Online Stories
| Ace Detectives - Join in the Adventures of the Ace Detectives, involving four teenagers from Australia, as they solve mysteries from around the world. | |
| The Adventures of Sydney - An interactive story about Sydney, a young girl in search of her lost cat. | |
| Allen Morgan On-line - Offers free on-line children's stories by Canadian author Allen Morgan. New stories every two weeks. | |
| Amazing Adventure Series - Collection of original, illustrated stories. Read-along in RealAudio. | |
| Angus the Tartan Goat and Other Scottish Stories - Animated children's stories. Read by Gordon Nicol in a rich Scottish accent. | |
| Athropolis: Home of the Throps and the Squallhoots - When three children land upon an iceberg - they meet Throps and the Squallhoots. | |
| Beebo in DeliLand - Offers stories on Beebo, a small boy who lives in DeliLand. Kids may also submit their own stories and read about fun activities they can do with their family. There are book reviews and periodic contests. | |
| Bing Puddlepot's Instant Custom Picture Book - A place where kids can create an illustrated storybook about themselves. Free book may also be printed for offline reading. | |
| Bubble Dome - An interactive children's website, where the user can walk in to a virtual story world, and interact with fun characters. Enter competitions, join the club and solve problems. | |
| Candlelight Stories - Offers downloadable illustrated stories, online writing, and pen pals. You can also review your favorite books and games, and learn how animated movies are made. | |
| Catnap - An online children's art history picture book written and illustrated by Steve Norton. | |
| Children's Stories, Facts, and Recipes - Interesting facts, stories, pictures, jokes, and recipes. | |
| Children's Storybooks Online - Stories for children of all ages, pre-school through young adult. | |
| EBD StoryTeller - Over 5,000 stories, jokes and poems submitted by kids all over the world since 1997. Publish your own stories and poetry. | |
| e-Me-A-Story - Library of electronic picture books. Requires free registration. | |
| Faithful John, the Animated Story of - Faithful John is a story of adventure, magic spells, and faith, based on the children's literature classic by the Brothers Grimm. | |
| Farmhouse Fables - Childrens stories and fables from Farmhouse Fables, short storybooks for children. | |
| The Fin Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation - The FFFBI is an animal-based government crime fighting agency that battles many foes, most notoriously CRUST and the Cyber Tooth Tigers. Kids ages 8-12 act as self-appointed field agents, filing their own reports to the Bureau and solving mysteries. | |
| Fun Pages For Kids - Illustrated stories, fun pages, educational games, activities. | |
| Grammas Tales - A collection of stories with illustrations. | |
| Grimms' Fairy Tales - Texts of many of Grimms' original fairy tales. Includes audio of some of the stories. | |
| Halloween! Halloween! - A short story about a spooky holiday. | |
| The Helical Library - Showcase of poetry, stories and works in progress set in a quirky comic fantasy universe. | |
| If You Love to Read - Online novel about an American girl who goes to boarding school in England. | |
| John Deere Kids - Online adventures of Johnny Tractor and his friends, from John Deere Tractors. | |
| Kamran and Mapa - A flying elephant sets out for adventure with his kangaroo friend. Includes puzzles and a coloring book feature. | |
| Katie Did and the Neon Peach - Illustrated rhyming stories for kids of all ages, as well as hundreds of coloring pages, puzzles and jokes. | |
| Kids Korner and Toddler Tales - Collection of free, illustrated online stories for kids. | |
| Knight Sir John / Le Chevalier John - Story about a knight named John. In English and Français. | |
| Light Up Your Brain - Stories for kids in streaming MP3 audio, plus games and links for learning and fun. Requires Flash plug-in. | |
| Light Up Your Brain: Stories - Streaming audio stories read by Chuck Brown. | |
| Long Long Time Ago - Fables, folktales, fairytales, myths and contemporary stories from all over the world written or retold for children. Also provides story-based activities and invites children to share their own stories, poems, and illustrations. | |
| Love's Song - A sad love story written by a teenager. | |
| The MacScouter Indian Stories - Provides stories told down through the ages. | |
| Maggit and Friends - Send letters or chat with Maggit. Read stories as well as play games. | |
| Magical Kingdom - A real Magical Multimedia Playground for Kids - Learn to do real magic tricks, read the animated storybooks, make toys and craft items. | |
| Marianne's Story Web - Feature story is Zaroff's Revenge. | |
| A Monster Tale - Can you make friends with the monsters under the bed? Hilarious story of how one little boy did. | |
