University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nice Games for Little Parties by Dean and Son
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Nice Games for Little Parties by Dean and Son (1865), an illustrated book of games.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1866), a children's classic novel including a biography of the author.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1866), a children's classic novel including a biography of the author.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner by Defoe
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe (1866), a children's classic novel including a biography of the author.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe: Edited From Original Editions by J. W. Clark
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Robinson Crusoe: Edited from Original Editions by J. W. Clark (1866), a children's classic novel.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1888), a fictional account of travelling around the world.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Beatrix Potter
This site focuses on Beatrix Potter including a link to her biography and a link to the full text of her book The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, a collection of her children's tales.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington (1883), a book of illustrated poems, children's stories, birds, games, and historical information. Includes both fiction and...
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Paul Yee
Paul Yee is a Chinese-Canadian children's writer who has written books about Chinese experiences of coming to Canada. Some of his stories are set in the 1800s. His website provides information about his life and his books, as well as...
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Paul Yee: 'Breakaway' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his novel "Breakaway" provides a summary of the novel, discussion questions and classroom activities. The novel explores issues faced by Chinese Canadian immigrants as they deal with racism...
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Paul Yee: 'The Bone Collector's Boy' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his novel "The Bone Collector's Boy" provides a summary of the novel, discussion questions and classroom activities. The novel explores some tough issues faced by Chinese Canadian immigrants...
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Paul Yee: 'Ghost Train' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "Ghost Train" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the Chinese-Canadians' perspective on settling in a new country, and...
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Paul Yee: 'The Curses of Third Uncle' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "The Curses of Third Uncle" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the difficulties faced by early Chinese immigrants and...
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Paul Yee: 'What Happened This Summer' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "What Happened This Summer", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the issues faced by Chinese-Canadian...
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Paul Yee: 'Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "Tales from Gold Mountain", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the experiences of Chinese immigrants to...
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The World of Beverly Cleary: Meet the Characters
Anyone who loves Beverly Cleary books will enjoy reading about each character on this site dedicated to everything Beverly Cleary . A book list accompanies the "biography" of the character, and there is the neighborhood to explore to...
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Teaching Books: Lincoln: A Photobiography [Pdf]
Chapter by chapter lessons and answer key to use with the nonfiction award winning book, Lincoln: A Photobiography, which tells the story of Lincoln's life through pictures and words.
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Books by Peggy Rathmann: Her Books
This site provides wonderful descriptions of each of Rathmann's books along with the awards each has won. A short biography and several games and activities from "10 Minutes Till Bedtime" and some links complete this site.
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Jean Ingelow's "Songs of Seven"
Read Jean Ingelow's collection of poems entitled "Songs of Seven" that had a significant impact on England's 19th century culture.
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Lib. Ru: Online Literature for Children
Russian-speaking students can access a plethora of Russian folk and modern tales as well as Russian translations of world tales from one site. ESL teachers might ask their native Russian speakers to translate some complete tales or...
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Kostyor (Campfire): Russian Magazine for Children
An online version of a well-established Russian children's magazine "Kostyor." Contents include current events for kids, children's literature, jokes, games, Russian history, biographical information on Russian writers, as well as...
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Bedtime Story Classics Alice in Wonderland
This beautiful online edition of the Lewis Carroll classic is written in large text for easy legibility, and includes illustrations from eleven different versions of the story. It also includes background information on the writing of...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Words to the Wise: Aesop's Fables Interactive Book
Click through these beautifully illustrated Aesop's fables which also happen to be interactive. The illustrations are from a 1919 book illustrated by Milo Winter. There are links to downloads for iPad, iPhone, and Android.
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Stone Soup: How to Submit Creative Writing and Art to Stone Soup
This resource accepts contributions from younger children, up through age 13. This page explains the process to follow when submitting contributions. Also at this site students will find a link to a sample issue.