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*[http://onlinedegreeprograms.org/blog/2009/100-free-audio-books-you-should-have-read-by-now/ 100 Free Audio Books You Should Have Read By Now] (more links that need sorting through for suitable material, audio ogg books could help for folks with visual disabilities or with spoken language learning).
 
*[http://onlinedegreeprograms.org/blog/2009/100-free-audio-books-you-should-have-read-by-now/ 100 Free Audio Books You Should Have Read By Now] (more links that need sorting through for suitable material, audio ogg books could help for folks with visual disabilities or with spoken language learning).
  
*[http://www.archive.org/details/iacl Internet Archive Children's Library]
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*[http://www.archive.org/details/iacl Internet Archive Children's Library] Good source of illustrated books in several formats.  DejaVu format is recommended.
  
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_Bookshelf Project Gutenberg Children's Bookshelf]
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*[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_Bookshelf Project Gutenberg Children's Bookshelf] Mostly plain text books which can be read with the Read Etexts activity.
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*[http://www.baen.com/library/ Baen Free Library] Current and classic science fiction books which can be read online using Browse or downloaded in RTF format and read with Read Etexts.  Most of the titles are suitable for older children.
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*[http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/ Little Brother] An excellent young adult science fiction novel that can be downloaded for free.  EPUB, Plain Text, PDF, and XO library bundle versions are available.

Revision as of 12:10, 2 December 2009

Links of sources of e-books for children

  • Baen Free Library Current and classic science fiction books which can be read online using Browse or downloaded in RTF format and read with Read Etexts. Most of the titles are suitable for older children.
  • Little Brother An excellent young adult science fiction novel that can be downloaded for free. EPUB, Plain Text, PDF, and XO library bundle versions are available.