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Computers and Reading
It's a good idea to get children (of any age) to read computer-based text (at least some of time) as it's so different from reading paper-based text. Some reading schemes have software versions of their books on CD-ROMs. These can be very motivating for children who are just learning to read but also for children who perhaps are not that fond of reading ordinary paper-based texts. The text is read to you. Words can be clicked on and heard again. Text is highlighted as it is spoken. Pictures can be animated. The interactive nature of this type of "talking book" makes reading much more fun for some children. I find them enchanting and engaging and no doubt primary children would too. Each of the titles mentioned has it's own website:

[] **Talking books (or stories) on CD-ROM are very popular with young children. These multimedia marvels are very 'edutaining' for Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 pupils. The Living Books series are looked upon by many practitioners as dear old friends. Many of these CD-ROMs may well be familiar to you - "Just Grandma and Me", "Little Monster at School", "Arthur's Birthday" and "The Tortoise and the Hare". All wonderful interactive stories that will enthral and enthuse the young reader.** Educational software companies are bringing out new titles all the time looking to provide resources for the Literacy Hour. There are too many to mention but others can be found at the TEEM and Talking books suitable for KS 2 (Myths and Legends perhaps?) and KS 3 (Shakespeare anyone?) found here - ** Sometimes there is no need to pay for CD-ROMs (which can be expensive). There are some great interactive websites that help to develop reading. **

[|Audio Book]
 =[|Free Audio Book.]Rockford's Rock Opera=

= = is an amazing adventure in sound for adults and children. Part One of the story (six chapters: 52 minutes) is free! It features narration, read along text, characters, sound effects and music and is available as a free mp3 download and an audio stream. Great to listen to on your computer, your ipod or burnt onto CD, this is a free audiobook like no other. The website also contains useful background information about the story (including key information and free downloadable teaching resources about extinction and ecology), how the story was made and the facts behind the fiction.



Mighty books
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Fables
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What a noise
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Big Books from Naace


Muddy Time Bluebell Time Blackberry Time Harvest Time What happened to my Granny in 1918 Colin's Passage To India 1942 My Great Grandfather's Journey Old and new toys Where Do Hedgehogs Go? Little Red Engine What's That Sound? (Windows Media Player) What's That Sound? (QuickTime) What's That Sound? (Real Player) [|Short Stories Learn English Kids] [|CBeebies Story Circle (BBC site)]
 * [|Kid Club short stories] **



** Story Bear (Little Animals Activity Centre - BBC) **

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 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/insearchoftreasure/stevenseagull.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Steven Seagull In Search Of Treasure" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/insearchoftreasure/index.html"]] || Steven Seagull In Search Of Treasure - This is the sequel to Steven Seagull At The Seaside. It requires a flash player. If you do not have an up-to-date version click here. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/lancstown.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Lancstown" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/lancstown/index.htm"]] || Lancstown - A classroom resource for early years providing email projects to stimulate creative writing. It requires a flash player. If you do not have an up-to-date version click here. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/teddybear.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Groovy Garden II" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/teddybears/index.html"]] || Teddybear Land - A classroom resource for early years about teddybears. It requires a flash player. If you do not have an up-to-date version click here. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/funkyf.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Groovy Garden II" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/ffarm/index.html"]] || Funky Farm - A story starter about animals on the farm. It requires a flash player. If you do not have an up-to-date version click here. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/images/missingapples.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Groovy Garden II" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/groovyg/index2.html"]] || Groovy Garden - "the missing apples" is a story starter for key stage 1. It requires a flash player. If you do not have an up-to-date version click here. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/images/coldlight.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Cold Light" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/coldlight/index.html"]] || Cold light is a story starter for keystage 2 / 3. It uses flash so get the latest flash plugin here.
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/images/coldlight.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Cold Light" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/coldlight/index.html"]] || Cold light is a story starter for keystage 2 / 3. It uses flash so get the latest flash plugin here.

