Free children's books you can use with interactive whiteboards, projectors, etc. Permission granted for non-commercial use.
"HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge.
HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges and universities in the world..."
This Google service allows you to search for online versions of books. You can organize those that you like into "shelves" and share these with parents and students.
"LoudLit.org is committed to delivering public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances...Putting the text and audio together, readers can learn spelling, punctuation and paragraph structure by listening and reading masterpieces of the written word. Read and listen via your web browser or on your mp3 player. Regardless of how you enjoy the audiobooks (audio books), they are free."
Create, edit, and share digital stories. Works with most digital devices.
Free website for elementary/middle school-age kids with book trailers, educational games and literacy-related resources.
"Blio is free eReader software that presents eBooks like you've never seen them before!"
"Hundreds of creative combinations that take the writer's block out of creative writing. Set young writers loose with prompts that focus on character (who the story is about), plot (what happens in the story), and setting (where or when the story happens)." You can also pick the story format (notebook, letter, newspaper or postcard).