2020ok around 100 books for babies through 12 nicely divided into categories. (Also a teen section at site)

4tenderheart  offers unique stories for online reading and also two television readings of Sir Pot stories.

AaronShephard'sWorldof Stories is a nicely categorized collection of stories from around the world for online reading.  The listings give the appropriate age for reading, length of the story and origin.

AlvieTheLittleBrownBurro  has seven Alvie stories to read online or download in MP3.

AmazingAdventureSeries offers the children story "June the Prune" for free reading online.  The story can also be heard by pressing the audio button at the top of the page.

AmericanFolklore offers many folk stories from USA, Canada and Mexico as well as Native American for online viewing.

AntBee Joe Ant and Boo Bee offer nine illustrated books for younger children for online viewing.

Archive.org (Children's Library) large collection of children's books available for online viewing (original books) and download

ArmenianStoryTeller has a few Armenian stories and poems available for free reading online.

BABBooks has 25 free illustrated books available for online reading or listening.

Baby School has a small collection of online flash books for toddlers and young children.

BaldwinLibraryofChildren'sLiterature has almost 6,000 classic , but unique, children's books for free viewing online.  the ones I looked at had beautiful illustrations.  A caution that some of the works are unacceptable by today's standards due to the view of minorities at that time.  Not related to the above as far as I can tell.

Baldwin Online Children's Projects 520 classic  children's books in a variety of genres for online viewing.

BBCSchools  has three online illustrated books for young children that can be viewed with or without audio.

Bedtime-Story has a large collection of illustrated books for online viewing.  Some are classics and others are unique stories separated into unusual categories.

Beenleigh State School  of Queensland, Australia has a large collection of stories to read online with audio built in.

BetweentheLions has a good number of video books with words for younger readers to follow along.  Also some games and other activities for young readers.

BookBox has about 20 free books available for download in pdf (as a single page) and MP3.  Also free games and coloring books.

BookPop has a number of illustrated books free for online reading.  There are also some coloring pages for download.  There are supposed to be music and story downloads, but I kept getting an error when  trying to reach those.

BooksShouldBeFree has a good size collection of Childrens and Fairy Tales books available for download in plain text format.

Bored.com (Children's) has 1572 works available for online viewing in their children's section.  Searchable by author name and title.

BritishCouncil has a very nice collection of flash animated song and audio read-a-long stories.  Games and other activities also available.  Audio may be disabled for reading only.

Browzer offers a few unique books for download in pdf without registration. 

BuddhaNet  offers about 15 Buddhist books for children as well as textbooks and coloring books for download in pdf.

CandlelightStories has a good number of stories from the Arabian nights collection as well as other story books available for online reading.

CBeebies is a BBC site that offers a good number of free stories, in flash, for online reading and listening.  Also, has games, music and coloring books.

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ChildrensBooksForever has a nice collection of books in pdf.  Additional comments from Cathy of  PuzzlEd  "I checked out ChildrensBooksForever and the books are just delightful! Gorgeous pictures and some good themes for primary-school kids (anger, bullying etc). Over 20 books available to download and use on computer, Smartboards etc, as well as viewing online (and in quite a variety of languages, too, apparently). Excellent for school or home use."

Children's Books Online is an excellent collection (600+) of illustrated antique children's books for viewing online.   They are also available for download at a fee.  This little gem was suggested by an anonymous poster.

Children'sLibrary.org  has a large collection of books for online viewing.  Many appear to be unique classic works that are finely illustrated.  Books can be filtered by age, length and fiction/non-fiction.

ChildrenStory  offers a nice collection of fairy tales for online viewing as well as Bible stories and coloring books.

ChildrensStories offers 6 free works by Elisa Gianoncelli.  2 are for children 7 and older, 1 for children 6 to 9 and 3 for children under 6.

Childrenstory offers a smaller collection of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and holiday stories.  There is also a story that was written and illustrated by 2d grader children.  Caution that many of the other links lead to items for sale.

ChildStoryTeller has a good number of short stories and nursery rhymes for reading online.  No illustrations to speak of and most of the stories are classics that can be found elsewhere, but there are a few unique entires here.

Classic Literature Library (Fairy Tales) Small collection, but a nice collection of the Oz and Peter Pan books along with Lewis Carroll's children's books available for online viewing.

Classicly has a nice collection of free books for children and young readers.  Most are available for download in pdf, kindle or MP3 (audiobook).  The Young Reader Collection only lists four books, but if you click on links in the introductory paragraph, you will be taken to other works.  Thanks to Tyler G for this suggestion.

ClassicReader (Young Readers) Several hundred classic books for young readers available for online viewing

DLTK-Teach   offers free printable children's books.  Most are geared towards pre-schoolers, including a set on the alphabet, but there are some stories for older children also.    Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.

