The Children's Library
Children's stories bless us twice. The first time they are read to us. The second time, we read them to a child we love. Enjoy Favorite Fairy Tales by Age, Pre-K Wordplay! and Lullabies.
20 Great American Short Stories
The Gift of the Magi, The Little Match Girl, The Monkey's Pay, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and more!
Science Fiction
Fantastic stories about future technologies and dystopian societies, great quotes & teaching ideas.
Teacher Resources
Reading links for Pre-K, Elementary, Middle School, High School, and college level, useful Study Guides.
Books for Young Readers
Chapter books for older children or to be read by an adult, including The Secret Garden, Peter Pan, Robin Hood and many other classics to inspire the joy of reading.
American Biographies
Learn about famous American authors and historical figures in this special collection Especially for Kids, and Biographies for All Ages
The Essayists
A collection of famous and insightful essays from Emerson, Thoreau, Frederick Douglas, John Stuart Mill, and Daniel Webster.
Famous Quotations
"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."
-- Winston Churchill
Featuring Mark Twain & Ben Franklin
Aesop's Fables
Well-known fables offer short morality tales, perfect for children and English language learners.
Halloween Stories
A collection of great stories, featuring ghosts, ghouls, vampires and other supernatural phenomenon.
Christmas Stories
Favorite Christmas stories for you and your family during the holidays. Share Children's Christmas Stories, Carols, and vintage Christmas cards
Short Stories
Short Stories for Middle School
20 Great American Short Stories
Favorite Short Stories Collection
Halloween Stories
Foodie & Thanksgiving Stories
Christmas StoriesShort Stories by Collection & Author
Short Story of the Day
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American History
Profiles of important authors, their essays, speeches, documents and literature which helped shape America and provide context for understanding.
Civil War Stories
Stories, novels, letters, and other historic documents specific to the United States Civil War.
World War I Literature
Authors who experienced the horrors of the Great War: poems, short stories, books, and propaganda.
Literature & History
Literature has a profound impact on culture, what better way to learn about America's history than through its authors. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin may have hastened the arrival of the American Civl War. Henry David Thoreau's essay On Civil Disobedience inspired Ghandi, Mandela, and Martin Luther King. Literature is also a captive of history and sometimes proper appreciation is difficult to achieve without an understanding of the work's historical setting; The Scarlet Letter-- indeed much of Hawthorne's work-- is difficult to appreciate without historical education. We feature great American Biographies.
Japanese Fairy Tales
A fanciful collection of Fairy Tales collected and translated by Grace James. These imaginative and original fables are interesting reading for grown-ups rather than children. Visit our Fairy Tales Guide for more.
Poetry
100 Great Poems, Poetry for Students, and Children's Poems. We feature Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Keats, Sara Teasdale and more.
The Holy Bible
The Holy Bible is primary to the culture of Western civilization and that primacy runs through its literature. This is your handy reference guide to The Bible.
25 Great American Novels
Moby-Dick, Little Women, The Scarlet Letter, The Call of the Wild, Main Street, Winesburg, Ohio and 19 more!
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Pulitzer Prize winning novels, poetry, drama, and biographies in the public domain.
Women Writers
A collection of female authors whose writing let us in to their internal conflicts vs. external expectations. Visit our Feminist Lit Study Guide
African American Library
Featuring the works of writers and activists including Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Harriet Beecher Stowe and vital documents such as the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as a range of stories that speak to African American experiences.
Ghost, Gothic & Horror
A collection of great stories, featuring ghosts, ghouls, vampires and other supernatural phenomenon.
American Literature Timeline
A time line of important events in American Literature. This is very helpful visual guide that allows teachers and students to quickly understand when different works appeared in the era during which important authors were writing.
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