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This category contains 29 sites:

• Aesop's Fables - Online Collection - A collection of Aesop's and other fables. There are more than 655 fables indexed with Morals, Fairy Tales, Mythology, and Stories.
• Arthur's Classic Novels - A collection of electronic text versions of classics from Jules Verne, Mark Twain, O Henry, and others. Displayed in XML.
• Bedtime Stories For Children By Thornton W. Burgess - Scanned images of the Enchanting Tales of Field and Forest Play for Little People by Thornton W. Burgess.
• Books for Young Readers - Electronic text versions of young children's books and rhymes. Most are illustrated.
• Building Rainbows Book Reviews - Classic Children's Books - A collection of electronic texts for young people with provisions for adding book reviews and discussion about each of the books.
• byGosh.com - Free Online Classic Children's Stories - About twenty formatted online classic children's stories, some include illustrations.
• Catcher in the Rye Essays - Includes a summary of the book, an "about the author" section, essay ideas and help, and completed essays.
• Children's Classics List from The Horn Book - A listing of children's classics with associated descriptions arranged by age group. The list was compiled by Mary M. Burns.
• Children's Stories : Arthur's Classic Novels - Electronic text for many children's classic books. These have been formatted in XML so older browsers may not display the formatting properly.
• Classic Reader - A large collection of full-length classic stories for online reading.
• Classics for Young People - A list of classic literature for young people sorted by author. HTML versions of the text are included for many of the books.
• Classics for Young People - Links to full electronic text versions of classics by various authors archived by the Children's Literature Web Guide.
• Classics Illustrated - A collection of richly-illustrated classics in HTML format.
• Electronic Texts formated by Robert Stockton - A collection of over twenty electronic text versions of classics reformatted by Robert Stockton for easy reading.
• Fairrosa Cyber Library: Children's Classics - A list of thirty children's classics, most of which are linked to the actual text of the books provided by Project Gutenberg.
• IPL Story Hour - A small collection of online stories for younger readers. Contents include: Mother Goose, The Tortuise and the Hare, and others.
• Jack London's Writings - A collection of electronic text versions of novels and short stories by Jack London.
• Kids' Corner - Featuring the stories of Beatrix Potter in text, RealAudio, streaming media, and multimedia slide shows.
• Mary Jo's E-texts - A collection of electronic classics covering a range of authors. A document viewer is required to view these zipped files.
• The Baldwin Project...Bringing Yesterday's Classics to Today's Children - The Baldwin Project publishes online editions of classic children's books from the golden age of children's literature (1880-1922).
• The Real Mother Goose - The original text complete with all the rhymes and scanned illustrations.
• The Virtual Bookshelf - An archive of virtual books in a web-friendly format.
• The War of the Worlds - E-text of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.
• Traditional Classics in Children's Literature - A list of 50 children's classics with electronic text versions of the stories where available (currently more than 20) by Kay E. Vandergrift.
• Treasure Island: Classic Books for Teens - A list of fifty classic books appropriate for young adults each linked to corresponding public domain versions of the text. List is sorted by author.
• Trina's Curious George Website - Find information about Curious George and his creators, pictures, an introduction to the series, and links.
• University of Pennsylvania On-Line Books Page - Electronic texts archived at the University of Pennsylvania Digital Library. Search or browse by author/title/subject.
• University of Virginia Electronic Text Center: The Modern English Collection - Browse and search the publicly-accessible electronic texts from this extensive selection. Browse by author, or area of interest. Search by author or title or keywords/phrases within the text. Some titles include illustrations.
• Young People's Zone - A site with children's literature online sorted by series and author. Includes fairy tales, Avonlea series, fables, Robin Hood tales, and other classics