NB: this is a large file and may take sometime to download. || by Leyland St James || Set your own font style and size. || Based on the story of 'The Mousehole Cat' by Antonia Barber by Class 4, Padiham Green CE Primary School || Scroll down the page for an Electronic Big Book in dual text format: English & Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Somali or Portugese. || An illustrated storybook by the reception class of Sacred Heart R.C. Primary School, Colne. || A book made by the reception class at St. Laurence C.E. Primary School, Chorley. || See Buzzy Bee **[|riddles]**, **[|maze]** and **[|coloring book]** below. || See Buzzy Bee **[|riddles]**, **[|maze]** and **[|coloring book]** below. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/images/groovy.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Groovy Garden" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/groovyg/index.html"]] || Groovy Garden is a story starter for key stage 1. It requires a flash player. If you do not have an up-to-date version click here. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/stevenseagull.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Steven Seagull" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/stevenseagull/atthe/Index.htm"]] || Steven Seagull At The Seaside, a new early years resource using flash. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/159_rabbits.gif width="120" height="60" caption="The Three Little Rabbits and the Big Bad Fox" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/rabbits/frontnew.htm"]] || The Three Little Rabbits and the Big Bad Fox. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/154_robbie_bear.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Robbie Bear" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/robbie/frontpage.htm"]] || Robbie Bear Goes to Lapland by the reception class at St. Laurence C.E. Primary School, Chorley. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/233_wateranimals.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Water Animals" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/wateranimals/front.htm"]] || The Water Animals
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/246_pirate.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Pirate Treasure" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/pirates/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pirate Treasure. An illustrated storybook by E. Stone of Sacred Heart R.C. Primary School, Colne, United Kingdom ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/images/252_joey.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Joey's First Jump" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/joey/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Joey's First Jump. Written by Ben. Illustrated by Chantelle, Catriona, Lisa, Georgina, Kimberley and Lewis from St George's CE Primary School ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/260_pirate_things.gif width="120" height="60" caption="How to make Pirate Things" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/pirates_002/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to Make Pirate Things. Written by the Reception Class St Hilda's CP School, Carlton ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/273_bob.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Bob Tries to Fly." link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/flying_bob/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bob Tries to Fly. Written and Illustrated by Michael and Sam of Seven Stars Primary School Leyland. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/274_poppy.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Poppy's Bad Day" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/poppy/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Poppy's Bad Day. Written by Charlotte and Rosie - Seven Stars Primary School, Leyland ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/048_sebastian.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Sebastian Swan" link="http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/index.html"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sebastian Swan: Find out about Sebastian Swan, read his big books online, then email him and read your letters on the notice board. A good way to encourage young writers. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/009_big_books.gif width="120" height="60" caption="Big Books" link="http://www.mape.org.uk/kids/bigbooks/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Big Books online for KS 1.
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/278_longman_books.gif width="120" height="60" link="http://www.longman.co.uk/bkproject/fiction/index.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Large-text online versions of selected Longman Books (Bands 1 – 4), approved by the RNIB ||
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/281_padcat.jpg width="120" height="60" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/padiham/frontpage.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Padiham Cat
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/300_manboydon.gif width="120" height="60" link="http://www.hounslowvtc2.org.uk/HLS/resourc.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Man, the Boy and the Donkey
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/zootrip.gif width="120" height="60" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/zoo/front.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Trip to the Zoo
 * [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/main_images/lit_image/spacer.gif width="10" height="8"]] || [[image:http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/linksmall/springtime.gif width="120" height="60" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/bigbooks/robspring/frontpage.htm"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Springtime with Robbie Bear
