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Online Literature

Find some of the many folktales, stories, and classic children's books that are available online.

The International Children's Digital Library

Learn about this major new online library, which, when completed, will include 10,000 books, in this article by your About Children's Books Guide.

Aesop's Fables

This site contains more than 650 fables but does not include illustrations.

Anne of Avonlea

Second book, in text-only form, of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic series.

Anne of Green Gables

The first book in the popular series by Lucy Maud Montgomery in text-only form.

Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project

This site bills itadelf as "the largest collection of illustrated antique children's books on line...we think." Here you can download entire, illustrated books as compressed zip files.

Classic Fairy Tales Online - The Blue Fairy Book

Here you will find such classic fairy tales as Cinderella online in the complete text of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, from the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library.

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling's classic stories, with individual links to each story, but no illustrations.

Mother Goose Rhymes

Lots of familiar nursery rhymes here, cover art from many editions, advice on reading nursery rhymes, and more.

Beatrix Potter Stories

Ohio University's Kids Corner includes Beatrix Potter stories in English and Japanese and much more.

The Secret Garden

This is my favorite illustrated edition of the classic tale by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It comes from the Library of Congress.

Story Hour

Illustrated stories and Mother Goose rhymes for young children, some with audio, from the Internet Public Library.

The Ugly Duckling

Text-only version of classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

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