E-Books+for+workshops+2011

= **__Kim Gempton's E-Books __** =

You can either follow the link below to the Rellco wiki or click on the links from our page....

RELLCO WIKI

· A great video to share with Assemblies or when having book weeks. – “This book’s going to be a good book” · **Into the book –** this is a great online resource. It has great songs and posters for teachers. It is back online with an updated server! · **International Childrens Library –** Go to Read Books. It is categorised and very easy to use. You can sort by age, length of book and theme. Go to Oceania under location search and you will find books from ‘down under’. · **Tumblebooks –** A huge range of e-books for children. · **We Tell Stories –** Go to Fairytales. It is interactive, so children are involved by submitting their ideas to the story. Almost a digital pick-a-path! Another great idea is for the children to print these off with relevant names, for Christmas gifts. · **BBC CBeebies Stories and Rhyme –** Fabulous stories available at this site. You can look under the theme or find books alphabetically. Some are read by storytellers in a shared reading type session whilst others are where the story stands alone. · **Giggle Poetry –** Great poems here which are categorised under themes or types of poems. · **Interactive Stories for Kids –** This includes a huge range of ebooks for children including fairy tales, fables etc. Mighty Books Great Classic English Fairy Tales and Fables. · **Elements of a Story –** This is a great teaching resource to read with the children. First read the story about Cinderella, then you can visit other tabs such as setting, characters, sequence etc and it explains and gives examples of these aspects in relation to the story of Cinderella. · **Wicked Interactives –** This has Maori legends. Go to Maori/English option. It has ebooks about Matariki and Hangi to name a couple and is interactive. · **Storyline Online –** This is another great site, which is funded by the Screen Actors Guild. Different actors read many favourite books eg) Harry the Dirty Dog.  · **Sesame Street –** This is another good site which has many ebooks for children eg) The Monster At the End of this Book · Further down this page are __auditory sites__, which are great for those aural listeners in your classroom. Examples are **Paul Jennings** and also **Mem Fox** (although on this site there is the option of both listening and seeing her read some of her stories)

Another wonderful page to explore on this rellco.wikispaces site is **__Digital storytelling__,** which is another section under Resources.

It has **Superhero Factory** which enables children to build their own superhero to write about OR my personal favourite, **Build Your Wild Self**. This is a fabulous site, which allows you to build your own wild self and then once you have finished, explains body facts about elements you have chosen for your wild self. It is fun and interactive.

Another great site to explore for ebooks is Titorangi Schools website. Under Elearning Zone and then **Junior Literacy Zone**, there is a wealth of resources to play with and discover!!


 * HAVE FUN EXPLORING!!**