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Histoires pour enfants / Stories for kids

(Updated on 25/08/2010)


Stories for Kids


List of Stories for Kids
found on these pages :
LITT 1 - LITT 2 - LITT 3


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A calendar
with important events in literature and literacy.

 

 


 

Stories for Kids :


Animated stories
- Interactive stories -
Stories with sound (not animated) - Stories to read (no sound) -
Vocabulary
- Cliparts - Activities -
Lesson plans
- Webquests -
Conversation questions
- Authors

List of Stories for Kids found on these pages

 


Related pages :

Poems - Songs - Nursery Rhymes - Comics / Comic strips

READING COMPREHENSION

 


Animated stories :


  • CHILDTOPIA - Stories to read and to listen to
    - with listening comprehension and reading comprehension

    (childtopia.com)
    Site recommended by Renée Maufroid.

  • THE MYTHS - Choose a region... Read and listen to stories + culture + exercises
    (mythicjourneys.org)

 

  • WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE :

     

     

    • Where the Wild Things Are
      "The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper..."
      1 Story 2 Reception 3 Background 4 Adaptations 5 External links 6 References
      (Wikipedia)

 

 

 

  • Cinderella - animation
    - with Elements of a story :
    Setting - Characters - Sequence - Exposition - Conflict - Climax - Resolution (interactive)
    (learner.org)

 

  • Queens Library For Kids
    "TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books.
    TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books,
    adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you."
    Site signalé par Renée Maufroid
    (queenslibrary.org)

 

 

 

 

  • SillyBooks.net
    - "an animated world of free reading, writing and learning fun for kids."
    Music " Books " Cartoons " Jokes " Puzzles " Games " Classroom
    (sillybooks.net)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • The Counting Story (pour 6ème)
    - utilise des verbes d'action simples et des animations, par exemple :
    "This is the number NINE. These nine bunnies are all taking a bath."

    (magickeys.com)

 

 



 

  • Animated stories with sound - Cinderella - Jack and the Beanstalk - The lion and the mouse...

    (
    Venus In Blue Jeans sung by Jimmy Clanton :
    "My Venus in blue jeans is the Cinderella I adore.
    She's my very special angel too, a fairy tale come true...
    There's more than seven wonders in this world,
    I just met number eight.")

 

Interactive stories :

  • My Dad - a short story (Présent simple + Présent BE + ing)
    "Lottie is 10 years old. She lives in England with her dad and her sister.
    Read and listen to Lottie telling us about her dad. Is your dad like Lottie's dad?"
    + Activities

    (British Council)

 

  • Rebus Roundup Stories
    "Have fun filling in the pictures for these simple stories."

    - The Noise : "What is making the noise that is keeping Max awake?"
    - A Cold Wind Blows : "Cat waits for a chance to go inside where it’s warm."
    - The Little Seagull : "A determined little bird tries and tries to get a treat."
    - Desert Doves : "Listen to this story read aloud in English and in Spanish."

    (highlightskids.com)

 

  • Interactive Stories for Kids (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
    Online Talking Stories + Books to Read Online + Christmas Stories + Easter Story

 

  • THE LITTLE RED SHIP :

    • The Little Red Ship - an animated story to listen to + activities (ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk)

     

    • The little red ship. - Activity created by Renée Maufroid
      Click to read the story, then play the game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Interactive story : "Here Clifford!" with sound (pour 6ème) - (teacher.scholastic.com)

 

  • Learn to read (avec son) -
    Petites histoires interactives (travail sur le même son) + movies + games
    (starfall.com)

 

Stories with sound (not animated) :


 

 

  • Storynory - Free Audio Stories for Kids
    (storynory.com)

 

 

 

 

  • Fairytale Land (lancsngfl.ac.uk)
    Read and listen, then do the activities.
    Ugly Duckling - Gingerbread Man - Cinderella - Little Red Riding Hood - Sleeping Beauty -
    Jack and the Bean Stalk - Goldilocks and the Three Bears

 