| MrStoryTime.com - Join Mr Storytime as he tells fun and educational stories, animated and narrated in Macromedia Flash, along with online games and activities. | |
| My Own Rainbow - Features a new children's story each day. | |
| My Wonderland - Norma Jean Stevens' children's stories containing moral messages, with charming music and animations. | |
| Painted Horse Stories - Three illustrated stories; Cry Me A River, Taylor Rabbit, and My Monsta. | |
| A Pocketful of Rhymes - A huge collection of original, very funny rhyming stories and poems for kids that promote self-esteem and individuality. | |
| PrimaryGames.com Bookshelf - Read interactive online stories. Stories are easy to read, perfect for younger children. | |
| Princess Sleepyhead - Illustrated by lovely photos, this story is about Princess Sleepyhead, and her search for the perfect bed. | |
| Read a Story - Read the first story: Picnic On A Cloud, then vote for the next story you'd like to see finished. | |
| Red Boots for Christmas - Online children's Christmas story. Read along with the electronic storybook or view pictures of the characters. | |
| Room 108 Stories - A large collection of stories for kids. The storybooks have animation and sound. | |
| SakesAlive E-Mail Adventures - An interactive site wherein children of all ages can interact with fantasy characters via E-Mail. Features the works of Serendipity author, Stephen Cosgrove. | |
| Short Stories By Kids - Post and read short stories, enter contests, access writing and publishing resources and qualify for short story anthologies. This site is from Britain and is not COPPA compliant. It does require personal information to be given for contest entry. | |
| Stories by the Talewagger - Stories for children, kids, and teenagers. You may either read them or write them. | |
| Stories for Children - Stories written mainly by kids for kids with music, effects and graphics for illustration. | |
| Stories From The Web - Read stories, learn about the authors, and write your own stories. | |
| IPL Story Hour - A small collection of online stories for younger readers. Contents include: Mother Goose, The Tortoise and the Hare, and others. | |
| Storybook Online - Short stories and novels for children, a multimedia reading community for children and parents. Children can read, hear and see stories before them. Stories are available for many levels of readers. | |
| Storygift - Short stories for children written by Daniel E. Occeno. | |
| StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library - See and listen to multimedia stories for children in Spanish and English. Print out craft activities and reading lists. | |
| The Strange Mr. Free - An eccentric time traveler takes two boys to the past for groovy adventures. | |
| StuartStories.com - Stories and writing activities, by Stuart Baum. Reading lists and writing contests included. | |
| Summer Reading - Book guide with activities and games designed to keep the pages turning. | |
| Suzie Manley's Stories of Magic, Mystery, Travel, and Treasure - Suzie Manley travels to Egypt every "digging" season to be with her mother. Here are some of the local stories she has collected. | |
| The Symphony of Friendship - An illustrated story about how two enemies become friends through music. | |
| TaleSpinners - All original online stories for children, kids, and teenagers. | |
| The Timbuktoad Storyworld - Explore The Lost Diaries, Time of Legends and the Story Theatre. Read The Road Through Timbuktoad. | |
| Timeless Eternal - Online fantasy world includes cartoons, storytelling, games, and contests. | |
| Tippity Witchet's Beantime Stories - Fun online stories for young children. | |
| TooTooLand.com Storybooks - A collection of cartoon-like storybooks with simple text and sound effects. For young children and beginning readers. | |
| Tumblebooks - Animated picture books online. Download free books and the free TumbleReader to enjoy e-books offline too. | |
| The Un-Birthday Party - The girls and dolls all have a party to celebrate their un-birthdays. | |
| Wondervista - New illustrated story every week. Ideal for parents and children to read together. Site includes activity pages. | |
| 17 X the Moon - 21st century fairy tales and fables by Alison Pegg with music, animation and sound effects. | |
| Zynez - Share poetry, stories, and artwork. Includes a monitored chat as well as message boards that are constantly updated and edited. | |
| Ain't Got No Honey For My Oats - A story of a bear's failure to notice 'that people will like him for him, and not what he can give to them. Will Teddy learn his lesson? | |
| Animal Stories - Small collection of original short animals stories. | |
| Animals Myths and Legends - Tales of animal myths and legends. Read stories, solve puzzles, play games, meet a dragon, and help save a world. | |
| Ant Bee's Stories - Free, complete children's stories with fun illustrations. | |
| Bembo's Zoo - A stylish animal alphabet site with illustrations created from the letters in each animal's name. Site uses Macromedia Flash. | |
