Curio Class
The Reading Room
Stories worth reading aloud, and alone.
700 stories, poems and plays for every grade, plus a shelf of great American speeches. Read them on screen, put them on the projector, print them or take them offline.
Pick a grade
Ready to read
On the reading desk
The first stories are being set, checked and given questions right now. They will show up here as each one is finished. Until then, every title below has its own page so you can see what is coming.
Browse the shelves
Mythology
114 myths, epics and legends from 14 traditions: Greek and Roman gods, Homer, Beowulf, the Norse, Gilgamesh, Native American, African, Asian and Pacific stories.
Open the collection → A collectionSpeeches and Documents
18 founding documents and speeches, from the Declaration of Independence to the Brandenburg Gate. Always in the speaker's own words, never adapted.
Open the collection → A collectionSacred Texts
A central text from 15 religious traditions, living and ancient, each in one public-domain English translation. For learning about religions, with no commentary.
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