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Links of sources of e-books for children
 
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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://drscavanaugh.org/ebooks/libraries/childrens_collections.htm Drs. Cavanaugh list]
 
*[http://drscavanaugh.org/ebooks/libraries/childrens_collections.htm Drs. Cavanaugh list]
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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 but there is a children's section further down the page – audio ogg format books will play in Browse and 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 but there is a children's section further down the page – audio ogg format books will play in Browse and could help for folks with visual disabilities or with spoken language learning).
 
**Audio book: [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23897/ogg/23897-06.ogg '''The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear''']
 
**Audio book: [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23897/ogg/23897-06.ogg '''The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear''']
 
*[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.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll/digitalcoll-children.html US Library of Congress Rare Book Children's Literature Collection] A small number of classic children's stories in online and PDF formats.
 
*[http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll/digitalcoll-children.html US Library of Congress Rare Book Children's Literature Collection] A small number of classic children's stories in online and PDF formats.

Revision as of 10:20, 4 December 2009

Links of sources of e-books for children

  • Snee Selection from Project Gutenberg.
  • 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.