| Cherbear Stories - Christian stories, tidbits for the soul, insight cavern and daily encouragement. | |
| Children's Reading Room - From The Museum of Unnatural History, a collection of stories about Bunny and his friends. | |
| Chunky Monkey Fan Club - The original Chunky Monkey stories and characters. | |
| Diamond's Site - Original cat stories as told to Diamond the cat. | |
| Dinosaur Tales - Offering dinosaur stories, news, and children's creative writing. | |
| DreamBox StoryBox - Two stories with color illustrations, about bears. | |
| The Footprints in the Snow - A short story about Megan, her dog, her kitten, and another creature who has left its footprints behind. | |
| Geronimo's Adventures - The fun adventures and travels of Geronimo Bear. | |
| Hi Monkey - The adventures of monkey - a small terry cloth primate. He has a nice personality, he tells good stories and he's a good cook. | |
| John and El's Bear Time - Two little teddy bears, John and El, star in their own adventures. Featuring stories, songs and art. | |
| Koala Trouble - The adventures of Max, the baby koala. | |
| Merpy's World - Each month a new animated, interactive and musical adventure is featured with Merpy, Jeremy Dragonfly, and their friends. | |
| Panda Bears Playhouse - Interactive stories with animated graphics and sounds to hold the interest of children. | |
| Romeo the Dorrigo Glow Worm - Follow Romeo's musical adventure with his friends of the Australian bush. Kids music, children story and sing songs. | |
| Storydog.com - Original online story series about a mischievous little dog named "Vinny" and his pals. A new story with original illustrations launches every Sunday and unfolds each day through Thursday. | |
| Advent-Calendars.com - offering a new 25-part story for each new holiday season. Including the story Tate, The Cat Who Laughed. | |
| Travels with Mousey Home Page - A stuffed animal who doesn't believe he's a toy, but a real mouse and a famous Egyptologist to boot. Come along for a mouse-eye-view of Ancient Egypt. | |
| Web-Pop - Interactive books and serialized stories driven by the adventures of tiny bio-electronic life forms called the Web-Poppers. Listen or read. | |
| Zoo Place - Online stories and pictures about animals and zoos. | |
| Contest of Fairies - A Prince and Princess that are in love with each other get in the middle of two fairies each one will do anything to become queen of Fairyland. | |
| Dalain The Dwarf - Read how Dalian finds him self with a huge giant. | |
| Dragons Greed - In this story a young dragon has many adventures. | |
| Frogwart and the Tooth Fairies - A story about a witch named Frogwart and the three Tooth Fairies. | |
| The Magic Crystal - A story of a girl who wishes life was easier. So a wizard helps her out. | |
| Magic Shadow Shapes - A list of fantasy stories, poems, and other activities to do on this website . | |
| A Scandal Among the Flowers - A sprite courts a rose bud. | |
| Snow White and the Magical Mirror - The original story of Snow White mixed up and more magical. More magical characters and illustrations. | |
| Tales from the Little Woods - Tales about the adventures of a faerie named Wee One. | |
| The Touch of Kindness - Introduces the tale of Little Wings, the Tooth Fairy, in pictures, story, and music. | |
| Urban Fairies - The Wandering Wizard a very well known online story character meets the Urban Fairies . Family-friendly for children of all ages. | |
| Web-Pop -Totally Trolls - Four trading troll stories with illustrations. Links to Serendipity, Flutter-Bys, and other Stephen Cosgrove books. | |
| The Wizard of Rainbow Valley - A story about a wizard of an enchanted valley who does magical things. | |
| Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By - Fairy tales, folk tales and other great children's stories, courtesy of Whootie Owl. | |
| Andersen Fairy Tales - Fully animated book brings classic tales to life. | |
| Animated Classic Fairy Tales - Fully animated fairytales as well as other online stories for kids. | |
| Animated Grimm Fairy Tales - Read, listen, and look at the Grimm Brother's Fairy Tales in these fully animated versions. Flash required | |
| Animated Princess and the Pea - Listen and read along with this classic tale. Site requires Flash plug-in. | |
| Baron Von Lodge in Lilliland - A collection of single-page morality tales about Baron Von Lodge, the ruler of Lilliland, Lady Angela, and their friends and fellow countrymen. | |
| Bedtime Story - The criteria for a tale's inclusion on the Bedtime-Story site, is that the story must be as pleasant for an adult to read, as it is for a child to hear. Recommended age group is 6 and up. | |
| Bremen Town Musicians - A fully animated version of the classic tale. | |
| Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project - Offers dozens of illustrated children's classics in .HTML format. Books may be read online or downloaded for offline viewing. Some titles available in multiple languages. | |
