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I was looking for an online story so my kindergarten students could get an idea of nonprint materials vs. print materials. I let Pamela Reed do my storytime for me. The kinders LOVED the story and the format and "watching" storytime from the computer. Thanks for this most wonderful service that you all are providing!! Most excellent!!

— Beverly
Teacher in Williamston, NC

This site makes a great listening center. Somedays the students go through this site in groups of 5-6, other times I let the whole class listen to a story. I was thrilled to see a new story, "Stellaluna". I hope you get many more! Thanks!

— Kay
Teacher in Ft. Worth, TX

I am a single mom of four with two childrren under 6. This site is wonderful especially on those nights when I am too tired after work or it is too late to read. The kids love it, it is interactive and enjoyable for both them and myself, so many thanks:)

— Cacchina
Parent in Rosendale, NY

I teach spec. ed. classes, but I am also a parent. I use story line online to students voice inflection and to model good, fluent reading. They think it is fun.
My daughter enjoys listening to the stories and she is only two years old. I like having good quality material for her to view on the internet!!!

— Amber
Teacher in Halstead, KS

Hi my daddy was laughing at a bad case of stripes when we were watching it today.

— Kylee
Student in Saginaw, MI

I am a pre-service exceptional education teacher. I am just completing my last semester. I also have to ESE children I adopted from Russia so they are ELL's as well. This is a great site for them and I am sure I will utilize it when I have my own classroom.

Thank you,

Denise

— Parent in

Thank you for these lovely stories. Thank you for, that I can look and listen to my favorite actress and actor, eventhough I'm in Hungary.

— Susanna
Kaposvar, HUNGARY

Love the site and have been using it for years! My students love it too, and always applaud when the story is finished. Thank you!

— Suzanne
Teacher in London, UK,

Thanks! We don't have lots of books here in our library, but we are working on it. In the meantime, I can direct my kids to the site and we can read something new to us.

— Carol
Teacher in Davao City, Philippines,

I am a college student who will be completing my internship in January.

This is my first visit. I love that the story is read with expression but at a slow enough pace to read along with. I would be interested in sharing the site with parents and students in the future.

I watched Thank You Mr. Falker, and though I had read the story before, Jane Kaczmarek, brought tears to my eyes when she read it with such expression.

I will visit the site again and will share it with many others.

Thank you,

Vicki Laster

— Vicki
Teacher in Hudson, FL

You got to tell everybody NOW!!!!!!!!! i mean it.

— Tiffany
Student in Grantsville, MD

I am a pre-service exceptional education teacher. I am just completing my last semester. I also have to ESE children I adopted from Russia so they are ELL's as well. This is a great site for them and I am sure I will utilize it when I have my own classroom.

Thank you,

Denise

— Parent in

Hi ,
Just want to say how much we love your stories.
I'm in Australia and I am so impressed that this great site offers free, educational entertainment - thankyou.
My grade can hear different voices and accents and hear expression and intonation from someone other than myself.
This helps the children to read with expression and aids their comprehension as they're more likely to remember what they have read.
Carol - Corio, Victoria Australia.

— Carol
Teacher in Corio, VIC

i love this story, and i love the fact that you use two people that i would love to meet. it's awesome.

— Lara
Student in Chicago, IL

I saw this ad in a magazine and decided to try it with my 2 year old daughter. I usually have to keep her occupied while I'm on the computer. This time we could do something together. She loved it, and sat through the entire story. When it was finished she said "I want another story." Thanks for making her day!

— Parent in

I love your site. I even listen to the stories myself prior to reading them to the class. I just discovered another story that will tie in with my reading unit that I am going to have the students listen to in a center rotation. The actors do a great job of reading the stories. Keep up the good work!

— Frances
Teacher in College Park, GEORGIA

Thanks for such a wonderful program. Not only do I use this program as part of my language arts curriculum, but I also included a link to your site when I wrote the county's language arts curriculum lessons/guide. Thank you for realizing the need for real people reading books to children - not just cartoon versions. Your generous site is helping make my teaching more relevant for my students. Thanks!

— Lori
Teacher in Atlanta, GA

I can say with complete confidence that this is one of the best sites on the entire internet. I love the site and my kids love the site. I use it and allign it with my state standards and incorporate during ELA (English/Language Arts)reading block time. This site is top-notch. Only thing is I would like clearer picture when viewing full screen.

— Andrew
Teacher in Spring VAlley, NY

I also use Bookpals/Storyline
at home with my 19 month olkd grandson. Yesterday he sat through two stories while snacking on Cheerios. Gavin doesn't usually sit that long!

— Beth
Teacher in Port Jervis, N.Y.

