Summer+Reading+Websites

=Subscription Web Sites (password needed) =

//Páginas web con suscripción (se necesita contraseña)//
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Tumblebook Library
** ↓ ** ** Click on the website link below. / ** //** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **//  @http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp?accessdenied=%2Flibrary%2Fasp%2Fhome_tumblebooks.asp

 **Description:** Animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

Teaching Books
** ↓ ** ** Click on the website link below. / ** //** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **//  @http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/

 **Description:** Includes excerpts from books read aloud by authors, professional actors, and others.

=Free Web Sites (no password needed) =

**International Children's Digital Library** (no audio)
** ↓ ** ** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// @http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Description: The free International Children’s Digital Library Web site offers a wide spectrum of children’s books. Hundreds of books are available in more than 44 languages. Students are invited to share reviews of the books they have read, which encourages writing within the online reading experience.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Grimm Fairy Tales**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** ↓ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> @http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/stories

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Description: Folk and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. Read and hear interactive, narrated, animated stories.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** ↓ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> @http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Description: one of the largest collection of illustrated antique books online

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Light Up Your Brain and Sound Stories**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** ↓ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> @http://lightupyourbrain.com/audio-stories-for-children.html

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The Light Up Your Brain and Sound Stories Web sites offer downloadable audio versions of popular fairy tales and storybooks. Available as MP3 files, these stories can be enjoyed in the classroom listening center, car, or family room. A wide variety of titles, including such classics as //Peter Rabbit, Rapunzel,// and //The Emperor’s New Clothes,// make these sites a no-cost alternative to books on tape.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">R.I.F. (Reading is Fundamental) Reading Planet Book Zone
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** ↓ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> @http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone.htm

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Description: Web site includes animated stories, books lists, author/illustrator Q & A's, and a virtual bookshelf for students to log books they've read. (Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy organization.)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Grimms Fairy Tales at All Family Resources
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** ↓ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> @http://www.familymanagement.com/literacy/grimms/grimms-toc.html

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Description: eBooks with text only - no pictures or audio. Not interactive.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Book Pals Storyline Online**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** ↓ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Click on the website link below. / ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//** Haga clic en la dirección **// //** de la página web. **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> @http://www.storylineonline.net/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The Screen Actors Guild Foundation offers an online streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud.