This is How to Get Free Books for Kids
These 12 websites and libraries are offering free e-books for kids during the coronavirus quarantine
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Oxford Owl
Oxford Owl is a British site from Oxford University Press that offers free books for kids ages 3-11. In addition to learning games and activities in other subjects, the library is excellent and filterable by age. Plus, there are articles for parents about how to help kids become better readers.
MagicBlox
This easily navigable site has a large collection of books for ages 3-13, including picture, chapter, and audio books in different languages. Plus, MagicBlox adds new books every week, and its helpful categories, including award-winners and trending now, may persuade your young reader to try new books.
International Children’s Digital Library
The International Children's Digital Library is a nonprofit that has collected children’s literature from around the world. While you can’t download books and many are in other languages, this is a fascinating exploration for you and your kids to see first publications of classic books and original manuscripts from all over the world.
Open Library
As part of the nonprofit Internet Archive, Open Library is continually updating its collection of links to free books—including more than 20,000 titles for children, including just-released books and classics.
Goodreads
The site that has replaced actual bookshelves also offers free children’s books. Choose from Goodreads' collection of books you can download free of charge, or find some children’s titles on the books tagged as “free online.”
TIME for Kids
While not actual books, TIME for Kids magazine and Your $, the financial literacy magazine for kids, are great reading options that are now available for free every week—along with previously published issues, educational resources, and activities.
Alice’s Library
Alice’s Kids, a national charity that provides targeted financial assistance to children in need, just started Alice’s Library, where any child in the U.S. can receive three specific books by sending an email to [email protected]. The library will order the books on Amazon and ship directly to the kid’s house, free of charge.
Rivet
The new app, Rivet, provides access to more than 3,500 free, digital books for kids across 14 categories and eight reading levels. After teaming up with well-known YouTube creators, Rivet created books based on popular video content. It also uses games and rewards, and provides kids AI support and feedback on every page, along with a personalized library.
