tablet.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19722 A Child's Garden of Verses by Stevenson (beautiful children's poems)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19154 With Lee in Virginia by Henty (about the Civil War)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29756 The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Henty
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1874 The Railway Children by E. Nesbitt (a delightful story about a family that has to move due to dire circumstances)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/770 The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbitt (another great story)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45 Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37106 Little Women by Alcott
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11757 The Velveteen Rabbit by Williams
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/708 The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/709/709-h/709-h.htm The Princess and Curdi by MacDonald
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18614 At the Back of the North Wind by MacDonald (simplified)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/289 The Wind in the Willows by Grahame
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11 Alice's Adventures in Wonderful by Carroll
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/113 The Secret Garden by Burnett
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum

A List of other children's books that are worth reading: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Children%27s_Literature_(Bookshelf)
A whole library of history books for children http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Children%27s_History_(Bookshelf) 

Librivox.org has several of these stories and more in audio format.
Have fun reading!

~Mrs. Larson

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