EasyMediaBroadcast   has a nice little collection of classic children's books with many of Beatrix Potter's works.  The works are available for download in TK3 and as .exe.  Downloads were a bit slow, but the quality of the works was very good.

e-booksDirectory has some classic children's books available for online viewing and some for download.  Some are the usual classics, but also some unusual entries here.

eduplace  offers 14 "leveled" books for online reading or printing.

ePubBooks has an interesting collection of classic fairy tale books, with some unique entries.  These are available for free download in EPUB.

ePubBud has several hundred free books available in EPUB.  These are divided into categories, mostly by age.   These appear to be a mix of classic and original and unpublished works.  You can also create your own book to post there.  Thanks to lala for this suggestion.

ETextCenter the electronic text center of the University of Virginia has a large collection of works for children and young adults available for online viewing.  These are classic works and many are availble elsewhere, but there are some unique ones.  Books are sorted by author name.

FableLibrary has an interesting and unique collection of childrens works.  Most are available for viewing online, including some flash versions.  But a few are available for download.  Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.

FarmhouseFables offers 5 short story books about the little creatures that have made their home in the meadow next to the old farmhouse.

Feedbooks (Fairy Tales) has a small but unique collection of fairy tale books from around the globe available for download in Kindle, ePub and PDF.

Fiction eBooks (Children's Illustrated) 8 of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books very nicely illustrated.

FictionPress has 2695 free works in its Kids Fiction Archive.  These appear to be original and unpublished works and most are short stories.  These are available for free reading online.

FloridaDisaster.org  offers three books on hazardous weather for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade readers in download in PDF.

GailSpencerLamm  offers her illustrated ebook, Emily's Patience, for free online viewing or download.

GenieBooks  offers 15 books for younger readers for download in PowerPoint.  Has not been updated in a while, but links still work.  Sponsored by University of Auburn.  PowerPoint can be read with the free Open Office.

Geronimo's Adventures features 9 good size books on the adventures of Geronimo the teddy bear for online viewing.

Giraffian offers a nice collection of books for pre-schoolers, covering the alphabet, numbers colors and other topics.  Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.

GoldenGems   a collection of little golden books and other illustrated books for children for online viewing and saving as jpg.

GoodnightStories is a nice little collection of unique children stories for reading online.  A good number of the stories were written by children.  Some other activities and printable coloring pages are also available.

Google Book Search (Fairy Tales) 578 works for online viewing, from the 1850s-1920s.

Grammaropolis has a book, video, songs and games to help children learn proper grammar. 

Gutenberg (Children's) Large collection divided into sub-categories available for download in several formats

InklessTales  offers 15 stories for online viewing as well as games, poems and activities.

International Children's Digital Library nice collection of children's books from around the world in a variety of languages and nicely categorized, available for online viewing.

Joggoon has 30 classic children novels available for free reading online.   There are some unique listings here.

Johnnie's Story Page most of these are links offsite, but it is a very nice collection and  well sorted for beginning and more advanced readers.  All the ones I looked at were flash presentations and also had audio available.

Kellscraft (Children's Books) nice collection (100) of childrens books from the 1890s-1920s.

KidsKnowIt  is not a book site, but it does have a lot of reading for children, along with educational puzzles and games.

KidsNurseryRhymes a British site featuring over 1200 nursery rhymes for online viewing.  Also has sing along rhymes (must have midi player-available there) and some nursery rhyme disco recordings available for download in MP3.

Kidspace A small collection of childrens books, available for online viewing, from the Internet Public Library.

KidStoriesOnline offers free stories online (with optional audio), free ebooks, audio books and videos.  Some require providing an email, but most are available to all.

Kindersite offer a good number of stories in flash for reading and listening online as well as lullabies, music and games for younger children.

Knowledgerush has a small, but interesting, collection with a good listing of Oz and Tom Swift books, along with some other classics for viewing online.  Also a young adults section.

LearningIsland Nice collection of children's books available for online viewing.

LearningPage  has a series (38) of printable "Tommy" story books suitable for about 8-10-year-olds, plus some other printable books, for free.  Requires free registration.  Suggested by Cathy of  PuzzlEd.

LibraryofCongress  maintains a nice collection of classic children's books in its Childrens Literature collection of its Rare Book section.  these are available for online reading and download in pdf.  These are illustrated copies and are a nice mix of well known and unusual.

LilFingers Storybooks Small collection of books for very young children for reading and being read to.

LongLongTimeAgo is a large collection of fables, myths, folk tales, fairy tales and more from around the world.  These are available for reading online. 

