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Read 14,838 free English children’s books online — picture books and stories for early readers, sorted by reading level, with topic shelves and narrated audiobooks.

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888subject books
44topics
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Christmas · 168Classics american · 167Fall · 132Halloween · 126Classics british · 116Winter · 97Family friends and home · 45Emotions and life skills · 44Classics german · 40Thanksgiving · 34Let's play · 32Animals birds and insects · 30Classics russian · 28Classics canadian · 26My body identity and daily routines · 22Classics irish · 20Let's learn · 20Classics scandinavian · 19Diwali · 19Nature and looking after our planet · 18Classics french · 17Classics ancient · 16Bedtime · 16Positive male role models · 14Let's go on an adventure · 13Food and eating · 11Classics asian · 10Classics australian · 10Powerful female characters · 10Easter · 9New year · 9Classics italian · 8Holidays and celebrations · 7Spring · 6Summer · 6Day and night seasons and weather · 6Heritage diversity and inclusivity · 6Valentines · 5Eid · 4Ramadan · 4Classics african · 3Transport · 3Classics spanish · 1Classics latin american · 1

Pre-K · Ages 2–5 (1352)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
A Child’s Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Beatrix Potter
The Real Mother Goose
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
Beatrix Potter
Holiday Romance
Holiday Romance
Charles Dickens
Little Songs
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies
Anonymous
Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes
Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes
Various
Mother Goose in Prose
Mother Goose in Prose
L. Frank Baum
I Love My Mom
I Love My Mom
StoryWeaver
The Lost Doll - with audio
Global Digital Library
Elders!
Global Digital Library
Everyone Eats.
Global Digital Library
My home
Global Digital Library
Playground
Global Digital Library
Monkey and Banana
Global Digital Library
Rabbit and Dog
Global Digital Library
The Little Goat
Global Digital Library
Puppy's Story
Global Digital Library
Flower garden
Global Digital Library
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K–2 · Ages 5–8 (4304)

Just So Stories
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
Thornton W. Burgess
Raggedy Ann Stories
Raggedy Ann Stories
Johnny Gruelle
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
Lewis Carroll
The Song of Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Fables of Aesop Selected, Told Anew, and Their History Traced
The Fables of Aesop Selected, Told Anew, and Their History Traced
Aesop
Flower Fables
Flower Fables
Louisa May Alcott
At the Back of the North Wind
At the Back of the North Wind
George MacDonald
Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading
Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading
Frances Jenkins Olcott
The Little Lame Prince
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The Chinese Boy and Girl
Isaac Taylor Headland
Rewards and Fairies
Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill
Rudyard Kipling
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
Frank Bird Linderman
The Yellow Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
The Violet Fairy Book
The Violet Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
The Heroes; Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children
Charles Kingsley
The Light Princess
The Light Princess
George MacDonald
The King of the Golden River
The King of the Golden River
John Ruskin
The Princess and Curdie
George MacDonald
The Book of Nonsense
Edward Lear
The Water-Babies
Charles Kingsley
Baartock
Baartock
Lewis Roth
Cinderella; Or, The Little Glass Slipper, and Other Stories
Cinderella; Or, The Little Glass Slipper, and Other Stories
Anonymous
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3–5 · Ages 8–11 (3272)

Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa
Elphinstone Dayrell
West African Folk-Tales
West African Folk-Tales
William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
Beatrix Potter
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop
English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs
Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass
Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Heidi
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
A Little Princess
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
The Blue Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter
The Railway Children
The Railway Children
E. Nesbit
Five Children and It
Five Children and It
E. Nesbit
The Princess and the Goblin
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald
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6–8 · Ages 11–14 (244)

Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
Little Women
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
Howard Pyle
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Eleanor Farjeon
Twenty-Two Goblins
Twenty-Two Goblins
Arthur W. Ryder
General Biology (Open Textbook)
General Biology (Open Textbook)
Wikibooks contributors
General Chemistry (Open Textbook)
General Chemistry (Open Textbook)
Wikibooks contributors
High School Chemistry (Open Textbook)
High School Chemistry (Open Textbook)
Wikibooks contributors
FHSST Physics (Open Textbook)
FHSST Physics (Open Textbook)
Wikibooks contributors
Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine (Open Textbook)
Basic Physics of Nuclear Medicine (Open Textbook)
Wikibooks contributors
Arithmetic (Open Textbook)
Arithmetic (Open Textbook)
Wikibooks contributors
See all 244 6–8 books in English →