GREAT!!! Can't wait to see the next set of books that will be used. Love the actors and choice of books. THANKS to SAG and Verizon

— Karen
Teacher in High Point, NC

This is a wonderful site and we are always looking for new and exciting ways to introduce storytime to children so we will be using this site again. It is exciting as well to see actors that are recognizable to the children as it makes them feel special that the actor took the time to read a story to them. great job

Kathleen Peters
Beausoleil First Nation Public Library
Christian Island, Ontario

— Kathleen
Parent in Christian island, ONTARIO

My students love storypals. After the students check out books,we watch the stories at the end of the year. Primary students really like them.

— Saundra
Teacher in Toledo, OH

Dear, Storylineonline,


This is fantastic and you should keep the buissnes runing as long as you can!!!

Regards,
Ashleigh

— Asahleigh
Student in Dubai,

This is wonderful site that will give kids positive role models. Seeing people they idolize encouraging reading can make the difference in a child's motivation! Hope to see even more stories added! I am encouraging my students to visit the site over the summer to continue reading!

— Vanessa
Teacher in Frederick, MD

I LIKE IT SOOOOO MUCH

— Lauren
Student in Deepaven, MINNASOTA

I run the computer lab at an elementary school. I just found this site through a CUE(computers using education) newsletter. They recommended it highly. I'm so glad I checked it out. I will be using this site in the lab.

— Shirley
Teacher in San Lorenzo, CA

— Patricia
Student in Seul,

I love this site because we use children's picture books all the time to teach reading strategies to the class. The kids enjoy hearing good books by good authors being read by famous people they recognize. It keeps them focused on the story and gives them the chance to use the story to practice strategies such as inferencing, connecting, and analyzing character.

— Kristin
Teacher in Fulton, MO

It was great.
I'm a student.
So I have to study English.
This website give me a lot
help.
So I'm thank you for your help.
I'll use often this.

— Eunah
Student in Gyeonggi, KOREA

We Love this site. It has really increased my students with autism interest in books. Thank you!!

— Julie
Teacher in Springfield, MO

my children love this site and we have purchased several of the books after hearing them here. great site! thanks

— Elizabeth
Parent in Houston, TX

What a great website this is! I am so glad to have discovered it by chance. The stories are really enriching for my 2 girls, Lydia and Sarah and i look forward to reading more and more wonderful stories with them. Thank you for this precious gift!

— Jennifer
Singapore,

Finally!!!Ive been looking for a website that would offer what you have here on your website...At night it is fantastic just to laydown next to my daughter and let her watch the stories online.. I catch up on work and am able to spend time with her..She loved it...and went to sleep :)

— WaniaD
Parent in NJ

I teach Language Arts for the whole fifth grade. We visit this site about once a week to enjoy a story. I try to tie it to our curriculum as much as possible. The kids just seem to enjoy the stories, so the activities become fun!
Thank you for all you're doing to help our students!

— Janet
Teacher in Hinesville, GA

What a fantastic site!!! I am a special education teacher (Sept. to June)and also work as a speech therapist during the summer months. This site was very helpful in presenting a story to my students in a different modality. It helped them to focus on the task at hand without realizing they were actually working! I also developed additional activities to assist with comprehension and writing. The stories really lent themselves well to doing that. Thank you for this most valuable site. At a time in which we have to be as fiscally conservative as possible in the public school system, it is nice to know that we have excellent alternatives to educate and entertain our students. I can't wait to pass along the website to my colleagues!

— Kelly
Teacher in Cold Spring, NY

I used these stories with the entire school for a service learning project. After watching _Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch_, the students watched a brief interview a serviceman who just returned from Iraq. Students then created a Valentine for military men and women overseas. It was wonderful!

— Leigh
Teacher in Lancaster, SC

With my daughter Dana on my lap and my laptop computer on her lap we cuddled on the couch and enjoyed 4 of these stories together--priceless!!
Thank you-

— Mary
Parent in Lake Orion, MI

I am a grandparent rasing my 6 year old grandaughter. I work full time and I have to come home to do homework with my grandaughter. There is a Reading Marathon going on in her school and your stories have helped me a great deal to keep her busy while I cook dinner. A MILLION THANKS!

— Maria
Parent in Brea, CA

I'm studing english language and your help is a very good assistance, but if I had mistaken please pardon me.

— QUCLAR
Student in Moscow, RUSSIA

Thank you for your site!
I'm from Russia and teach children English. I think your site will help me in my work.

— Elena
Teacher in Ekaterinburg,

This is a fantastic service! I am a library student in New Zealand and I was browsing the Phoenix Public Library Web site and found the storyline site. Well done! Keep up the good work!

— Student in

I am the computer technology teacher and instruct all students in grades K - 5 in the course of the week. (Total 210 students) The site helps me to help the classroom teachers support their curriculum. I find it most valuable for those students who struggle with the printed word and we have many that fall into that group. The activity sheets are extremely helpful as I share them with the classroom teachers also. Please keep up the site.

