MetaFilter posts tagged with reading and children

Read me a story.

nickyskye — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:04:51 -0800

Something for a kid you know, or your own inner child. Speakaboos offers online stories with the written word below the illustrations, as if read from a book: fables, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, folk tales, lullabies. You can watch the stories without registering. You will have to sign-up (for free) for the future function of recording your own "that will allow kids and parents to record their own voices reading (or singing!) their favorite story, song, or nursery rhyme." Christmas stories. About the creators of the site. The readers of the stories.

Children Still Read ... Don't They?

grabbingsand — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:39:44 -0800

10 Books to Feed the Imagination. Just in time for World Book Day, Lady Georgia Byng offers her favorite tomes for sparking a child's fancy. The usual suspects are here (Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman) with a couple of welcome surprises (Yann Martel and Jostein Gaarder). But tell me, MeFites ... which others did she miss?

oissubke — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 21:19:11 -0800

KidPub is an enchanting little website that I rediscovered after rediscovering a list of my circa-1995 bookmarks. (And it looks today almost exactly like it did then -- you can even see a bit of Siegel influence) KidPub is a place for children to post their stories, poems, etc. Most of the authors seem to be in the 9- to 12-year-old age range, and the stories have titles like "The Mystery of the Circus Clown" and "Crazy School". A cute site to remind you of the importance of reading and writing for children.

baylink — Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:55:45 -0800

What in the hell is it going to take? Broderbund/Mattel puts spyware in kids reading programs... [/.]

mathowie — Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:24:23 -0800

Jeez, these people need to get a clue. Children should be encouraged to read anything they want, and as much as they please. So what if Harry Potter books have wizards and witches in them? Even kids can tell fact from fiction...when are the adults going to figure that out?