Classics

» Animated Tall Tales
   Animated versions of classic American tales like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others. Fully narrated online story books and Flash cartoons.

   
   http://www.animatedtalltales.com

» Books for Young Readers
   Electronic text versions of young children's books and rhymes. Most are illustrated.

   
   http://www.bygosh.com/kidsstories.htm

» Building Rainbows Book Reviews - Classic Children's Books
   A collection of electronic texts for young people with provisions for adding book reviews and discussion about each of the books.

   
   http://www.buildingrainbows.com/ETEXT/classics.html

» Catcher in the Rye Essays
   Includes a summary of the book, an "about the author" section, essay ideas and help, and completed essays.

   
   http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/honeydew/

» Children's Classics List from The Horn Book
   A downloadable listing of children's classics with associated descriptions arranged by age group. The list was compiled by Mary M. Burns. [PDF]

   
   http://www.hbook.com/pdf/childrensclassics.pdf

» Classic Bookshelf
   E-texts presented with the aid of an applet which allows the choice of font size, spacing, and color.

   
   http://www.classicbookshelf.com/library/

» Classic Reader
   A large collection of full-length classic stories for online reading.

   
   http://www.classicreader.com/

» Classics for Young People
   A list of classic literature for young people sorted by author. HTML versions of the text are included for many of the books.

   
   http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storclas.html

» Electronic Texts Formated by Robert Stockton
   A collection of over twenty electronic text versions of classics reformatted for easy reading.

   
   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/rgs/mosaic/rgs-home.html

» Fahrenheit 451
   Learn about the characters, conflict, vocabulary, and the theme of this novel. Includes polls and chat room.

   
   http://www.freewebs.com/fahrenheit-451/

» From Mother Goose in Prose by Frank Baum
   Includes story versions of a few rhymes.

   
   http://oaks.nvg.org/goose-prose.html

» Golden Books
   Offers printable activities and games based on childhood favorites.

   
   http://www.randomhouse.com/golden/

» IPL Story Hour
   A small collection of online stories for younger readers. Contents include: Mother Goose, The Tortoise and the Hare, and others.

   
   http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/

» Jack London's Writings
   A collection of electronic text versions of novels and short stories by Jack London.

   
   http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/

» Kids' Corner
   Featuring the stories of Beatrix Potter in text, RealAudio, streaming media, and multimedia slide shows.

   
   http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

» Lynch Multimedia
   Includes Shakespeare's plays with audio, and the original.

   
   http://www.lynchmultimedia.com/

» Mary Jo's E-texts
   A collection of electronic classics covering a range of authors. A document viewer is required to view these zipped files.

   
   http://www.dogpatch.org/etext.html

» The Baldwin Project
   Online editions of classic children's books from the golden age of children's literature (1880-1922).

   
   http://www.mainlesson.com/

» The Fairytale Garden
   Illustrated poems, stories and fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen and Robert Louis Stevenson.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/noralinno/index.html

» The Online Books Page
   Electronic texts archived at the University of Pennsylvania Digital Library. Search or browse by author/title/subject.

   
   http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

» The War of the Worlds
   E-text of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.

   
   http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/warworlds/warw.html

» Trina's Curious George Website
   Find information about Curious George and his creators, pictures, an introduction to the series, and links.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/trina_kf/

» University of Virginia Electronic Text Center: The Modern English Collection
   Browse and search the publicly-accessible electronic texts from this extensive selection. Browse by author, or area of interest. Search by author or title or keywords/phrases within the text. Some titles include illustrations.

   
   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modeng0.browse.html

» Young People's Zone
   A site with children's literature online sorted by series and author. Includes fairy tales, Avonlea series, fables, Robin Hood tales, and other classics

   
   http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/ordinal/

» byGosh.com: Children's Classics
   Offers online selection of classic stories for kids and teens. Includes links to short stories for kids.

   
   http://www.bygosh.com/childrensclassics.htm