Links
NGfL CYMRU
Project Bartleby
A collection of works from Columbia University, including works by: William Wordsworth; William Butler Yeats; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Gertrude Stein; John Buchan; George Chapman, (trans.); Agatha Christie; and many more.
Stories from the Web
For children aged 8-11. Includes stories and poems online, advice from writers, story starts and opportunities to send work in for display in the gallery. Linked to Library clubs.
Treasure Island
A web site devoted to the book. Includes information about the author, the plot, the characters. Children can send in book reviews that are published online. There are quizzes and other things to do. There are also links to information about everything to do with pirates. There is also a link to a site where the whole book can be read on line.
Classics at the Online Literature Library
From Aesop to H.G.Wells, many classics can be found via this site. Listed by author.
BBC Books
Book News, A-Z of Authors, etc., from the BBC.
Cool-reads
The book review site for 10-15 year old readers by 10-15 year old reviewers.
Edwina's Energetic Elephant
On-line story for KS1.
Infant Explorer - Sebastian Swan
"A literacy web site aimed at Key Stage 1 children and teachers."
The On-line Books Page
A searchable index of thousands of on-line books by author or by title, maintained by John Mark Ockerbloom.
University of Virginia: English Electronic Texts Resources
Searchable collections including - The Modern English Collection (AD 1500-present); The Middle English Collection; British Poetry 1780-1910 (some other sections are not publicly accessible).
Shakespeare's Complete Works
From the Internet Public Library.
The Reading Room
From the Internet Public Library. All manner of books and other texts that are freely available over the Internet. Browsable and searchable by author, title, or Dewey subject.
Home page for Robert Stockton
"Classic Fiction from Project Gutenberg (and others) - re-organized for on-line reading." With books such as The Wizard of Oz; Anne of Green Gables; Tarzan; The Scarlet Pimpernel; and much more.
Aesop's Fables (Paperless Edition)
82 short stories from The PaperLess Readers Club.
Aesop's Fables
Modern and illustrated versions of some of the fables.
On-Line Literary Resources
Literary Resources on the Net under the following categories: Classical & Biblical; Medieval; Renaissance; Eighteenth-Century (a separate archive); Romantic; Victorian British; Twentieth-Century British and Irish; American; Theatre and Drama; Theory; Women's Literature & Feminism; Ethnicities & Nationalities; Other National Literatures; Bibliography & History of the Book; Hypertext and Miscellaneous. (Pages are maintained by Jack Lynch.)
Twelfth Night Revision
A site to help with revision of the Shakespeare's play, The Twelfth Night. By an English teacher, Mr Field.
Kids on the Net
Includes information for children about authors and their books. Children are encouraged to send in their work and it is displayed in a gallery. Children can also send in book reviews and have them published. There is information on how to write a book review.
Creative Writing for Kids
Antony Lishak is a children's author who has written numerous books and has visited many schools around Britain performing his work and talking about the craft of writing to children across the Primary age range. This is his web site. It includes details of his books, tips for writing and a gallery of the work done by children following his visits to schools.
Literacy Time
Click on Reading Range for a term by term list of appropriate reading material (Years R-6).
BBC Schools Online - Primary Resources
Collection of on-line literacy and numeracy programmes for different primary age groups.
Gwarnant
Mentions such people as Harri Webb, Dylan Thomas and R. S. Thomas as well as the fact that the poetry of Wales comes in two languages and provides links to relevant sites. (Also has early Welsh poetry)
The Hamlet Home Page
Contains such sections as - Was Hamlet Mad?; Shakespeare's Will; Hamlet Links; Finding Practical Meaning; Discussion Pages; The Summary as well as The Text.
English Literature on the Web
Links to English Literature web sites listed under the following categories: General; British Authors; E-text Archives; Medieval (& Anglo-Saxon); 17th Century (& Renaissance); 18th Century (& Restoration); 19th Century (Romantics & Victorian); 20th Century. (Site organised by Mitsuharu Matsuoka.)
British and Irish Authors on the Web
Links to sites on the web dealing with British and Irish Authors. (Site organised by Mitsuharu Matsuoka.)
The King's English
A book by H. W. Fowler (1908): Contents include - Vocabulary; Syntax; Punctuation; Grammar; etc.
The Elements of Style
A book by William Strunk (1918): Contents include - Elementary Rules Of Usage; Elementary Principles Of Composition; Words And Expressions Commonly Misused; Words Commonly Misspelled.
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Online Thesaurus
Dictionary.com
Links to such online materials as - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition; The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing; The Skeptic's Dictionary; etc.