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Chapter Books: Classic Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
What is a classic? For our elementary readers' discussion, a classic is a work of art, music, or literature that has been judged exemplary or outstanding by generations of viewers, readers, or listeners. Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, and Kindle CloudReader list free books, poetry, and plays that might be interesting to readers today that were published before 1926.
We have created a list of some of the books available on Project Gutenberg, Librivox, and Kindle CloudReader. They are not all of the thousands of books available, but we know they may be of interest to readers ready for classic literature. Parents may find some favorites to share as well.
When you are ten and born in the 21st century, it is often hard to get a accurate picture of what might be a classic, or published before 1926. After all, some students have asked Mr. Durden if he was at Bunker Hill or Gettysburg . . .
We have created a list of some of the books available on Project Gutenberg, Librivox, and Kindle CloudReader. They are not all of the thousands of books available, but we know they may be of interest to readers ready for classic literature. Parents may find some favorites to share as well.
When you are ten and born in the 21st century, it is often hard to get a accurate picture of what might be a classic, or published before 1926. After all, some students have asked Mr. Durden if he was at Bunker Hill or Gettysburg . . .
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Project Gutenberg Classics--This is a volunteer effort to make digital books more widely available to readers, just as the Gutenberg press's movable type made books easier to copy in 15th century Europe. Check for your favorite classic books on this reader, which does not require any downloaded software or login. Keep track of your page number by bookmarking with Google Chrome.
LibriVox Recordings--LibriVox has a growing library of audio recordings of classic fiction. These recordings will not usually be for storybooks, but for longer chapter books at higher Lexile ranges.
Kindle Cloud Reader--If your family has an Amazon account, with their permission (note, phone call, or e-mail) I will help you add the Kindle Cloud Reader application to your Chrome page. Then, you may browse the Kindle Store for free books to deliver to the Cloud Reader.
Often, Kindle will have one version of the book as a free (plain vanilla words only) book, and another listed for sale for $1.00-$5.00. Please do not select the book for sale--just get the simple book for free. After all, the story is the most important thing . . .
Often, Kindle will have one version of the book as a free (plain vanilla words only) book, and another listed for sale for $1.00-$5.00. Please do not select the book for sale--just get the simple book for free. After all, the story is the most important thing . . .
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Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.
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Classic Bookshelf: This site has put many classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, students will likely need for high school and college literature courses.
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Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature.
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Classic Literature Library: Focused on British authors including Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.
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The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.
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Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.
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Page by Page Books: Find popular classic books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as presidential speeches on this site.
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Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.
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Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics. |
Favorite Free Classic Books Online
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