Story+Sites

// Links to books and stories online in a variety of languages. // toc

=Arabic= // - // Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages

=American Sign Language (ASL)=

- Extensive collection (mostly in English, some in Spanish) of common fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and other children's literature (such as Dr. Seuss) written in sign writing.

= Chinese =

- This site contains a collection of Chengyu stories based on Chinese idioms. Each story shows the stroke order for writing out the idiom, contains pin yin for each character, and allows students to roll over the text for an English translation. = =  - Wonderful collection of short, culturally authentic fables grounded in Chinese proverbs and narrated very slowly in Chinese by a native speaker from Wellesley College. Each fable is accompanied by drawings that support comprehension, as well as a short sequence of self-checking, oral comprehension questions that students answer by clicking the appropriate multiple-choice answer

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

- Click on the map of China to watch folktales narrated in Chinese or English = = - Click on a language, then click on a book to read the story. Once you have selected a book, you can also click on the "Read to Me" button to hear the story read by a native speaker of the language you have selected. Stories are not culturally authentic, but are very pedagogically useful in that each one focuses on a different topic common in beginning language classes

// - // Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages

=English=

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online



= French =

- Common fairy tales in Catalán, English, Euskara, French, & Spanish

- - A great site where students can listen to and watch stories in French gathered from Haiti, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. Stories appear to be read by native speakers. Be sure to click around - lots there

- Available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- A collection of comptines, documentaries, fables, legends, songs, and stories for children in French

- An interactive, digital novel available in French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

- Links and stories online in French and Spanish

- Fontaine's fables, available for free download in French

- Click on a language, then click on a book to read the story. Once you have selected a book, you can also click on the "Read to Me" button to hear the story read by a native speaker of the language you have selected. Stories are not culturally authentic, but are very pedagogically useful in that each one focuses on a different topic common in beginning language classes

// - // Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages

=German=

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- Available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- An interactive, digital novel available in French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

- Guinea pig story in German

- Culturally authentic children's literature in German

= Italian = = =

- Available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- An interactive, digital novel available in French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

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= Multilingual =

- Common fairy tales in Catalán, English, French, & Spanish

- Available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- Beautiful site containing readings, interviews, and book trailers in Spanish for a number of famous Spanish-speaking authors (Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Elena Poniatowska, Juan Rulfo, etc.) as well as other authors like Ray Bradbury.

- An interactive, digital novel available in French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

- Audio podcasts of an extensive number of popular children's books in English with indexes by topic and author (some books include words in Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, & Xhosa)

- This fantastic site (Currículum en línea) from Chile contains literary texts in Spanish related to language arts, mathematics, natural sciences, and visual arts (including some multimedia texts). Once you select the category, the texts are organized by grade level (for Chile).

- Links to several texts on different topics (including El Cid), followed by interactive comprehension quizzes (See also [|poesías interactivas])

- Click on the map to launch the animated folktales in a separate tab. Folktales are subtitled in the language in which they are spoken. Some of them offer choices of English or Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, etc.



- Select Spanish as the language to access hundreds of culturally authentic stories, poems, and other texts from a variety of Spanish-speaking authors and genres.

- Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez's website containing materials for multiple languages

- Click on a language, then click on a book to read the story. Once you have selected a book, you can also click on the "Read to Me" button to hear the story read by a native speaker of the language you have selected. Stories are not culturally authentic, but are very pedagogically useful in that each one focuses on a different topic common in beginning language classes

- Online readers, organized by level, in Chinese, English, French, Russian, & Spanish

// - // Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages

=Portuguese=

- Click on the map to launch the animated folktales in a separate tab. Folktales are subtitled in the language in which they are spoken. Some of them offer choices of English or Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, etc.

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

[|Recorded Picture Books in Portuguese] - Culturally authentic children's picture books from Brazil read aloud by teachers in Portuguese (audio files only)

[|Storytelling] - Culturally authentic children's picture books from Brazil, read aloud by teachers in Portuguese (video files) // - // Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages

=Russian=

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online = = - Click on a language, then click on a book to read the story. Once you have selected a book, you can also click on the "Read to Me" button to hear the story read by a native speaker of the language you have selected. Stories are not culturally authentic, but are very pedagogically useful in that each one focuses on a different topic common in beginning language classes

=Spanish=

- Extensive library of digital texts (including children's literature and museums) from Colombia

- Articles and adjectives are highlighted (feminine in pink, masculine in blue)

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// -// A collection of children's literature organized by author (much of it downloadable as PDFs, also some audio and video available)

- Common fairy tales in Catalán, English, Euskara, French, & Spanish





- Read by native speakers (click on Biblioteca to access fairy tales, regional stories, original stories, etc.). You can also download the mp3s.

- A collection of short stories in Spanish, organized by genre, character type, and category (such as classic fairy tales)





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- Contains print versions of each story, and some have coloring pages and games related to the stories as well.

- A collection of children's stories in Spanish, including class children's stories, fables, legends, interactive stories, and video stories



- Links to brief biographies, interviews, short stories, texts, etc., from famous Chilean writers

- Available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish

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- - Beautiful site containing readings, interviews, and book trailers in Spanish for a number of famous Spanish-speaking authors (Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Elena Poniatowska, Juan Rulfo, etc.) as well as other authors like Ray Bradbury.

- An interactive, digital novel available in French, German, Italian, & Spanish

- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online

- Lists of the children's picture books currently available for check-out from the collection (organized by year of publication)

- Click on the map to launch the animated folktales in a separate tab. Folktales are subtitled in the language in which they are spoken. Some of them offer choices of English or Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, etc.



- Select Spanish as the language to access hundreds of culturally authentic stories, poems, and other texts from a variety of Spanish-speaking authors and genres.

- Read the story online

- Virtual picture books in Spanish from Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez's website

- Links to essays and stories narrated for radio (some are very imaginative)

- Links to audio texts, read/performed by native speakers, and searchable by language, country, topic, and type of text (commentaries, interviews, legends, news, news magazines, radio novels, radio plays, podcasts, poetry, reports, short stories, songs, etc.)

- Interactive, online stories in English and Spanish, links to printable activities (find the difference btwn 2 pix), list of children's books in Spanish with descriptions in Spanish and links to Amazon, and interactive games and activities

- Click on a language, then click on a book to read the story. Once you have selected a book, you can also click on the "Read to Me" button to hear the story read by a native speaker of the language you have selected. Stories are not culturally authentic, but are very pedagogically useful in that each one focuses on a different topic common in beginning language classes

- Online readers, organized by level, in Chinese, English, French, Russian, & Spanish

// - // Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages