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Sub-Categories in Classics

Aesop's Fables (8)
Alcott, Louisa May (9)
Andersen, Hans Christian (13)
Baum, L. Frank (12)
Brothers Grimm (5)
Carroll, Lewis (17)

Dickens, Charles (2)
Kipling, Rudyard (1)
Montgomery, Lucy Maud (11)
Shakespeare, William (17)
Shelley, Mary (1)
Twain, Mark (14)

Web Sites in Category Classics

Animated Tall Tales - Animated versions of classic american tales like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others. Fully narrated online story books and Flash cartoons.

BookRags - Summary guides to classic literature.

Books for Young Readers - Electronic text versions of young children's books and rhymes. Most are illustrated.

Building Rainbows Book Reviews - Classic Children's Books - A collection of electronic texts for young people with provisions for adding book reviews and discussion about each of the books.

byGosh.com - Free Online Classic Children's Stories - About twenty formatted online classic children's stories, some include illustrations.

Catcher in the Rye Essays - Includes a summary of the book, an "about the author" section, essay ideas and help, and completed essays.

Children's Classics List from The Horn Book - A listing of children's classics with associated descriptions arranged by age group. The list was compiled by Mary M. Burns.

Classic Bookshelf - E-texts presented with the aid of an applet which allows the choice of font size, spacing, and color.

Classic Reader - A large collection of full-length classic stories for online reading.

Classics for Young People - A list of classic literature for young people sorted by author. HTML versions of the text are included for many of the books.

Classics for Young People - Links to full electronic text versions of classics by various authors archived by the Children's Literature Web Guide.

Electronic Texts formated by Robert Stockton - A collection of over twenty electronic text versions of classics reformatted by Robert Stockton for easy reading.

Fairrosa Cyber Library: Children's Classics - A list of thirty children's classics, most of which are linked to the actual text of the books provided by Project Gutenberg.

From Mother Goose in Prose by Frank Baum - Includes story versions of a few rhymes.

Golden Books - Offers printable activities and games based on childhood favorites.

IPL Story Hour - A small collection of online stories for younger readers. Contents include: Mother Goose, The Tortoise and the Hare, and others.

Jack London's Writings - A collection of electronic text versions of novels and short stories by Jack London.

Kids' Corner - Featuring the stories of Beatrix Potter in text, RealAudio, streaming media, and multimedia slide shows.

Mary Jo's E-texts - A collection of electronic classics covering a range of authors. A document viewer is required to view these zipped files.

The Adventures of Pinocchio - Free illustrated e-book in PDF format. Complete original text.

The Baldwin Project - Online editions of classic children's books from the golden age of children's literature (1880-1922).

The Motley Kids - Dedicated to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. An online project at Westminster High School in California for English Honors 2.

The Online Books Page - Electronic texts archived at the University of Pennsylvania Digital Library. Search or browse by author/title/subject.

The Real Mother Goose - The original text complete with all the rhymes and scanned illustrations.

The Virtual Bookshelf - An archive of virtual books in a web-friendly format.

The War of the Worlds - E-text of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.

Traditional Classics in Children's Literature - A list of 50 children's classics with electronic text versions of the stories where available (currently more than 20) by Kay E. Vandergrift.

Treasure Island: Classic Books for Teens - A list of fifty classic books appropriate for young adults each linked to corresponding public domain versions of the text. List is sorted by author.

Trina's Curious George Website - Find information about Curious George and his creators, pictures, an introduction to the series, and links.

University of Virginia Electronic Text Center: The Modern English Collection - Browse and search the publicly-accessible electronic texts from this extensive selection. Browse by author, or area of interest. Search by author or title or keywords/phrases within the text. Some titles include illustrations.

Young People's Zone - A site with children's literature online sorted by series and author. Includes fairy tales, Avonlea series, fables, Robin Hood tales, and other classics

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