This website offers many different stories to choose from. All sorts of lovable characters are included in the interactive stories. From the BBC, users can read aloud, print, color or listen.
Free online books to read. Some of the books also contain audio links in which you can hear the book being read. Great practice for anyone learning to read. I like these because adults who may not be able to read to their children can enjoy the experience with their children and learn also.
Great because it has selections for young adults as well and older and younger children and some of the stories have audio. It also offers a more student friendly type quizzes section to self-check comprehension.
This website not only offers a large collection of stories online, but users can also download the audio version for free and burn them to a CD. Choices include a huge assortment of fairy tales, classics and original stories. Although this is a wonderful service, children are unable to interact with the stories since it is strictly a reading site.
This is my favorite author's website for his children's books. His most recent books, The Graveyard Book, Coraline and Odd and the Frost Giants, were written for older children. You can watch the author read eight chapters of The Graveyard Book on videos he has posted to the site.
This website has links to all of their children's television programs including Between the Lions and Sesame Street. It is easily navigated by children because everything is audio.
Tumblebooks is a subscription service. Go to Kids > Books and Reading and select Tumblebooks to get access to online talking books for free through the Northville, MI library.
Scroll down the page and there are two great videos here. The first is an animation of the book. The second is an interview with Lane Smith, who wrote and illustrated "It's a Book."
This site has read aloud stories, songs, and other activities. There is a subscription fee for this website, but there are many resources for nonsubscription users.