A good resource for teachers, or for starting a discussion with older students. An especially interesting listing is one for reluctant readers. Links to Children's Book Council, American Library, Children's Literature Web and others make this a good stop to shop. While some of these texts may be commonplace in some schools, the collection itself could be a useful resource for teachers looking for something new for their students. Each listing includes a synopsis of the book, and many have links to additional resources.
Information ranges from author biographies to historical perspectives on literature.
This site provides the text of the Bible in five different translations. A search feature allows students to locate specific words and phrases in any of the texts. Here's a rich resource for finding occurrances of a particular word in hundreds of public-domain texts. Select the word and text, and the site shows you where that word appears in the text. Useful for lesson and test designs.