Big Books
Big books galore, stories from other cultures, fairy tales and nursery rhymes. You'll find something super to share.
BBC Tikkabilla stories
Visit in a new windowSeven animated illustrated stories including Dick Whittington, Billy Goats Gruff, the Sun and the Wind etc. All useful and lovely, even if you are just using them at the end of the day for story-time.
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Fairy tale collection with additional activities
Visit in a new windowComprehensive collection of stories, well illustrated and accompanied by good activities. Spend some time on this site, you won't be disappointed.
7,545 hits
Goldilocks
Visit in a new windowAnimated retelling of the old favourite, including a printable worksheet! Aren't these people wonderful?!
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Goldilocks-based story planner/writer
Visit in a new windowUnusual device that aims to do what teachers usually do - get the kids to write their own traditional tale based on the usual format and conventions. Give it a go, it could just do the trick for those reluctant young writers.
1,163 hits
Jack and the Beanstalk - British Council
Visit in a new windowAnimated retelling of the old favourite, including a printable worksheet! Aren't these people wonderful?!
2,945 hits
Jack and the Beanstalk story
Visit in a new windowVery simple long single page with illustrations and slightly unusual text. The illustrations are the thing really as they are photos of some extraordinary mural at the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library in the USA. Would you like to live in a place called Pine Bluff? Oh never mind, just get it up on the whiteboard...
1,640 hits
Little Red Riding Hood - British Council
Visit in a new windowAnimated retelling of the old favourite, including a printable worksheet! Aren't these people wonderful?!
2,750 hits
Milkshake Stories from Five.tv
Visit in a new windowHigh quality videos of Five.tv presenters reading some lovely stories. Includes professional sound effects, illustrations and so on.
2,954 hits
Mixture of stories with thoughtful questions
Visit in a new windowA lovely section of the Snaith Primary web site, that includes re-tellings of Little Bo Peep, The Farmer's in His Den and more. The questions are printable and useful.
1,003 hits
Nursery Rhymes
Visit in a new windowPlenty of advertising on this one. But we still love the simple image and text to accompany the following.
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Little Boy Blue
- Georgie Porgie
- Goosie, Goosie
- Hark, Hark
- Hickory Dickory
- Humpty Dumpty
- Jack
- Jolly Boys
- Little Jack Horner
- Mary, Mary
- The Man in the Moon
- Three Little Kittens
- To Market
- Peter, Peter
- Old Woman
- Rockabye Baby
- Simple Simon
1,986 hits
Stories from MagicKey
Visit in a new windowRange of stories about animals and on simple fantasy themes, all read aloud and illustrated. Some animated pictures and the chance to click on individual words to hear them spoken separately.
2,060 hits
Stories from Rainbow's Edge
Visit in a new windowReally lovely set of traditional tales with a difference. Good illustrations and easy to get around. Get these on your interactive white board today!
1,018 hits
The 3 Little Pigs
Visit in a new windowCopy of the Ladybird classic. Gosh this brought back memories for us old teachers - wonder if it will do the same for you? Not sure about the precise legality of copying old books like this but have a go at it while it's there...
2,442 hits
The Gingerbread Man story
Visit in a new windowTop Marks to this picture'n'text only online big book. Nice and straightforward.
1,656 hits
The Sleepy Farmer
Visit in a new windowCheerful and simple story about a farmer who ignores the many and various calls of his animals who try to get him out of bed. Can you imagine what finally gets our dosy chap out of bed?
1,645 hits
Three Little Pigs sequencing activity with huff'n'puff wolf
Visit in a new windowLovely, really lovely, re-ordering activity. Just drag the pictures into position and click the check button. Then you get the huff'n'puff from the wolf. What a crowd-pleaser. But if only they had the Shrek version of the 3 little pigs. We could do with some camp Germans around here...
1,947 hits
Traditional Tales collection
Visit in a new windowTalking books, activities and downloadables based on traditional tales, all in one place. Well done Lancs NGfL!
2,804 hits
Traditional Tales mini-collection
Visit in a new windowSimple versions of Cinderella and The Three Little Pigs, with scenes you can annotate. Reasonable quality throughout.
1,985 hits
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