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Links of sources of e-books for children

*[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://~~manybooks~~.~~net~~/~~about~~/ ~~Manybooks~~.~~net~~]

*[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.

*[http://www.snee.com/epubkidsbooks/ Snee] Selection from Project Gutenberg.

*[http://www.epubbooks.com/genres epubBooks]

*[http://~~www~~.~~snee.com~~/~~epubkidsbooks~~/ ~~Snee~~]

*[http://manybooks.net/about/ Manybooks.net]

*[http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/11/11/100-useful-links-for-ebook-lovers/ 100 Useful Links for eBook Lovers] (lots of free book sources, don't know how much children's material there is- sorry)

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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).

**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.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.

*[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.

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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.

*[http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_collections/newbery/newbery.html Newbery Medal Winners by Women Authors] HTML with original illustrations.

*[http://feedbooks.com/type/Young%20Readers/books/top Feedbooks Young Readers category]

*[http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ International Children's Digital Library] Books in many languages for young readers to read online.

*[http://www.starfall.com/ Starfall] 75 FLASH reading/writing resources that are also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Excellent learn-to-read site! Requires [[Adobe Flash]].

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 Links of sources of e-books for children
+*[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://manybooks.net/about/ Manybooks.net]
+*[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.
+*[http://www.snee.com/epubkidsbooks/ Snee]  Selection from Project Gutenberg.
 *[http://www.epubbooks.com/genres epubBooks]
-*[http://www.snee.com/epubkidsbooks/ Snee]
+*[http://manybooks.net/about/ Manybooks.net]
 *[http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/11/11/100-useful-links-for-ebook-lovers/ 100 Useful Links for eBook Lovers] (lots of free book sources, don't know how much children's material there is- sorry)
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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).
 **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.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.
 *[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.
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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.
+*[http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_collections/newbery/newbery.html Newbery Medal Winners by Women Authors] HTML with original illustrations.
+*[http://feedbooks.com/type/Young%20Readers/books/top Feedbooks Young Readers category]
+*[http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ International Children's Digital Library] Books in many languages for young readers to read online.
+*[http://www.starfall.com/ Starfall] 75 FLASH reading/writing resources that are also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade.  Excellent learn-to-read site!  Requires [[Adobe Flash]].