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnnoble.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/noblegnarble/index.html"]] || [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/g/new_red.gif width="32" height="16" caption="New story"]]**[|The Journey of the Noble Gnarble]** - //by Daniel Errico// - //Illustrated by Christian Colabelli// - Deep below the ocean waves a gnarble fish dreams of seeing the sun and sky. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnallig.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/invis-allig/index.html"]] || [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/g/new_red.gif width="32" height="16" caption="New story"]]**[|Invisible Alligators]** - //by Hayes Roberts// - Little Sari discovers invisible alligators quietly sneaking around creating trouble for her and everyone else. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnbrave.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/bravemonkey/index.html"]] || [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/g/new_red.gif width="32" height="16" caption="New story"]]**[|The Brave Monkey Pirate]** - //by Hayes Roberts// - The Pirate Modi uses his father's ship to follow a map. Will what he finds help him brave a shot at the doctor's office? ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnwiener3.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/wienerdog/index.html"]] || **[|The Wiener Dog Magnet]** - //by Hayes Roberts// - Just what is it you can do with a wiener dog magnet? Kiki Marie is about to find out. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnduck.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/farm/page1.html"]] || [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/g/speaker_button_ltyellow.gif width="25" height="16" align="top" caption="Includes audio"]]**[|The Farm Animals]** - //by Rolando Merino// - An illustrated story of animal sounds. **This is now a free complete online Click-a-Word Talking eBook!** ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnpirat.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/pirate/index.html"]] || [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/g/speaker_button_ltyellow.gif width="25" height="16" align="top" caption="Includes audio"]]**[|Pirate's Treasure]** - //by Carol Moore// - //Illustrated by Aura Moser// - A pirate in Jimmy's dream tells him where to find buried treasure. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnbitaba.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/bitaba/index.html"]] || [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/g/speaker_button_ltyellow.gif width="25" height="16" align="top" caption="Includes audio"]]**[|The Bitaba Bird]** - //by Carol Moore// - //Illustrated by Michael S. Weber// - A blending of imagination with a science lesson. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnwolst.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/wolstencroft/index.html"]] || **[|Wolstencroft The Bear]** - //by Karen Lewis// - //Illustrated by Michael S. Weber//. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnollie.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/ollie/index.html"]] || **[|Ollie's Jar]** - //by Carol Moore// - An illustrated story with animation. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnrbird.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/roundbrd/15.html"]] || **[|Round Bird Can't Fly]** - //by Lea McAndrews// - An illustrated story. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btncat.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/kitty/index.html"]] || **[|Kitty Wants a Box]** - //by Carol Moore// - A short illustrated story. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btncnt.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/count/index.html"]] || **[|The Counting Story]** - //by Rolando Merino// - An illustrated story with animation. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnalpha.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/alphabet/index.html"]] || **[|Alphabet]** - //by Rolando Merino// - An animated story of the alphabet. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnzoo.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/zoo/index.html"]] || **[|Animals You Can See at the Zoo]** - //by Rolando Merino// - An illustrated story of zoo animals with sound and animation. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnbee4.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/bee/index.html"]] || **[|Buzzy Bee]** - //by Carol Moore// - A short illustrated story.
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnbee4.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/beebf/index.html"]] || **[|Buzzy Bee and Friends]** - //by Carol Moore// - A short illustrated story.
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnbeent.jpg width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/beenight/index.html"]] || **[|Buzzy Bee's Night Out]** - //by Carol Moore// - //Illustrated by Dan Wetzel// - Buzzy Bee ventures into the night in search of tasty flowers. ||
 * [[image:http://www.magickeys.com/books/buttons/btnbeepcnc8.gif width="72" height="72" link="http://www.magickeys.com/books/beepicnic/index.html"]] || **[|Buzzy Bee's Picnic]** - //by Carol Moore// - //Illustrated by Dan Wetzel// - Buzzy Bee can't resist the delights of picnic food. ||

Poetry sites
Fizzy, funny, fuzzy - Fun poetry for kids []

In the moonlight a worm........(Haiku) []

Giggle Poetry []

[|**Children's Poetry** Archive] The **Children's Poetry** Archive is an ever expanding archive of poets for **children** reading their own work. [|**Poetry** for Kids] Funny kids **poems** guaranteed to make you giggle by author Kenn Nesbitt! The most popular **children's poetry** website on the net.



author's websites
** The Official Eric Carle Web Site ****[]

Julia Jarman's Home Page ****[]**
 * Shoo Rayner's Wonderful Website ****[]

Shakespeare4Kidz []

Terry-Deary.com []

Helen Cooper & Ted Dewan Wormworks ****[]

Bookbox (Channel 4 site featuring over 30 popular authors, poet's and illustrators) ** **[]**