Stories+Online

=**Sources for Children's Books, Readings, & Related Materials**=

Multilingual
[|Jason's WL Online Reading Resources] - Links to audio and stories online in French and Spanish user:chericem1

[|List of Pattern Books] (like //If You Give a Mouse a Cookie)//

[|Simple Search] - Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online user:chericem1

[|Scholastic] - Produces children's books and magazines in a variety of languages. The Spanish book club is called //Club Leo.// The French one is called //[|Arc-en-ciel/Clic]// and is distributed through Canada user:chericem1

[|Source for Big Books] - A list of good sources for inexpensive big books user:chericem1

[|Wordless Picture Books] - From U of I (also available as a [|downloadable PDF])

Spanish
[|Cody's Cuentos: Audio cuentos, children's stories in Spanish] - Read by native speakers (click on Biblioteca to access fairy tales, regional stories, original stories, etc.). You can also download the mp3s. user:chericem1

[|International Children's Library]- Read children's books online in over 20 languages. Free! user:richa521

[|Spanish Children's Stories] - A list of links from Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez posted to FLTEACH user:chericem1

[|StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library] - Interactive, online stories in English and Spanish, links to printable activities (find the difference btwn 2 pix), list of children's books in Spanish with descriptions in Spanish and links to Amazon, and interactive games and activities user:chericem1

[|Tecla Spanish Magazine] for Spanish Learners and their teachers. Has some great ideas for readings including pre-reading and post-reading activities. user:deutchma