Check out all the posts covering multiple subjects in the Homeschooling for Free series.
- BOOK IT! - read books, get pizza…what could be better?
- Lookybook - read picture books online
- Easy Chapter Books - a list for children who are “ready to graduate out of Readers but…not yet ready for full-fledged chapter books”
- 100 Books Every Child Should Read Pt 1 - for the early years
- 100 Books Every Child Should Read Pt 2 - for the middle years
- 100 Books Every Child Should Read Pt 3 - for the early teens
- 25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers - ways to make reading fun; elementary
- Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World - search by region
- Picturing Books - a site about picture books; resources, information, lists, etc.
- Reading Aloud - hints, tips and ideas for reading aloud to any age
- Index to Children’s Book Authors & Illustrators - search the list of authors and illustrators to find info, bios and other resources related to them
- Girls Voices Literature Database - collection of literature with positive female characters
- eBooks for Young Readers - a selection of popular classics; original images
- EasyFunSchool Literature Units - activities & ideas to supplement various books (scroll down to find the book titles)
- Page By Page Books - “read classic books online;” search by title or author
- PinkMonkey.com - online literature summaries, book notes, study guides
- FreeAudio.org - “audio books on libery and freedom”
- Kids’ Corner Story Books - “featuring Beatrix Potter”
- AudioBooksForFree - adult section and children’s section
- Free Classic Audio Books - MP3 and M4B for iPod
- Free Christian Audio Books - Spurgeon, Torrey, Moody, Brother Lawrence, more
- Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature - searchable by era, grade, reading level and anything else imaginable
- 1000 Good Books List - organized by reading level
- The Great Books - “provides Christians with a detailed, chronological reading list;” grades 9-12
- The Great Books List - by era; advanced readers
- 100 Best Books - organized by age
- Best Online Classic Children’s Books - by genre
- Storynory - audio stories for kids
- Project Gutenberg - 1000’s of downloadable books from the public domain
- No Fear Shakespeare - Shakespear’s works side-by-side with modern translation
- LoudLit - “literature for your eyes and ears”
- Historical Fiction Booklist - catagorized by era
- 19th Century Schoolbooks - 140 schoolbooks from Nietz Old Collection; searchable
Know of any more? Share the love & leave ‘em in the comments!

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