Magickeys small, but interesting and unusual, collection for online viewing

ManyBooks (Young Readers)  2390 books available for online viewing or download in an extremely large variety of formats

MemoWare (Children's eBooks) 686 books available for download in varying formats

MerpyStories offers several animated flash stories, with accompanying music, for online viewing.  The unique stories of Merpy, Jeremy Dragonfly and Rufus the Firefly available in English and Spanish.  Other activities available.

Michael Hardgrove  offers his illustrated book, "The Echo and the Pixie" for free reading online.

Mightybook is a pay site, but it offers a good size collection of very interesting and free flash animation storybooks, story songs, Beatrix Potter stories and more.  I thought the music and art section, which combines classical music and art,  was a very good idea.

Munsey's (Children Books) 2283 free books available in HTML or a good variety of downloads.

Munsey'sMobile has over 2000 free books in its Children's category.  These are all available for free viewing online and are also available for download in PDF, PRC and ePUB.  These appear to be different works than those available on the regular Munsey's site, above.

MuseumofUnnaturalHistory has a small collection of illustrated childrens' stories for online viewing. these are unique stories not found elsewhere.

MysteryNetKids has a good size collection of mysteries for children to solve.  There are 28 "Solve-It" stories, 29 "Chiller" stories from the Darkmaster,  28 "Quick Solve" stories, 28 Magic Tricks and 21 mystery stories written by children that won the mystery writing contest at the site.

PBSKids has a few read along stories as well as several short educational videos for young children.

PlanetOzKids has an interesting collection of stories relating to myths about animals.  Also available are detective stories to work along with.  All available for online viewing.

ProfessorGarfield offers 11 free books for beginner readers.  These are nicely illustrated and are read in their "toon reader".  There is an option to have the book read aloud using human voices as the child reads.  Interesting and unique collection.  Available in several languages.  Other activities also available at the site.

PuzzlEd  is not a book site, but has links to sites offering free books (which will be incorporated here when I have time) and a collection of jigsaw and other puzzles and other activities for children.

RIF Reading Planet  has an interesting collection of books for online viewing that changes monthly.  Also has activities and games as well as Asian/Pacific, Caribbean, Hispanic and native American sections with books and activities.

Robert Munsch has about 60 books by Robert Munsch for reading online and read by him available for download in MP3 format.

RodCockle offers a nice collection of illustrated books for online viewing, as well as games and puzzles for 4-8 year olds. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.

Room108KidsStories offers about 25 animated stories, with accompanying music, for reading online.  These are unique stories not found elsewhere. 

Scholastic Small collection of children's books available for online viewing (or read to you).  Featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog, Alice in Wonderland and a couple of others.

Scholastic Mini-books has a good selection of stories available to read or print, many of which are free. Suggested by Cathy of PuzzlEd.

SebastianSwan  a collection of Sebastian Swan stories for online viewing.

Shay's Imagination  offers the unique stories and poems of Shay for online reading or download in pdf.

SillyBooks has a number of free books available for online reading.  There are also puzzles, games and contests.

Smashwords has over 300 free ebooks for free online viewing or download in a variety of formats.  These are generally unpublished works and unique to this site.  The site does also offer books for purchase, but all the works in this list are available for free.

Starfall  has online flash presentations designed for first graders to entertain and educate.

StoriesForChildren has 8 Christmas stories by Carolyn Rogers for online viewing and apparently some woodland creature stories soon to come.

StoriestoGrowBy  has a large collection of folk and fairy tales for children from around the world for online viewing.

StoryPlace Elementary has six stories and related activities for online viewing geared for elementary school age children.

StoryPlace PreSchool  has a nice collection of books and activities designed for pre-schoolers available for online viewing.

StoryTimeForMe a nice site with unique entries aimed for toddlers through 2d grade.  Interesting combination of old fashioned animated book and flash video.

SurLaLuneFairyTales offers a very nice and large collection of fairy tales from around the world for online reading.

TheManorSchool offers a collection of Greek myths and legends for online viewing.  Featured within the stories is the artwork of children of the school.

TheMoonlitRoad has 11 stories for children for online reading.  A mix of ghost stories, folktales, myths and legends from the American South.

ThePomplemousse has three original stories about the adventures of Pomplemousse, intended for children and adults.

Tikiri  has a nice collection of Sri Lankan stories available in English and Sinhalese available as PDF.

ToddlerSchool has a small collection of illustrated books to read and listen to online. Also has educational games for younger children.  Suggested by Sefi

Tonight'sBedtimeStory offers 79 classic fairy tales for download or online viewing in PDF.

uMassAmherstAesop'sFables offers a collection of Aesop's fables, with illustrations from students in the Computing in the Fine Arts course for online viewing.

WackyWebTales offers a good size collection of short tales for 3rd graders and above. Geared to help with parts of speech.

