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.
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."
Wonderful, relatively plain English explanation of how to use Twitter more effectively. Teachers should read to understand the mechanics before getting their students involved in motivated writing.
Fabulous blog set up by Barb Wollak for students receiving speech-language services at Highland Park Junior High in St. Paul, MN. Wide variety of free technologies and writing opportunities. Great model for other teachers.
This resource encourages active reading through book-technology connections. This site includes many different resources, including lit webquests from different grade levels and e-books.
Great resource for tracking down digital reading materials for your students. Divided into kids' and teens' resources. It will take you a long time to fully explore all the resources linked here.
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 is a resource page for adults to encourage the benefits of reading early and often to their children. I like this site because it also has a tag for Spanish as well. Great resource for beginning readers, ELL students, and parents as well.
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.
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.