BookLoons: Teens Reading Online

*Teens Reading Online*
Bonnie Holland	Hathorn Enterprises
Classics Fiction Traditional Travel Verse Due to the dynamic nature of the Internet, content of sites listed below may change. Please email us if these descriptions are no longer accurate.
Classics
The Ancient Olympics Take a tour of Ancient Olympia, learn about the Olympic spirit, read athletes' stories.
Anne of Green Gables The original text of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic story.
Bluebeard Find out what he really did with all those wives in the scary fairytale by Charles Perrault.
The Call of the Wild Jack London's classic story of Buck, a sledge dog in the Klondike.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Read the plays, search the complete works, look up quotations, browse the discussion area.
Good Stories for Great Holidays A selection from Frances Jenkins Olcott's stories, with a link to the full collection.
Gulliver's Travels The text, quotes, annotations and a timeline to Jonathan Swift's life and work.
Gutenberg Project Download cool classics from this huge collection or read them online.
How the Leopard Got His Spots Read Rudyard Kipling's take on the origins of the leopard's spots in the High Veldt.
Iliad Read Homer's *Iliad* from the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University.
Letters from the Earth Mark Twain's funny, cynical take on Satan's reactions when banished to Earth.
Odyssey Read Homer's *Odyssey* from the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University.
The Pilgrim's Progress Divert yourself with John Bunyan's classic, a tale to make you laugh and weep.
SurLaLune Fairy Tales Annotated fairy tales from *Beauty and the Beast* to *The Twelve Dancing Princesses*.
TeenSpace Place for teens at the Internet Public Library - what to read, online reading and writing.
Wired for Books Listen to author interviews, *Macbeth, the Iliad, selections from Leaves of Grass*, more.

Fiction
A Haunted Tale of Justice Short story from a collection by by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
*Atlantis* Orson Scott Card's take from the perspective of a tribesman and a future meteorologist.
Baen Books Suitable for Young Adults Enjoy SF by authors like Lois McMaster Bujold, Andre Norton & Elizabeth Moon.
Banph Beautifully illustrated tales of an unlucky ant knight's endeavors to defend his kingdom.
*The Best Christmas Present in the World* A touching short story by children's laureate, Michael Morpurgo.
*Buddy Tales* Misadventures of a conniving (talking) canine by Mary Ann Smyth.
Cecelia Holland's On-line Stories *Bone Sky* and *The Troll and the Rose Bush* (select On-line Stories). Thanks to Bonnie Holland for giving permission to show the turtle illustration above.
*DUNE: Hunting Harkonnens* 'A Tale of the Butlerian Jihad' by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson.
*Ender's Game* The original short story, on which Orson Scott Card's bestseller SF novel was based.
FFFBI An interactive Detective Story about the Fin Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation.
Kili Climb Story of an ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro (by Hilary Williamson). Was it only a dream?
Kilmeny SF short story by Wes Williamson: 'Late - late in the evening Kilmeny came home ...'
The Moonlit Road Open the gate, find moonlit ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South.
*The Quiet Man* Maurice Walsh's wonderful story, made into a movie starring John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara.
Shanville Extras Vampire tales from the author of the *Saga of Darren Shan*, read them if you dare!
*Sliver Pete* Carol Moore tells what really happened on a windy day in the Wild West.
Stravaganza Stories Read A Talian Tale and A Sting in the Tail by Mary Hoffman.
A Tale of Friendship A humorous anecdote about beavers, ducks and the platypus, by Carol Moore.
Teen Read Week Start planning for Teen Read Week in 2006.
ThrillerChiller Theater Horror shorts by Anne Frasier, Shirley Damsgaard, Mario Acevedo, Martina Bexte.
Tolkien Sample Chapters Excerpts from *The Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers* (pick Downloads).
The Wishing Cupboard Tan's grandmother pulls Vietnamese folk stories from the cupboard (by Libby Hathorn). Thanks to Libby Hathorn for giving permission to show the Wishing Cupboard illustration.

Traditional
Aaron's Classic Tales Folktales around the world, from China, Japan, Baghdad, the Congo, Finland and Wales.
Aaron's Sacred Tales Stories from the scriptures of major world religions, Buddhism and Islam.
Aesop's Fables Pick one at random from this large collection of fables and fairy tales.
African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories African stories, daily proverbs ... The river swells from the little streams.
Australian Museums and Galleries Online Oral histories; tales of ships, escaped convicts, an ambush, megafauna fossils and more.
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore & Drama History of the Celts, mythology from the Cattle Raid of Cooley to the Death of Cuchulainn.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts A huge collection edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman , University of Pittsburgh.
Hercules What stories did the ancient Greeks tell about his life? Read them here.
Mythweb Illustrated stories of Hercules, Jason, the Odyssey and other tales of Greek heroes.
Solar Folklore The Sun in worldviews of indigenous America, Australian aborigine, Mesopotamia and more.
Stories of the Dreaming Read and listen to stories of the time of creation, from the cultures of Indigenous Australians.
Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans Text and video tales of the Lumbee, Cherokee and Occaneechi.

Travel
*Endurance* Full text of Alfred Lansing's book on polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's 'incredible voyage'.
Online Adventures at National Geographic for Kids Walk through Africa's forests, swamps, and grasslands; take the Underground Railroad.
Travel Tidbits Adventures from *A Day in Herat, Afghanistan to Siena, Italy and Poli Poli* in Tanzania.

Verse
Dennis Lee, Poems An eclectic selection try Alligator Pie, A Cautionary Verse, The Secret Place.
*Difference Rap* Beat your own drums, dare to be different ... by Hilary Williamson.
Edward Lear's Nonsense Works Complete limericks. There was an Old Lady whose folly / Induced her to sit on a holly ...
Enchanted Tulips and Other Verses for Children Charming poems by Maud Keary, from the Victorian Women Writers Project.
*I Live on a Raft* Poems by Jerzy Harasymowicz (translated by Seymour Mayne, Jaroslaw Sokol).
Short Stories & Poems Love poems for Valentines Day and a beary Venetian mystery featuring Basil Baker.
Ogden Nash Online Funny verses like: The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.
Poetry for Kids Hilarious poems by Kenn Nesbitt like The Aliens Have Landed & *Santa's Beard*.
Poetry Parade Poems by Libby Hathorn - try *remembering zoey* or *Behind Hydrangea*.
*Portstewart Strand* Childhood memories of the two mile beach and sand dunes at Portstewart, N. Ireland.
Robert Service's Verses They need to be read out loud ... from *The Spell of the Yukon* to *Cosmic Carols*.
*The Twelve Days of Camping* A campfire song by Hilary Williamson to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas.
*A Visit from St. Nicholas* Clement C. Moore's well known poem: 'Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!'
*Readers Rule!!*