  • Stories from the Web - Illustrated stories you can read and listen to! (storiesfromtheweb.org)
    - for early years :
    Jape Goes to the Doctor's / Jif's Jungle Adventure / Jif and Jape are Friends / Jif and Jape Go to the Library

 

  • Shaggy Dog Stories - to listen to (NO transcripts of these stories)
    The Intelligent Dog / The Amazing Act / The Unknown Girl / The Hunter and the Lion /
    The Practical Country Boy / The Excessive Bill / The Hayseed and the Taxi Driver /
    The Secret of a Long Life / The Doctor and the Painter /
    The Patient and the Doctor / Going to California (a two-part story)
    + other mp3 recordings
    for English learners (funny stories)
    - read in clear American English
    (antimoon.com)



  • Ecoutez (et lisez) les Fables de la Fontaine en anglais!
    " Pour réaliser ce travail nous avons collaboré avec la narratrice et traductrice Tanya Dreschel."
    (journaldugratuit.com)

 

  • "Oh and Ah" is a free online e-story you can listen to. (fonetiks.org)


  • Repeat After Us - "your online library and language lab" :
    Poetry - Drama - Prose - Fiction - Prose - Non-Fiction - Children's Stories - Nursery Rhymes - Memorable Quotes - Stories From Around The World
    Browse : Authors - Titles - Recorded Texts - Readers
    Difficulty Level : Beginning - Intermediate - Advanced




  • LOGOS est une bibliothèque pour enfants (contes, romans...)
    - avec des histoires à lire et à écouter + un dictionnaire
    (logoslibrary.eu)
  • 1000+ Free Books for Children (enregistrés en mp3) - ex :
    A Christmas Carol - Aesop's Fables - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp -
    David Copperfield - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - etc...
    (free-books.org)
  • Interactive Storybooks with Clifford (easy) - with SOUND (scholastic.com)
  • Short stories (eastoftheweb.com)
    children's
    - crime - humour - fiction - scifi - horror - romance - nonfiction - hyperfiction

 

  • Miss Spider's Week - une histoire avec de beaux dessins (+ son)
    - révision des jours et des vêtements

    (arnes.si)



  • I wish - a story about a caterpillar (with SOUND) - (kizclub.com)



  • The Kingdom of the Lion -
    "Watch and listen to the story. A short comprehension quiz follows." (anglofile)



  • Stories (with SOUND) - (kizclub.com)
    The Fox and the Crow - Three Little Bears - The Mouse and the Lion - The Three Billy Goats Gruff -
    Country Mouse and City Mouse - The Three Pigs - The Enormous Carrot - Baking Bread


 

  • Kennedy Center Storytime Online (kennedy-center.org)
    "Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", "Harlem" a poem
    and the fifteen-minute "Brothers of the Knight" (written and read.)


 

  • Takako's Great Adventure (faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca)
    excellent 10 episode story with supporting worksheets (vocabulary - questions - inferences - deductions) for each episode.
    (script visible, avec mots difficiles expliqués en anglais).


 

 

Authors :

 

  • Dr Seuss :



    • 10 facts about Dr Seuss
      "It's the 100th anniversary on Tuesday of the birth of the children's writer, Dr Seuss, author of classics such as The Cat in the Hat, and Green Eggs and Ham.
      Who was he and where did he live? What was the source of those bizarre ideas? BBC News Online answers 10 questions..."

      (BBC)

     

 

  • Norton Juster :



    • The Phantom Tollbooth (1961)
      "a children's novel and a modern fairy tale full of wordplay and adventure.
      Written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer, it tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who drives through a magic tollbooth into the
      Kingdom of Wisdom, where he embarks on a noble quest and in the end learns a valuable lesson."

      (Wikipedia)

     

 

  • Jeff Kinney :



    • Diary of a Wimpy Kid
      "a children's book by American author/cartoonist Jeff Kinney in 2007.
      The story is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his life in the 7th grade.
      The novel, which switches between handwritten text and comic book-style characters...
      Greg gets a diary to write down his thoughts, feeling or what he did that day .
      But if this diary was to fall into the wrong hands, then Greg's life would be ruined..."

      (Wikipedia)