Suncoast Storytellers is pleased to provide to our tellers the following resources to help you create new stories
FOLKLORE
This site contains retellings of American Folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore, and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States.
http://americanfolklore.net
FAIRYTALES
SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 49 annotated fairy tales including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations, and over 1,500 illustrations as well as 1,600 folktales and fairytales from around the world.
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com
NATIVE AMERICAN LORE INDEX
Stories from a variety of tribes are included in this site.
http://www.xmarks.com/site/www.ilhawaii.net/%257Estony/loreindx.html
AESOPICA
Full text of fables in a variety of languages plus a search engine.
http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/
PROJECT GUTENBURG
A wide variety of online books.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
FREE BOOKS
45 places you can download tens of thousands of books, plays, and other literary texts completely legally for free
https://tinyurl.com/wdssatz
STORYCORPS
Personal stories.
http://storycorps.org
STORIES FOR A VARIETY OF HOLIDAYS
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/OlcGood.html
MULTICULTURAL STORIES
http://dimdima.com/khazana/stories/show_globalstories.asp
SHORT STORIES EAST OF THE WEB
online stories adults and children
http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
SHORT STORY INDEX – ONLINE SHORT STORIES – adults
http://www.readbookonline.net/shortStory/
CIRCLE OF STORIES – online stories adults
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/storytellers/index.html
LIBRARY OF AMERICA – STORY OF THE WEEK – adults
http://storyoftheweek.loa.org/
STORYLINE ONLINE
books for children read by members of the screen actors guild
http://www.storylineonline.net/
PBS KIDS
online folktales and fables for children
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/
STORY PLACE
digital library for children in English and Spanish
http://www.storyplace.org/
STORYBEE
online stories for children
http://storybee.org/