Web-Books has 92 free classic children's novels.  These are all available to read free online or for download in WEB and WEB database.  Viewing the downloads requires their Web Viewer (free) which is clean as far as I can tell

WebPop  has a very interesting collection of unique and nicely illustrated books available for online reading, listening and download. 

WiredForBooks has a nice collection of Beatrix Potter books as well as a few others for online reading and also available in audio.

WorldofTales  a collection of folktales, fairy tales and fables from around the world available for online viewing.

YourBedtimeStory There are not a lot of stories and the stories are not very long, but this site does have a nice twist that you can personalize the story.  There are also coloring pages along with the stories.

Children's Audio Books

AlvieTheLittleBrownBurro has seven Alvie stories to read online or download in MP3.

AmazingAdventureSeries offers the children story "June the Prune" for free reading online.  The story can also be heard by pressing the audio button at the top of the page.

AudioBooksForFree (Childrens) has a few hundred audio books available for free download as MP3s.  However, the quality of the free downloads is 8kbps, which is bearable.  Higher quality recordings cost money.  No sorting for age groups.  The books appear to be mostly for older children.

Beenleigh State School  of Queensland, Australia has a large collection of stories to read online with audio built in.

BookBox  has 18 audio books available in a variety of languages available for download in MP3.

BooksShouldBeFree has a good collection of Childrens and Fairy Tales audio books available for download in MP3 (64kbps) format.  Files are downloaded in Zip format and when extracted are separated into chapters.

BritishCouncil has a very nice collection of flash animated song and audio read-a-long stories.  Games and other activities also available.

CinnamonBear is a British site featuring the adventures of Paddy O'Cinnamon available for download in MP3 format.  The quality is very good, but the stories are divided into separate downloads of small sections.  A nice unusual listing though.

HighlightsKids has 9 books available for listening and viewing online through a flash player.  The site also has games, puzzles, reading stories and science experiments and stories for children.

Johnnie's Story Page most of these are links offsite, but it is a very nice collection and  well sorted for beginning and more advanced readers.  All the ones I looked at were flash presentations and also had audio available.

KidsAudioBooks Very good site which lists many of the same records listed at KiddieRecordsWeekly, but has them all available in one download.  Also has some old time radio shows as well as a small collection of coloring pages (images to be saved) and reading books (pdf download).

KidsLearnOutLoud has about 160 free audio books and podcasts available for listening or download in various formats (usually MP3).  These are links to other sites so the format and quality can vary, but the few I listened to were of very good quality.  Some interesting entries here. 

KidsNurseryRhymes has singalong nursery rhymes for online listening and disco sing alongs for download in MP3 format.

KiddieRecordsWeekly has a very interesting collection of stories.  These were recorded on records during the mid 1940s to the early 1950s.  Many of these recordings were extravagant Hollywood productions on major record labels and featured big time celebrities and composers of the day.  There are around 250 recordings available for download in high quality MP3 format or they can be streamed.  Some are available as one download, but most are available in several segments. (See KidsAudioBooks for easier download).

Kindersite offer a good number of stories in flash for reading and listening online as well as lullabies, music and games for younger children.

Librivox (Childrens) has a good collection of childrens audio books available for download in MP3 (64kbps or 128kbps) or ogg.  Quality of recordings is very good, but the downloads are chapter by chapter.

LightUpYourBrain has 20 childrens audio books available for download in MP3 or for listening online.  All are read by Chuck Brown.  There is also a large collection of childrens games available at the site.

Lit2Go has a large collection of audio books and poems, which appear to be almost all for children of varying ages (Titles).    Quality of recordings was very good.

Mightybook is a pay site, but it offers a good size collection of very interesting and free flash animation storybooks, story songs, Beatrix Potter stories and more.  I thought the music and art section, which combines classical music and art,  was a very good idea.  All of the stories and songs are audio and print for read-a-long.

Robert Munsch has about 60 books by Robert Munsch (and read by him) available for download in MP3 format. 

Speakaboos has about 100 books available for listening and viewing online through a flash viewer.  Downloads are available for a fee, though some are available free after registering.  They also have a Play area with arts and crafts projects.

StoryLineOnline has audio books available for online listening and viewing through a flash player.  There are also activities associated with the book available online or for download in pdf.  This site is a program of the Screen Actors Guild and features well known actors as the readers.

Storynory has a good size collection of interesting children stories.  There are original stories as well as classic novels and fairy tales.  The educational page has Greek myths and Robin Hood stories and some others.  The Junior stories page has books for those just learning to read.  Downloads are very good quality MP3. 

WiredForBooks has a nice collection of Beatrix Potter books as well as a few others for online reading and also available in audio. 

WorldofTales  a collection of folktales, fairy tales and fables from around the world available as audio.