Penguin readers are books categorized by the number of words used in the story, from 300 to 3,000.

What's Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? by Dorothy Kaufmann provides teacher trainers with a research-based curriculum to guide the professional development of classroom and ESL teachers who teach reading in classes where some or all of the students are English language learners. The curriculum is available for purchase from the Center for Applied Linguistics store.

An article from AdLit.org on multicultural considerations when choosing books for high school language learners.

Storytelling tips for developing oral language. This site offers simple guidance on how to develop storytellers in your classroom.

This website gives step-by-step instructions on how to provide a well organized lesson in which ELLs can build vocabulary and comprehension by retelling stories. It also offers several links to a variety of stories, as well as information about classroom discussions and assessments.

About.com offers a list of websites that have free audio books for download, as well as brief descriptions of each website and what is available.

A site that has links to six audio books as well as many links to popular children's books arranged by category, monthly themes and favorites.

This site lets you create your own handouts of words that students can practice writing. The paper is lined and the word is outlined in small dot print. Good for ELL students developing initial literacy skills.

The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service. Primarily designed for first grade, the site is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade, and Home Schooling.

Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments.