Free eBooks for Kids
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Kids can choose from 1000's of free ebooks online and for e-readers
Take advantage of the wide variety of free ebooks described below. They include picture books for beginning readers on up to fiction, nonfiction, and even etextbooks for high school students.
Also be sure to take advantage of the free reader apps offered by Kindle and Nook to increase the number of free kids books available to you.
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Free iBooks for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
iBooks is the essential free app for reading books on iOS devices. The free iBooks for children and teens are ever-changing. Below is a list of current free titles. Check iBooks for more.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Hans Christian Andersen
This picture book puts modern illustrations to the classic story of a one-legged tin soldier who falls in love with a paper ballerina.1 point
The Time Machine | H.G. Wells
This is the classic story of a time traveller who explores the fourth dimension in his time machine, repelling from past to future with dizzying ease.0 points
Garbage! Monster! Burb! | Tom Watson
Kids solve their town's environmental crisis and the dilemma posed by a monster trying to consume the town's garbage.0 points
The Middle Passage | Julia Golding
Historic fiction for kids age 9 and above. Cat Royal, an 18th century teenager, travels from the Caribbean to London and solves a mystery along the way.0 points
Shakespeare | Readdle
Grades 6-12, This app does not require iBooks. The free version includes the following works: All's Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Double Falsehood, Edward III, Hamlet, Henry IV (Parts 1 & 2), Henry V, Henry VI (Parts 1-3), Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Love's Labours Lost, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othell.....0 points
iReading | Dam Chen
Grades preK-5, This app does not require iBooks. Beautifully illustrated storybooks for young readers that includes classics as well as new titles. Also features audio narration and touch screen interactives for characters on the pages.0 points
Stanza | Lexcycle
Grades 5-12, Access any of the 38,000 free classic and original titles listed in Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free ebooks. Project Gutenberg titles include some audio books.0 points
KittyWimpuss Got Game | Debby Carman
Grades K-2, This parable-like story of a lovable cat show kids the importance of playing as part of a team to win and valuing friendships. It has a read-along mode, interactives and music. Developed by StoryChimes, the free version of this app has ads.0 points
Chewdalootie, Doing My Duty | Debby Carman
Grades K-2, Another StoryChrimes interactive story, this one teaches children that caring responsibly for a pet requires commitment. The free version of this story has ads.0 points
Free Kindle Books for Kids
Kindle, Kindle Fire Grades preK-12
Amazon lists their Top 100 Free eBooks for young readers on their website, or on your Kindle. Many new and classic titles are available for download, such asAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
The Ugly Duckling
Grimm Fairy Stories
The Secret Garden
Little Women
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Aesop's Fables
The Jungle Book
Sesame Street's Count to 10
and many more...
Get a Free Kindle Reading App
Download a free app so your child can read any of these Kindle books on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android or Blackberry.Free Nook Books
A third tremendously popular ebook reader is the Barnes and Noble Nook. As with the Kindle and iPad, there are many free ebooks for kids offered for the Nook. As of this writing, ther are more than 1,800 free Nook books for kids.Also as with the Kindle, Nook offers free readers for other devices. Check out the Nook reading apps for PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Kindle. Download the reader for your device and your child can read any of the free titles
Free Nook Reading apps
Download one of the Nook reading apps so your kids can enjoy these free Nook books on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Android device.Kids on the Nook
Pookie and Tushka
it's FREE in the Apple Store, Amazon.com, and Android Market! (Costs 99 cents for the Nook.)
"Pookie and Tushka Find a Little Piano" on Amazon.com
Pookie and Tushka - 99 cents for the Nook book
What type of reading device do you use?
Sources of Free Online Books for Kids
cK12 Math and Science Flexbooks
All formats Grades 6-12
The cK-12 Foundation offers free customizable math and science textbooks for middle and high school students. These books are written collaboratively by experienced teachers, and frequently updated. There are student and teacher editions, and more than 35 titles in mathematics, 30 titles in various sciences, and 20 titles on other topics includes U.S. history, engineering, nanotechnology and SAT prep. They can be viewed online or downloaded in a variety of formats, including PDF, iPad, Kindle, and Android. Look for more title in the future, as they are continually being added.
International Children's Digitial Library
Onlines books for K-8
The ICDL is an award-winning website that brings you free ebooks from around the world. Read them in English or practice reading with your foreign language skills. For teachers and homeschooling parents, there are ideas for ways to extend the stories into writing and other creative activities. Search through the thousands of books in their collections by grade level, genre, subject, language, and several other criteria. The only drawback: the books cannot be downloaded; they must be read online at the ICDL website. Public Library eBooks
All formats Grades K-12
Check out a free ebook online with your library card, if your local public library offers this service. To see if they do, go to OverDrive.com and type in your zip code. Libraries that use Overdrive's ebook subscription services for loaning books will be listed. You must go the the library's website and log in as a registered patron to check out ebooks, usually available for a week or two before they expire from your ereader. If your city's library does not offer this service, it might be worthwhile to pay for a non-resident card at a major city's library service. Look to see how extensive that city's ebook collection for young readers is, to know if the cost will be worth it. Children's Storybooks Online
Children's Storybook Online has a nice selection of original illustrated stories for K-5 children. Among them are several read aloud stories, that are especially useful for beginning readers. Like the ICDL books, you cannot download them. Read them online only. Do you read free ebooks?
What do you think of free ebooks?
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BFuniv.com
May 8, 2012 @ 12:05 pm | delete
- Anything that encourages literacy, or builds a basis for self-expression is valuable.
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Buchamar
May 6, 2012 @ 9:59 am | delete
- Free is great! Great content for little ones! I review educational iPad apps in my lens' - Come visit!
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Best eReader for Kids books
Best bang for your buck!
Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi
Amazon Price: $199.00 (as of 06/01/2012)
Why is Kindle fire the best?
- Huge selection of book titles for kids and teens
- Costs less than the Nook or iPad
- Vivid colors offer visual clues for young readers
- Touch screen is intuitive for even young readers
