Using The Public Domain

The public domain is an amazing resource for homeschooler, teachers and parents.  There are so many sites out there organizing the public domain through electronic book formats, audio recordings, videos etc.  All these sites are also free - supported through grants and donations.

Here are a few that I have found:

ManyBooks.net
World Wide School
Open Culture
Book Should Be Free
Internet Archive
International Children's Digital Library
LibriVox: acoustical liberation of books in the public domain

Links Related to books

Just a few of the links I've found related to books, free books or just places to get suggestions of what books to get based on time period, topics, age, lexile levels, etc and to hear a story read to you.

Children's Book Awards  -The most comprehensive guide to English-language children's book awards on the Internet.


  Database of Award -Winning Children's Literature

 Lexile Levels

  International Children's Digital Library

  ManyBooks.net



Stories read by members of the screen actors guild foundation

BetterWorldBooks

Library of Congress

I had no idea the amount of things that are accessible through the LOC.  

Check out their website for a host of education options to help as you homeschool your children.  

Video explaining the history of the Library of Congress and what the LOC has to offer.