Interactive Books and Children's Stories
Books are the storehouses of human knowledge. An interactive system is a computer-based system that allows communication, between the system and the users. Interactive books and stories are those which allow a computer user to read, and in some way interact with, the book or story on their computer. The interaction may range from simply turning a page, or scrolling, to actually participating in the story in an active way by making choices that will change the path of the tale. Below are resources for reading interactive books and interactive children's stories to read online.
Bab Books: Children's Stories and Resources Guide
These click-through books offer stories for various reading levels, from beginning to upper elementary, and most of the books are illustrated.
Beano Online, United Kingdom: Interactive Books Information Guide
Join Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, and others, to celebrate 60 years of Britain's favorite comic.
Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit
Join the famous Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jeremy Fisher, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-Duck and all the rest, in on-line fun and stories.
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.: World Animal Sounds
Animals likely to be found on Old McDonald's Farm, on farms abroad and even the Serengeti. Pictures with sounds: the kids will just love it.
Kids Channel, United Kingdom
A safe online environment for kids to play and explore the internet. Lots of fun, games (Bash the Bee, Hot Dog, Sliding Puzzle) and stories.
Learning Box: Adventurous Bunny and Easter Island Guide
In this children's picture book by Mike Gralish, you can find out how the Easter Bunny brings spring to earth, by flipping the virtual pages.
Lunaland, New Zealand: Children's Interactive Stories Information Guide
Adventures with Kate, her pony Astra and best friend Prince Alexander. Read along, color them in, sing songs, play games and share their world.
National Geographic Society: Pirate Stories
Based on real pirate stories, this NGS site makes you a pirate on a hunt for treasure. Girls enjoy the daring adventures of female pirates.
Nelvana: Children's Interactive Stories and Resources Guide
Grand fun with interactive stories including Rupert the Bear and Rolie Polie Olie. You'll also find online color books and entertaining games.
Never Ending Tale
Choose a story from the Stacks, read along until you must make a choice, then either select a given choice or write you own bit of the story.
R.L. Stine: Fear Street Book Series
Wonderfully creepy site from R.L. Stine (the Goosebumps books) promoting his new scary series Fear Street. Never surf this site all alone!
Raccoons from Mars: Stone Disk Stories Guide
'Raccoons from Mars' was discovered on three sets of stone disks, hidden in an old box of 1939 National Geographics...and now you can read it.
Random House: Seussville
Join the Cat in the Hat, Fox in Socks and the rest from the Seuss books for poems and games. Wonderful fun for kids and nostalgic grown-ups.
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Young People's Classics Guide
An excellent selection of classic books for children and young adults, ranging from 'Around the World in Eighty Days' to 'War of the Worlds'.