ENGL 3303: Children's and Young Adult Literature

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A Long Time Ago: Stories for Children: Created with the objective of making traditional tales from around the world available in one place, this site has folktales, fairytales, myths, legends, and other retellings of traditional tales from around the world.

Aaron Shepard's Home Page: Retellings of folktales, fairytales, myths, legends, reader's theater scripts, storytelling, and more are available through this site.

Authorama: Free, online, public domain e-books from a variety of authors.

Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project: Online library of children's illustrated books from around the world.

Credo Reference: Online reference books.

EbscoHost E-book Collection: Online books, versions of print books that your library has either purchased with a perpetual license or via an annual subscription

E-pub Books: Free ebooks to download for Kindle or EPUB readers like iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Nook and eReaders.

Google Books: Previews of full-text books; some pages may be missing.

International Children’s Digital Library: The mission of the ICDL is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world, so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.

Internet Archive's Children's Library: Books for children from around the world.

Library of Congress Read.gov: The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress has children's and teen classics available to read online, book lists, and author webcasts.

Many Books: Discover more than 50,000 ebooks, including current bestsellers and public domain books.

Mrs. P's Magic Library: A free children's online storybook video site celebrating reading and books. Storybook destination with TV star Kathy Kinney as Mrs. P.

One Hundred Free Books (for Kindle): Discounted and free ebooks for Kindle users.

Online Books Page: Listing over 3 million free books on the Web.

Overdrive (Send e-mail requesting community patron account.)

Project Gutenberg: Offering over 58,000 free eBooks, you can choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them, or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Some books also have audio versions. Their Juvenile Literature Collection over 800 titles.

Read Print: Free membership allows you to read free books online and join book discussion groups.

World Public Library--Children's Literature Collection: Compiled by scans of original children's books.