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A source of free online vintage homeschool books and curricula.
Google Book Search books are printable if switched to plain text, or page by page by right clicking on image of page(HTML mode only). *Switch to HTML(bottom of main Google Books Menu page) . **Click on the download button at link(upper right on sidebar) to download entire text in PDF.
*(10/10)This has been disabled. Hopefully the HTML button will come back. Books listed here are still linked in HTML. I have been able to change the end of the web address by hand from Text to HTML.
**(12/10)Google Books removed the PDF download button on the overview "About" book pages! To access a download, click on any page of the book to find the PDF download button in the upper right corner.
Project Gutenberg books are downloadable, fully printable, and readable online in plain text and illustrated(HTML version - regular web page). See download tips.
Internet Archives indexes several free book resources, has an excellent search engine, fully printable books, and an online flip-book reader with an audio reader. Readable online as plain text or as HTML(like a regular web page).
Rosetta Project groups vintage illustrated children's books by reading level, easy to read format, and has an audio reader. Not in public domain per their format. Read only, books downloadable for small fee.
International Children's Library illustrated contemporary children's books for reading online only. Audio reader available. Not in public domain.
Christian Ethereal Classics Library downloadable Christian books, readable online in HTML(like a regular web page).
19th Century School Books A collection of 140 school books. Printing pages is allowed; however downloads of the entire book are by permission only.
Munseys Hundreds of free books released under the creative commons. Free to share by linking. Various downloads, pdf available.
Bartleby.com Classic Books Online
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How do these books compare to the "Twin Series," I wonder? Do you know?
I think they are fairly similar. If I find any more information, I'll post it here.
Thank you!
It took me a while to remember, but I'm pretty sure the "Cousins Series" is not graded and is geared toward early elementary. The "Twin Series" is graded. I found the graded list, if you are interested.
Hello, Alexandra, actually, I thougt the twin series was graded too. I got an old copy of one of the twin books from our college library and I'm pretty sure they had a list about the grades and the corresponding book in the back. The library is closed right now, but I could check the book next week. I would be very interested in the list for the cousin series! Thanks for checking.
Okay, I'll list the list. ;)I think the highest grade is grade five.
I'll also check on the "Cousins Series".
Here is the Twins graded list:
http://freehomeschoolinglibrar.blogspot.com/2007/11/geographical-twins-series-by-lucy-fitch.html
I couldn't find any grading for the "Cousins", but if you find one, please share. :) I'll list it here for others. I did find more "Cousins" books when I searched Google Books. I think I'll start a post with links to them all. It will take a while. I think there are over 80! I plan to get a Kindle soon, and it would be so nice to have a library of these for my daughter.
Maybe our library also has the "cousin" books. I'll check this week.
Alexandra, I haven't been able to find the "Our Cousin" books, but I found a slightly different list of recommended ages for the "Twin Books":
The Dutch Twins Primer Grade 1
The Dutch Twins Grade 3
The Eskimo Twins Grade 2
The Filipino Twins Grade 4
The Japanese Twins Grade 4
The Swiss Twins Grade 4
The Italian Twins Grades 5 and 6
The Scotch Twins Grades 5 and 6
The Mexican Twins Grade 6
The Belgian Twins Grade 6
The French Twins Grade 7
The Cave Twins Grade 4
The Spartan Twins Grades 5 and 6
The Puritan Twins Grades 6 and 7
My list is from the original book "The Dutch Twins" from 1911.
Thank you, Eva. That was very kind of you. :)
You are welcome! (I hadn't forgotten.)
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