— Elizabeth
Teacher in Dorchester, MA

Not a student, parent, or teacher. Just like stories read aloud ! (P.S. I'm 45.)

— Starker
Paris,

Story-teller is excellent and I enjoyed each one of them. It helps me to be a better reader to my children. Well chosen stories.

— Margaret
Parent in Dinuba, CA

I love this site. My son will be 3 in 2 months and he loves to sit and watch the stories. his favorite one is "No Mirrors In My Nana's house". keep up the good work and we hope to see more stories soon.

— Monica
Parent in New Vienna, OHIO

It was excellent. Lou Diamond Phillips was a great reader.

— Student in Goshen, NY

This site is great! Thanks so much for your time helping children to read. Many of my students parents work at night and are not able to read much with their children. This is a great solution to my problem of trying to get children to read more and having an adult to help them with the words, using expression when they read, comprehension, and their fluency rate.

— Janis
Teacher in San Antonio, TX

i think it is a good book for a little kid to listen to on the computer.i also think the reader picked a good book to read online to other kids when they go online.i have to disagree with the reader about lima beans,i hate lima beans the color and taste of them.i really thinkit wAs a good book for other kids and adults

— Briana
Student in Cleburne, TX

I am the Principal at Bilingual school in Honduras, Central America. I am amazed how this site has supported our bilingual program at our school.

— Gina
Teacher in San Pedro Sula, LA

i love it i always to go to the website iam 7 years old

— Leona
Student in London, UNITED KINGDOM

I like this sites and listening to stories. Please prepare many new stories. Thank you.

— Nah-Yeon
Student in Seoul, Korea,

I'm really get along with those stories by famous actors or actress. They touched me and my daughter every time we read. I read aloud stories a lot to my children. Storyline helps my children keep reading even when I am tired.
Thank you.

— Jin
Parent in Seoul, south Korea,

Oak Park School for severly handicapped k-12+. This is a high school class. Really enjoy your presentation every day along with kids. Comprehension is very low so we repeat stories over and over. Kids recognize actors and Mr. Gore. Looking forward to new stories like Mr Hatch, Gordon Winnefred and Private I Guana. Kids ask for stories on computer everyday.

— Michael
Student in Sarasota, FL

I really like this program because it helps kids learn to read. I just LOVE reading online. I think it is good for kids.I mean it helps me sometimes.I LOVE READING ON LINE.

— Bianca
Student in Rochester, N.Y.

I'm a homeschooling mother and this was a great find. The kids enjoyed the story and look forward to another.
Thank You

— Catina
Parent in Summerside , PE

I'm a 17 - year old, german speaking student from belgium. The stories on your site help me very much to improve my english listening comprehension and I was very pleased to watch some of my favourite actors, Elijah Wood and Sean Astin, reading a story. I'd be glad to see some more stories.

Kind regards,

Sarah

— Sarah
Student in Eupen, BELGIUM

I am a Media Specialist in a K-5 school.
Love your site!

— Cathy
Teacher in Charlotte, NC

I am a media specialist at a residential school for boys. We are a special education school and many of our students have difficulty reading. I encourage them to use many different types of media to read or listen. I was going through the September issue of Nick JR. and saw this site and thought I would like to try it. What a gem! It seems there are so many good things which come out of partnership with Verizon which promotes literacy. Of course, I am always interested in that.

Thank you for this site and I am going to post it on our internal webpage for the school to use.

— Mary
Parent in Lancaster, MA

Great site for my English as a Second Language students. Thanks

— Audrey
Teacher in Winston Salem, NC

My child loves these stories.
A good start to future reading and language development.

— Parent in

i am not a teacher i am a little kid in 5grade i do not have free lunch and you all are movie stars i love you people and your movies.

— Yeawheh
Student in TX

My kids and I coudn't get enough! This is a great site!

— Charmin
Parent in Decatur, AL

This site is great for Librarians and I plan to tell other teachers in my school about it!

— Jan
Teacher in Collegeville, PA

I teach students with learning disabilities. They love listening/watching the stories. They are so much more appealing to the students than listening to me read. They are so engaged in learning! Kudos!

— Sarah
Teacher in Zanesville, OH

Dear book pals storyonline I love your books.

— Felicia
Student in Amarillo, TX

Wonderful site! I love the Reader's Theater scripts that accompany many of the books. Middle School kids love to be read to by people they recognize and admire.

Thanks for you time and effort!

— Janelle
Teacher in Haysville, KS

This is a great site and I use it and tell other professionals about it as often as possible. I also promote in in the workshops that I give to colleagues. Thank you for providing it. It's outstanding.
James Aumack

— James
Teacher in Cape May, N.J.

This is a great resource for students, parents and educators.

— Misty
Teacher in Dallas, TX

I want to watch this show.

— Kaylee
Student in Pineville, LA

Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful...

— Mary
Parent in Matawan, NJ

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