Globe
The Globe Program: Discoveries at Willow Creek [Pdf]
Join Anita, Dennis and Simon as they take a field trip to Willow Creek. This visit to the creek is slightly different than their first encounter there--discover why by reading this interesting tale!
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Way to Go!
Which type of vehicle do you dream of driving? The book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Watch Out!
Learn to recognize different safety signs you may see in your community or when traveling. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Trains, Planes and Boats
A book about trains, planes, and boats, and the difference between those that carry people and those that carry cargo. Includes audio narration in eight additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: The Girl Who Learned to Fly
In this book, Sylvia Acevedo tells how she became a rocket scientist. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: The Assembly Plant
A book about making things with tools and different materials. Includes audio narration in six additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Community: Farm Tractors at Work
Learn about all the jobs that a tractor does on a farm. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Apple Annie
Follow along as an aunt teaches a young girl how to make dried apple dolls. Book includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: Championship Game
A picture book about the final championship baseball game of the season. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Fresh From the Farm
Read about some of the products we get from farms. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Other
Internet Service Providers Austria: The Online Zoo [Pdf]
This 68-page story book aims to teach children about the Internet and its possible challenges in a playful way. In the Online Zoo, the animals use the internet. During her daily tour around the zoo, Director Elsa discovers that Panda...
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables: "The Donkey and the Lap Dog"
Learn that sometimes not all jokes are funny in Aesop's tale "The Donkey and the Lap Dog." The story is offered in its traditional version as well as a more modernized rendition. Slideshow pacing encourages independent reading.
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables: The Bundle of Sticks
Read this beautifully illustrated fable of Aesop, "The Bundle of Sticks." Illustrated by college student, Michael Chan, the story progresses to its moral and meaning, "union gives strength". Also find the history of Aesop and his fables,...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Mayor
Learn about the mayor of Hilo, Hawaii and what his duties include, as students read and listen to this book.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Pediatrician
Listen to and read about pediatricians and the services they provide our communities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Pediatrician
Listen and read along as a pediatrician describes how she takes care of children in this interactive book for early learners.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Librarian
Listen to and read about librarians and the roles they fulfill in local communities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Utility Worker
Listen to and read about utility workers and the services they provide to local communities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Pizza Maker
Listen to and read about a pizza maker's responsibilities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Police Officer
Listen to and read about the roles and responsibilities of a local police officer.
Other
"Old Mother West Wind" by Thornton Burgess
E-text of Thornton Burgess's 1910 children's book, "Old Mother West Wind," organized by chapter.
Read Works
Read Works: What Is a Law?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about laws and why people need them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Starfall
Starfall: It's Earth Day, Dear Dragon
A read-along story about Earth Day written just for beginning readers. Students can click on each word to hear how it is pronounced.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Fox and the Grapes"
Two traditional retellings of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes." The first has literal illustrations of the original fable. The second tells the same story, but has illustrations that give the story a modern setting and characters...