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Fun Websites for Young Readers!
 

...Uncommon amusement for children and grown-ups.  On warm, sunny afternoons, you're likely to find children knocking on the door of Tippity Witchet's windmill house asking her to tell them a Beantime Story. Tippity is always happy to see them. She invites the children to pick ripe jellybeans from her garden to eat while she tells her tales. You should find a comfy place to sit and join them to hear some of their favorite tales. Tippity might even recite a poem or two.

 

Go to The BookHive

 A guide to children's books categorized by genre and reading level. Includes coloring
 activities, a quiz, and story telling.
  Hear a story, be an author, and read lists of
 recommended books too.

 

Starfall.com, Where children have fun learning to read! Teachers around the world use Starfall.com as a way to make
  the classroom more fun and inspire a love of reading and writing.
  Parents
use Starfall to prepare their children for school, and to support them once they are there. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Starfall is perfect for home schooling.

 

Storyplace - The Children's Digital Library  A bi-lingual web site for young children.
  Listen to on-line stories, try interactive on-line activities,
  and print out take-home activities and reading lists

 

   The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.

 

 

 

The Scoop The Scoop is pleased to present brief conversations, background information and insights from your favorite authors and illustrators.

 

  KIDSREAD   Browse a large list of authors by clicking the letters below that corresponds to the first letter of the last name of the author you are looking for. More authors are added every week so keep coming back to this page.

 

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