9–12 · Ages 14+ (5626)

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Nights and Other Stories
White Nights and Other Stories
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Leo Tolstoy
Hadji Murad
Hadji Murad
Leo Tolstoy
Twenty-Three Tales
Twenty-Three Tales
Leo Tolstoy
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba
Nikolai Gogol
The Inspector-General
The Inspector-General
Nikolai Gogol
Fathers and Children
Fathers and Children
Ivan Turgenev
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin
The Captain’s Daughter
The Captain’s Daughter
Alexander Pushkin
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Candide
Candide
Voltaire
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
The Prince
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Siddhartha
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
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Adult Classics · Ages 18+ (40)

The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from the Underground
Notes from the Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Gambler
The Gambler
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Poor Folk
Poor Folk
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Possessed
The Possessed
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
War and Peace
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Resurrection
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy
The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata
Leo Tolstoy
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
Anton Chekhov
Dead Souls
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol
A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Lermontov
Mother
Mother
Maxim Gorky
Oblomov
Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
Father Goriot
Father Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
Germinal
Germinal
Émile Zola
Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
The Decameron
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Betrothed
The Betrothed
Alessandro Manzoni
Faust
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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📘 Subject books (888)

The day I left home for the city 🎧
Lesley Koyi, Ursula Nafula
Who’s that baby? (Wordless)
Chisanga Mukuka
The Window Seat
Sindeka Mandoyi
Khaya Wants to Row
Zandile Mnisi LaMvuleni
Mom’s hands
Ayesha Ramjugernath
Banzi’s Busy Bees
Siphosethu Zazela
What’s happened to our water?
Sue Adams
Going Places
Andie Reeves
Samoosas!
Matthew Kalil
How do you eat?
Diane Awerbuck
It’s MY book!
Corinne Rosmarin
Why the owl never sleeps
Wandile Mathe

🏷️ Christmas (168)

Little Women
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum
The Birds' Christmas Carol
The Birds' Christmas Carol
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
Asa Don Dickinson
The Nuts: A Christmas Story for my Children and Grandchildren
The Nuts: A Christmas Story for my Children and Grandchildren
Georg Ebers
Christmas in PNG
Global Digital Library
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Christmas in Legend and Story: A Book for Boys and Girls
Christmas in Legend and Story: A Book for Boys and Girls
Elva Sophronia Smith
Christmas Entertainments
Christmas Entertainments
Alice Maude Kellogg
The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
Various
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🏷️ Classics american (167)

Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Awakening
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
Walden
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
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🏷️ Fall (132)

Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter
The Scarecrow of Oz
The Scarecrow of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Old Mother West Wind
Old Mother West Wind
Thornton W. Burgess
Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island
Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island
Mabel C. Hawley
Rain
Global Digital Library
Little Brown Squirrel
Global Digital Library
Cat & Dog and the Rain
Global Digital Library
Is That a Ghost?
Global Digital Library
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🏷️ Halloween (126)

Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
The Princess and the Goblin
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
Is That a Ghost?
Global Digital Library
Knip the Little Witch
Global Digital Library
Where the River Monster Roams
Global Digital Library
​Thida and the Skinny Monsters
Global Digital Library
Splash Monster is Coming!
Global Digital Library
Ira Is Not Scared
Global Digital Library
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🏷️ Classics british (116)

Emma
Emma
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Persuasion
Persuasion
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Bleak House
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
Middlemarch
Middlemarch
George Eliot
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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🏷️ Winter (97)

Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Heidi
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
Mary Mapes Dodge
Why did the polar bear leave
3asafeer
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
Laura Lee Hope
Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North
Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North
R. M. Ballantyne
Princess Polly's Gay Winter
Princess Polly's Gay Winter
Amy Brooks
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp; Or, Lost in the Backwoods
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp; Or, Lost in the Backwoods
Alice B. Emerson
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
John Henry Goldfrap
Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters
Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters
Edward Stratemeyer
Snow Flakes (From "Twice Told Tales")
Snow Flakes (From "Twice Told Tales")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Little Daffydowndilly (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
Little Daffydowndilly (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Where these books come from

Uk · 947South africa · 353Us · 261Canada · 50Ireland · 47Australia · 36India · 21Kenya · 4Philippines · 3New zealand · 3

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They range across Pre-K, K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12, Adult Classics. Most are short, illustrated picture books for early readers.

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