so what FREE books have ya been readin' on your Kindle?

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  • joyinktm
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    Last week, my ddddddh gave me a kindle for our 10th anniversary. I’ve been finding some great books online to put on it and would love to hear what others have been reading for themselves or as read-alouds.

    Letters of a Woman Homesteader from Amazon (a humorous and interesting account of a single woman homesteading a claim in Wyoming in the early 1900s)

    The Darjeeling Disaster from Archive.org (a missionary family in India lost, to this life, six of their seven children, it is the story of their family life and how the parents dealt with this)

    The Bible in Spain from Manybooks.com (a missionary effort in the mid-1800s–I’ve just gotten through the preface and first chapter, but just the preface about Spanish culture was worth it!)

    The Railway Children from Gutenburg (a children’s story we were reading aloud, but had to be returned to the library)

    Wind in the Willows from Gutenburg (a children’s story for our next naptime readaloud)

    A Circuit Rider’s Wife from Archive.org (an interesting and often amusing, though thought-provoking, autobio of this woman’s married life)

    I’ve also been going through the bio genre on ManyBooks and seen a lot of interesting histories of early American life that I’ve downloaded, but haven’t had the chance to read yet.

    I’m loving this kindle!!!

    So, what have you been reading?

    Des
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    I’m so jealous Cry I don’t have an e-reader yet!!!  I sit around and think of all the books i’m going to download and read when I get one.

    Cindie2dds
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    Well, I just got an iPad and we’ve been reading Pooh and the original Brer Rabbit. I’ve been perusing the PDF samples of the Module guides trying to decide where to start. :0)

    Seriously, though, I’ve downloaded as many classics as I could for free in iBooks and am currently going through The Count of Monte Cristo.

    suzukimom
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    Wow, I have lots.   Unfortunately, I don’t always know where I got them from….

    * – means we are using it currently.

    * – The Lesson Plans for MEP

    I have lots of the Beatrix Potter books

    * Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

    * Burgess Bird Book, Burgess Animal Book

    * Blue Fairy Book

    CM Series

    Shakespeare

    50 Famous People

    50 Famous Stories Retold

    Five Children and It

    HONS

    Heidi

    * An Island Story

    The Jungle Book

    Just David

    King of the Golden River

    * Little Bear at Work and at Play

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    The Little Red Hen

    Robin Hood

    Old Mother West Wind

    * Parables from Nature

    Peter Pan

    Pied Piper of Hamelin

    Pollyanna

    Real Mother Goose

    Saving Kristen

    The Secret Garden

    Doctor Dolittle

    3 Little Pigs

    Tanglewood Tales

    30 more famous Stories Retold

    * Three Little Baers

    Understood Betsy

    Velveteen Rabbit

    * Viking Tales

    Wind in the Willows

    Young Canada’s Nursery Rhymes

    And Others

    Cindie2dds
    Member

    I completely forgot about putting MEP on there!  Of course!  Thank you.  Smile

    krommama
    Member

    I also got a kindle recently – an early Christmas present from hubby.  I’ve been reading Pride and Prejudice.

    JMNapier
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    Des, I don’t have an e-reader, but you can download the kindle reader to your computer or droid phone.

    joyinktm
    Member

    Thanks for the long list, suzukimom.  There were some new-to-me titles on there!

    Nina
    Participant

    You guys make me jealous 🙁 I want a Kindle soooo bad!!!!!

    suzukimom
    Participant

    One thing I did, other than searching for specific titles…

    When in Project Gutenberg, when I have a book I like…  At the bottom it says “Readers Also Downloaded”.  Often I’ll find books that look interesting there too.  (I will often check out books at a few locations, as sometimes one place has better formatting, etc…)

    Also, Gutenberg has “Bookshelves” available from the main search page… so I might look at “Children’s Picture Books” to see what they have.

    hth!

     

    joyinktm
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    Hey, suzukimom, thanks for the Gutenberg tips.  I have not noticed that “readers also downloaded” option and am going to check that out.  I love looking at the ones on Amazon and have found some good books through there.

    I’ve been enjoying Manybooks because it seems a little more user-friendly than Gutenburg.  They have books listed by genre, but I haven’t looked at Gutenberg’s bookshelves in a long time and will check that out, too.

    Thanks!

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