Click here.Audiobook and Project Gutenberg text here.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Librivox: Source of Free Audiobooks
Librivox is an extensive library of free public domain audiobooks. Written summaries are included. Check the genres; there are many listed under the Children's genre which may match free online texts. A good number of the classics are available and the narration is very good. Click here. All recording as in public domain.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare: Shakespeare for Children/Baldwin Project, Audio-Internet Archive
The Baldwin Project has Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit free online(printable), as well as a reprint for sale. Kessinger publishers(see sidebar) has also reprinted this book.
The Internet Archive has a free audio version of this book. You can listen to it online, embed it on your site, or download it onto your computer or MP3 player.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Introduction to Classical Latin Literature by William Cranston Lawton/Google Books
High school level. Click here.
Introduction to Classical Greek Literature By William Cranston Lawton/Google Books
High school level. Click here.
Introduction to the Study of American Literature by William Cranston Lawton/Google Books
High school level. Click here.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Guide to Selecting Children's Literature/Google Books
The Children's Reading by Frances Jenkins Olcott.
The Wide Awake Third Reader/Google Books
Third grade illustrated geography reader featuring stories about children from around the world. Click here.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures/Google Books
Very cute blacklines for children to cut, color and paste. Each picture has a didactic read-aloud. Some are quite simple, others are quite detailed like the intricate Scherenschnitte.
Click here.
Constructive Work: Its Relation to Number, Literature, History, and Nature Work
Interesting assortment of DIY crafts and projects. I couldn't find link to literature while browsing through this book. It looked like mostly science and math hands-on learning. Click here.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Story Hour Readings: Fifth Year/Google Books
Google has this incorrectly titled as year seven, but the front cover indicates this is for fifth grade. Click here.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
The Good Voices, a Child's Guide to the Bible/Google Books
Church of England, Anglican, click here. Elementary school level. Well written explainations for young children of concepts like the spirit.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Child's History of Jerusalem/Google Books
Appears to be a fourth grade reading level and up. Click here.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Little People: An Alphabet(Children of the World in Alphabet)/Google Books
U for United States.
The States are full of mush and pie
And houses twenty stories high,
The States are full of mush and pie
And houses twenty stories high,
Saw-mills and millionaires and bustle;
The people there "have got to hustle."
The business of the States is done
Ex-clu-sive-ly by telephone;
And that is why the people say,"I guess we're 'cute in U. S. A."
Click here.
The people there "have got to hustle."
The business of the States is done
Ex-clu-sive-ly by telephone;
And that is why the people say,"I guess we're 'cute in U. S. A."
Click here.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Supervised Study in American History Grades Seven and Eight/Google Books
Examination at end of book. Click here.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
A History of Art for Beginners and Students/Google Books
Click here. Appropriate for middle school and up. Clear, concise, and interesting introduction to art history published in 1887.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Teacher's Manual The Boys' and Girls' Readers(4th-6th grade)/Google Books
Published in 1919, this reader is divided into three sections for fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The table of contents is arranged alphabetically by reading selection, author, and by grade. Many classic reading selections. Click here.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Child's Illustrated First Book in French/Google Books
Published in 1880, this book is a structured language program focusing on grammar and vocabulary with conversational stories for learning the spoken language. Reading level is about fourth or fifth grade. Click here.
The Child's German Book/Google Books
Published in 1870, a learning German book for children. It begins easily with letters and progresses to poetry and stories for about the fourth and fifth grade level. Some of the stories were so wonderful that I found myself wanting to learn, and reading along. I found this book to be a much more interesting way to learn a language compared to modern texts which tend to be rather dry and skeletal.The book teaches German using the beautiful older German letters. Click here.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
How to Amuse Yourself and Others: The American Girl's Handy Book
"These descriptions of leisure-time activities for Victorian girls were designed to cultivate their curiosity and inventiveness, and to help them gain self-confidence regarding their competence and talents." Click here. Read contents first, some activities are not wholesome by conservative Christian or other conservative religious standards.
The Chart Primer and First Reader/Google Books
Introduction to early readers, teacher's manual included. Click here.
First Reader. Click here.
These two go together.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The Child's Fourth Book Most stories are interesting, although a few are a bit harsh by modern day standards. I copied one, Filial Affection with the comprehension questions to Google Documents. Click and print here.
Monday, December 31, 2007
19th Century World Maps(1840's) and Geography/Google Books
This old Geography book is useful in sections, mostly for the maps. Look how different Europe was in the 1840's. If you are doing a study of this time period, there are some nice maps in An Easy Introduction to Geography, published in 1840. There is coverage of other areas which can be still be used such as early American History.
A Compilation of Children's Literature for Teachers/Google Books
A large compilation of children's literature sectioned off into categories, beginning with nursery rhymes and ending with Poetry. Edited with notes, introductions and bibliographies, published by Rand McNalley in 1921. Click here. Reading suggestions for each grade level are explained here in section 4.
Evan-Moor Educational Books/Google Books
Listings for 288 Evan-Moor educational books. View full pages without advertising bar by clicking on HTML view(bottom of sidebar at links). These are not in public domain, but free to read. Not downloadable.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
New-World Spellers/Google Books
Nicely illustrated with inspirational quotes heading up each chapter.
Grades one and two 1910 edition .
Grades three, four, and five 1915 edition.
Book two: grades four, five, and six 1917 edition.
Book three: seventh, eighth grade, and advanced work 1917 edition.
Sixth, seventh, and eight grades 1912 edition.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Out and All About(Animal and Nature Stories)/Google Books
Didactic story book about nature and animals. Elementary level, grade 3 and up(estimate). Click here.
The Child's Coloured Gift Book/Google Books
1867 didactic picture book about everyday life around town with large writing - I'm guessing K-2nd grade or ages 4-8. Click here.
The Children's Book of Divinity or Grandmamma's Stories About Bible Doctrine/Google Books
No pandering to self esteem here. Grannie is tough, and she talks a lot about sin. I'm guessing this is Anglican as it was published in London. Read section two to determine if the doctrine fits your faith. Click here.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Santa Claus/Google Books
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Describes the life of Santa Claus from birth through old age and into immortality.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Everyday Number Stories/Google Books
Terrific illustrations for early math through about 5th grade. The word problems get progressively harder and include mixed fractions, something that my son is covering in his 5th grade Rod & Staff math curriculum. This book makes a wonderful extra practice book for him. I'll also be using it for my daughter when she gets older. Click here.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Yule-tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales & Traditions
Interesting book. I've linked to The Wreath(Questenberg, Germany) which I enjoyed skimming. The reading level is probably later middle school and up. It's well written and catches you interest right away.
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