Digital Texts & Storytelling
DK Find Out
Dorling Kindersley's Find Out website features non-fiction texts. These are not books but is more like a mini encyclopaedia with fantastic, high quality, annotated diagrams. Topics are organised under the headings: Animals and plants; Science, Earth, Dinosaurs, Music Maths and many more. There is a simple but effective search feature. It works well on iPads too!
Dorling Kindersley's Find Out website features non-fiction texts. These are not books but is more like a mini encyclopaedia with fantastic, high quality, annotated diagrams. Topics are organised under the headings: Animals and plants; Science, Earth, Dinosaurs, Music Maths and many more. There is a simple but effective search feature. It works well on iPads too!
Sunshine Online
These are 8 excellent online texts. Each book begins with a dreaming story from which stems the remaining content. For example, The Kangaroo Who Danced starts with a dreaming story, then has reports on kangaroos and Kakadu National Park, an explanation about how they came to hop and videos. Poetry, procedures and quizzes are included in the some of the other titles.
Suitable for Stage 2 and 3 to read independently.
How the Animals Came to Australia
The Dancing Brolga
The Story of Lake Bundoo Bunta
How the Butterflies came to be
The Return of the Flowers
The Kangaroo who Danced
How the sun was made
Bilby and the Willy-Willy
These are 8 excellent online texts. Each book begins with a dreaming story from which stems the remaining content. For example, The Kangaroo Who Danced starts with a dreaming story, then has reports on kangaroos and Kakadu National Park, an explanation about how they came to hop and videos. Poetry, procedures and quizzes are included in the some of the other titles.
Suitable for Stage 2 and 3 to read independently.
How the Animals Came to Australia
The Dancing Brolga
The Story of Lake Bundoo Bunta
How the Butterflies came to be
The Return of the Flowers
The Kangaroo who Danced
How the sun was made
Bilby and the Willy-Willy
National Geographic - Young Explorer
Fantastic magazine full of articles on intriguing animals, plants, our planet and people. Students can listen and read the magazine. Teachers can access detailed guides to support teaching and learning programs.
Unite for Literacy
This site has many books which can be read to you in your choice of 18 languages. It is a free site.
We Give Books
"We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. We Give Books combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers."
Free! You need to start an account by giving an email address, then you can search for texts using age, author or genre filters. This site does not have the function to hear the story read aloud.
Free! You need to start an account by giving an email address, then you can search for texts using age, author or genre filters. This site does not have the function to hear the story read aloud.
World Stories
This UK site has stories which can be printed out or listened to in 30 different languages.
Storynory
This is a free UK site which provides access to MP3 versions of stories.
"Storynory is an online treasure-trove of free audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of original stories , fairytales , and specially adapted myths and histories . We also provide a sprinkling of verse ."
"Storynory is an online treasure-trove of free audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of original stories , fairytales , and specially adapted myths and histories . We also provide a sprinkling of verse ."
Storyline Online
A free American site featuring videos of actors reading books.
Story Bee
A free site featuring professional storytellers spin their favourite tales. It is divided into different age groups to help choose appropriate titles. No login is required.
My Online Reading
A great source of digital books divided into themes such as 'Creatures', 'Discoveries', 'Sport' and others.
More suited for K-4 students. There is no audio with these books.
More suited for K-4 students. There is no audio with these books.
Storybox Library
Story Box Library features engaging online Australian stories read by some of Australia's finest storytellers. This site is not free, requiring paid membership.
Roy Tale of a Singing Zebra
This site is free but the owners request that you register. There are interactive reading games, guided reading stories and printable worksheets.
This site is free but the owners request that you register. There are interactive reading games, guided reading stories and printable worksheets.
Woodlands Resources - Interactive Stories for Kids
A free UK site with links to lots of different texts including those from British council. Scroll down for fairytales.
A free UK site with links to lots of different texts including those from British council. Scroll down for fairytales.