Portal to Reading Fun!

Here’s some awesome free stuff to make your reading adventure more fun.

Message Boards

Children's, Parents and Educators Message Boards
Interact with your peers in a message board setting.

Games

FunBrain
Fun educational games divided by age group.
http://www.Funbrain.com

Cranium
http://www.cranium.com

Starfall
Learn to read by playing games. Already know how to read? This site has games, plays you might like the books, too.
http://www.starfall.com

Kids’ Place from Education
Fun learning games; geography, spelling brain teasers, and more.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids

Mystery Net’s Kids
Mysteries to solve, scary stories, magic tricks and contest
http://kids.mysterynet.com

Fun puzzles, word games, language games, and more preschool to 6th grade
http://www.funschool.com

Books

Reading Rainbow
http://www.pbs.org/readytolearn/resources/rainbow

Scholastic Books
Captain Underpants , Goosebumps, Harry Potter, they all have games and fun stuff here.
http://www.scholastic.com/kids

Random House Children’s Books
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/books/step/books

Reading is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet

Ramp to Reading Resources
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us

Hear a story online

Book Pals
http://www.storylineonline.net
TV and movie stars read books aloud. Listen to the story, see the pictures, and have a star read a book aloud to you!

Storyplace
http://www.storyplace.org
Listen to a story online. Play games and do activities based on a theme.

Zingertales
http://www.bookhive.org/zingertales
Listen to a story online. Each story has a list of book suggestions. If you like the story, you might like the books too.

Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
Learn to read by playing games. Already know how to read? This site has games, plays you can act out, and storys you can read and hear online.

Read a story online

Between the Lions
http://www.pbskids.org/lions
Read stories on line. Each story has games that go with it.

Story Hour from the IPL Kidspace
Read a book online and view illustrations.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace

The International Children’s Digital Library
Online children’s books from Read books online from all over the world. Has books in English and dozens of languages spoken around the world.
http://www.childrenslibrary.org

2011 Read Aloud America Book List

Hamilton County Schools