Where can I send the kids to read books online? This is one of my biggest requests from teachers and I usually have the old stanby's like tumblebooks.com and lookybooks (which just closed up shop), but today I have found a new one called Big Universe. It can be found at http://www.biguniverse.com/
It has both paid and free membership access. They have many current fiction and non-fiction books online that you can access with both memberships, but the free access limits you to about 3/4 of the book. Not ideal if reading fiction, but I found some really great non-fiction titles that I was able to read almost all of. Another great feature that is accessible with the free membership is the ability to create your own books online. They also have a library of the books created by other members, some of which are very good!
Another great site for primary students is Storyline Online(www.storylineonline.net) which is put together by the Screen Actors Guild. Here children can see the pictures and listen to some quite famous actors read the story to them. I have always had great feedback about this site.
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It is fun to show the students different ways to access great reading....make sure your teaching colleagues understand!
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