Curated OER
The Recess Queen
Students read, The Recess Queen and answer questions about the book. In this story book lesson, students write stories about situations that they have gone through similar to what was in the story.
Curated OER
The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs
First graders read, The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs, and create a pig with unique characteristics. In this story book instructional activity, 1st graders write a description of their created pig after they have completed their art...
Primary Games
Primary Games: Jigmania: Snow White
This is a picture story book about Snow White with puzzle pages to rearrange into the picture. It offers three levels of difficulty (number of puzzle pieces).
Library of Congress
Classic Books: The Children's Object Book [From 188?]
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of The Children's Object Book. Look at the pictures of several common objects inside and outside of the house and read the words under each picture. Published in the 1880s, the original is in the Rare...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Classic Books: W. W. Denslow: Humpty Dumpty
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Humpty-Dumpty by W. W. Denslow. Look at the pictures and read the story of "Humpty-Dumpty" to discover the story beyond the nursery rhyme.
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Library of Congress: Classic Books: Walter Crane: Baby's Own Aesop
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane. Read along with the shortened form in poetic form and see the moral of each story.
Other
Lil' Fingers Storybooks
An interactive resource for children which features several online storybooks. Toddlers and children can read along, listen and learn as each story develops.
Library of Congress
Book Turner: Children's Literature: Baseball a B C
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baseball A B C. Read along with the story and look at the pictures of this alphabet book about a group of boys playing a baseball game. From the collection of classic books in the Library of...
Starfall
Starfall: Greek Myths: The Wooden Horse
The story of the how men hid inside a wooden horse in order to get into the city of Troy. Look at the illustrations and read the text, or click on a button to hear the story read aloud.
Other
Dandi Palmer: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a young sorcerer's apprentice who thinks she can cast spells like the sorcerer in order to get her work done more quickly, but she learns a lesson and the...
Other
Dandi Palmer: Salvation & the Devil Dancer
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a little girl who listens to her grandmother tell a story about two dancers and their performance at a carnival that ended up saving the whole village from...
Other
Dandi Palmer: Possomly's Bomb
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a civilization that travels to a new planet and then destroys it with pollution and war, but a scientist and her two grandchildren escape.
Other
Dandi Palmer: Mr. Blot
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a little girl named Sophie who falls asleep watching television and ends up going on a journey through a dream world.
Other
Dandi Palmer: Barnaby's Blunder
A beautifully illustrated science fiction children's book about a man named Barnaby who watches a fireball fall from the sky. He tells the villagers not to be afraid and goes out to investigate, only to be met by quite a surprise.
Other
Dandi Palmer: The Grunnick
A beautifully illustrated children's book about a bully called the Grunnick who ordered the other animals around and threatened to turn out the sun if they did not do what he said. They scurried around trying to fulfill his orders, but...
Other
Dandi Palmer: Griselidis
Click through the beautifully illustrated pages of this story book to read the story of Griselidis, based on the opera by Massenet. Griselidis stands up to several challenges while unknowingly helping her husband win a bet against the...
Other
Dandi Palmer: Angelo & the Sunbeam Jewel
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated children's book to read a story about a fairy who has to catch a loose sunbeam and send it back to the sun.