FREE Online Books for Kids

Many of our students enjoy reading on electronic devices, and all of the following sites offer FREE online books for kids!  {Many thanks to Raki's Rad Resources for compiling and sharing these sites  I have included her comments about each site.}

Did you know that with your public library card you can check out e-books from the public library?  Once your account is set up, you can check out books anytime you have an internet connection!  See our local library for help with this.

We Give Books: (They are offering a FREE 10-week summer reading program!)
This website is owned by Pearson Foundation, and has hundreds of e-books available for kids to read for free.  The books are really amazing quality, with great illustrations and quality writing.  There is a large variety of fiction and non-fiction books.  In addition, the foundation donates books to kids in need around the world for all of your time spent on this site.  You can sort the books by content and age appropriateness. Even though this is a free site, students will need a log in.

Classic Kids Books Online:
This site includes 51 classic children’s books for free.  Some are common fairy tales like the Three Bears, but there are many classic novels like the Jungle Book, the Secret Garden and the Adventures of Huck Finn.  These are scanned in copies of good quality with color illustrations.  

Children's Story Books Online:
This website has quality stories for young children, older children and young adults.  The books have good quality writing and most books include illustrations.  This site only has fiction books. 

Free Kids Books Online:
This is a great collection of kids’ books written by independent authors.  All of the books are fiction, although many have science or health tie ins.  You can read the books on the screen or download a PDF version for free.  Many books also have a link to where you can purchase a physical copy of the book.

(These sites are all linked in the Reading Websites tab, above.)