| Childrenstory.com - Provides a selection of traditional fairy tales. Includes illustrations. | |
| The Colorful Story Book - Online version of this book published during WWII includes illustrated versions of Puss in Boots, The Three Little Kittens, The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, Rumplestiltzkin, The Owl and the Pussycat. | |
| Editec Children's Books - Illustrated, online children's books including a large selection of classic stories, rhymes, and fables. | |
| Ezone Productions - Illustrated fairy tales, fractured fairy tales, and fractured myths. | |
| Fablevision Place - Visit the Fable Library for online stories and tune in to Fable Radio to hear stories online. | |
| Arthurian Legends - Educational tour of Arthurian legends along with quizzes. | |
| BookLook: The Many Realms of King Arthur - Traces the development of the Arthurian legends from the Middle Ages to the present day (texts in HTML and PDF format). | |
| Britannia.com: King Arthur - Features a timeline, literature, and a large collection of other resources. | |
| Encyclopedia Mythica: Arthurian Legend - Provides a short introduction to the myths that surround the man. | |
| King Arthur - The village of Caerleon, fabled to be the location of King Arthur's Camelot, explores a few of the legends associated with him. | |
| King Arthur: A Man for the Ages - Explores King Arthur in history, in legend, in literature, and on land. | |
| Medieval Times: King Arthur - Fourth- and fifth-grade students relate the story of England's most famous king. | |
| Merrie Haskell's King Arthur - Examines the legends of King Arthur in their historical and political context. | |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood - Complete text of Howard Pyle's classic re-telling. | |
| Robin Hood - Information on all things Robin Hood, compiled from sources across the internet by Ben Turner. | |
| Robin Hood -- Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood - Includes historical articles, ballads, pictures, and a guide to the tales of England's most famous outlaw and his merry band of robbers. | |
| Robin Hood - The Legend - Overview of the facts and the fiction concerning the well-known outlaw. | |
| The Search for A Real Robin Hood - Provides a glimpse into the lives of real outlaws named Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck and other people who may have inspired the merry men. Also looks at the kings of England and the real Sheriffs of Nottingham. | |
| Rocky Mountain Fairy Tale - An illustrated online book for children of all ages, about protecting the environment. | |
| Bridget: A Burn Survivor Story - Over 8 years ago, Bridget was in a house fire. Learn how Bridget saved her own life and the life of her best. | |
| Life Story Writing For Kids - Even children can write their life stories. When a child writes about themselves and their family, it gives them great feelings of pride and a sense of value. | |
| Tonya Takes You Touring - Tonya is 14. She takes you on a world tour through time, seeking fashion ideas, famous people, and real places. She shares how she feels about everything. Soon to be coming in French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. | |
| The Barker Boys And The Great Stone Of Gwondala - The first adventure in a series of ebooks about two brothers transported to the land of the dinosaurs through a time-hole in a bedroom closet. | |
| Celtic Myths - Interactive site introduces children to the heroes of Celtic mythology. | |
| A Europe of Tales - Features European myths and legends of everything from the snowy witches of the north to the mysterious montain of the south. | |
| Academy of Achievement Home Page | |
| Biographical Dictionary | |
| Biographies for Kids | |
| Biography.com | |
| Children's Encyclopedia of Women | |
| Distinguished Women of Past and Present | |
| Famous People with Disabilities | |
| Liberty's Kids | |
| MyHero.com | |
| PBS - History | |
| Their Stamp on History | |
| Time 100 | |
| 4to40: Heros Forever - Provides short s of modern day leaders. | |
| Women in History | |
| The Ghosts of Sweet Briar College - The founding family still watches over this Virginia women's college. Students and Alumnae tell their stories. | |
| MacScouter: Ghost Stories - Collection of tales and poems, suitable for sharing 'round the campfire. | |
| Malibu Books For Children - Read about a baby monster who must deal with his fear of that awful, terrible, ferocious boy under the bed. | |
| The Moonlit Road - Spooky tales for older kids from American South storytellers. | |
| Fresh World - A young girl colonizes a new planet and discovers she has telepathic abilities that warn them of a coming invasion. | |
| Libroman - Interactive story about a superhero who encourages and teaches kids about the power of reading books. | |
| Tweeker The Speaker - Children's illustrated adventure story set inside a computer. | |