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"This Creative Commons library provides free AAC, Ogg Vorbis and MP3 audio books. Classics and modern works are both available. "

" Expand your library with 3,392 stunning nonfiction and fiction books covering all subjects for PK-8. Lexile®, AR ATOS™, Fountas & Pinnell, and DRA leveled books from 24 publishers are perfect for differentiated instruction (most can be read on iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®). Assign books to students, use for independent/shared reading or assess comprehension with quizzes. Use with interactive whiteboards or computers in media centers, labs, classrooms, home, and elsewhere. No more wear and tear, lost books, limited copies, or cramped bookshelves. Organize, personalize and access virtual bookshelves anywhere-anytime; share anonymously with others. See sample books in the READ section. Engaging online writing and publishing tool inspires students to write. Use for creative writing, book responses, reports, independent/shared writing, writing workshops, or author share sessions. Books can be printed, privately published to teachers and/or published by an adult for everyone to see (note: we review each book before it appears on the site). Share published books with friends, family and others. Use our large picture library or your own images. Use our premium publisher books as Mentor Text. Create custom books for your curriculum. Watch a two-minute demo of our writing tool."

"Download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books. Try the archive's site OpenLibrary for an interface to the published books on archive.org and links to other online book collections. This collection is open to the community for the contribution of any type of text, many licensed using Creative Commons licenses. Check our FAQ for more information. "

 is from the same people who produced Phrasr. It lets you use flickr photos to make picture books which you can publish or share. A nice tool for literacy.