ShelSilverstein.com
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ShelSilverstein.com
Explore poems, games, puzzles, lessons, activities, event kits, drawing and activity booklets, and e-cards, all to do with Shel Silverstein. There???s also a link to a never before published poem “Cuttin’ Kate” — download the activity book for this poem, including pages for children to draw their own illustrations, make their own bookmark and way …
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Nancy McArthur
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Nancy McArthur
If you’re a fan of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks series, this site is for you! Read the author’s biography, check out Frequently Asked Questions, and get ideas in Fun Stuff to Do. Teachers, the author has shared some favorite ideas for using these books in your classroom.
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Marcia Thornton Jones – Monstrously Fun Activities!
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Marcia Thornton Jones – Monstrously Fun Activities!
Here are some ideas on fun activities for some of the books in the Bailey School Kids series and other books by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey.
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Teachers@Random
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Teachers@Random
This is a great site for teacher resources. Get lesson plans and worksheets for hundreds of Random House books for all grades K-12 and biographies for authors and indexes of award winning books and authors. Books are indexed by grade, theme and curriculum subject. There are classroom clubs for the following series: Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House, …
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The North Star
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The North Star
“Get ready for a very special story.” Choose a character and follow him/her through a journey. You can choose to have the book read to you as well.
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Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics
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Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics
This site gives detailed instructions for finding more information about the languages invented by Tolkien and used in his famous books. Resources for information on the formation, grammar, and meaning of the Quenya and Sindarin Languages.
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Helping Your Child Learn to Read
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Helping Your Child Learn to Read
This publication, by the U.S. Department of Education offers hints, tips, and “activities for children from infancy through age 6.” It includes information on how to get kids started reading, and what to do to help them to keep reading. The activities that this page describes are about both reading and spending time together. In Spanish or in Eng …
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MyVocabulary.com
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MyVocabulary.com
The “Home of Vocabulary University”, this site for teachers offers word games to build vocabulary skills, grade level puzzles,and theme activities.
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Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Success in Reading
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Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Success in Reading
View this book online for free. “Starting Out Right” is the popular version of the authoritative book “Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children” that captured so much media attention in 1998–from the New York Times to the LA Times–as it heralded the end of the ‘reading wars’.
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Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Review
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Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Review
An online children’s book review magazine.
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Leo Lionni Resources for Teachers
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Leo Lionni Resources for Teachers
This site includes websites on the author/illustrator, names of articles and links to lesson plans for some of his books.
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Sample Book Ideas fromYoung Readers Choice Awards Handbook
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Sample Book Ideas fromYoung Readers Choice Awards Handbook
Suggestions for teachers and librarians about introducing recent novels.
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Helping your Child Use the Library
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Helping your Child Use the Library
This site gives great ideas about getting your child acquainted with the library. Also talks about different services libraries provide for children.
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Laurie’s Bookshelf
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Laurie’s Bookshelf
The author of Speak and Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson has created pages about her life, works and her own web site recommendations.
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Learn English: Kids
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Learn English: Kids
Just starting out or been speaking English for years, improve your English skills with games, songs, stories, and lots of other activities.
Subject: Our World–Languages Around The World–English; Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents
Inkless Tales
Computers and the Internet, Music, Online Games, Picture Books, Poetry and Rhymes, Reading Zone Resources for Teachers and Parents, Short Stories, Web Page Design
Inkless Tales
Listen to cool stories online, build a beast in the game section, read poems, and have lots of fun at this amazing website. Games, stories, poems, and music – Inkless Tales has it all. Check it out! Awarded an American Library Association “Great Web Sites” Recommendation.
Subject: Reading Zone–Poetry & Rhymes; Reading Zone–Short Stories; Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Reading Zone–Picture Books; Computers And The Internet–Online Games; Fun Stuff–Fun Stuff Resources For Parents & Teachers
Ghost Forest
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Ghost Forest
Enter the “Ghost Forest” website to learn all about the prize-winning adventure tale, ???Ghost Forest??? a story for children. Written by Zlatko Enev, a Bulgarian-born writer living in Berlin, Germany, “Ghost Forest” tells about the adventures of a small girl who enters an enchanted game world. You can read the site in English, French, German, Chi …
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Fifty Famous People
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Fifty Famous People
Part of the Baldwin Project, a volunteer-run online library that provides the texts and illustrations of out-of-print children’s books at no charge, this collection is a companion to “Fifty Famous Tales Retold”. It is a collection of not strictly factual stories about real people in history, retold by James Baldwin at the beginning of the last cen …
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Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
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Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
Part of the Baldwin Project, a volunteer-run online library that provides the texts and illustrations of out-of-print children’s books at no charge, this collection of thirty stories is for children ages 7 to 9, offering a more advanced vocabulary and extensive plot than the other two books in the series. These not strictly factual tales were reto …
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Fun With Spot – Grownups
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Fun With Spot – Grownups
This section of the Fun With Spot site has information especially for parents and teachers. There is a biography for author Eric Hill, information about the series and links to other sites. You can switch between territories: United States, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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Tanya Lee Stone – Official Site
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Tanya Lee Stone – Official Site
“Visit the web site of children’s author Tanya Lee Stone.” This web site has information on the author, her fiction and non-fiction books, links to articles about Tanya and more.
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Valiska Gregory – Children’s Book Author
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Valiska Gregory – Children’s Book Author
Valiska Gregory is an award-winning poet and author of children’s books. This site has areas for kids, teachers, parents and librarians.
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Kid Stuff Canada
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Kid Stuff Canada
Find drawings to print out and color and links to sites that allow children to read and hear interactive, narrated, animated fairy tales from Hans Christian Anderson and the Grimm Brothers.
Subject: Fun Stuff–Arts & Crafts–Coloring; Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Reading Zone–Books & Authors
Weekly Reader for Teachers
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Weekly Reader for Teachers
???News and views to share with your students: View this week???s feature article and word of the day.??? There are activities and articles for all grade levels pre-K to high school.
Subject: Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Reference–Reference Resources For Teachers & Parents; Math And Science–Math And Science Resources For Parents & Teachers
Clifford Parents & Teachers
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Clifford Parents & Teachers
For parents, ???Everything you need to help your child learn and grow with Clifford!??? For teachers, ???Find out how you can use Clifford as a teaching tool! Includes tips, lesson plans, and other resources for the Pre-K and Kindergarten classroom.???
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Fractured Fairy Tales Activity
Reading Zone Resources for Teachers and Parents
Fractured Fairy Tales Activity
???In this creative writing activity, students will use familiar characters, plots and settings from traditional fairy tales to create ???fractured??? versions. By altering the story line, adding an unexpected twist, or creating a contemporary ???spin,??? students will experiment with satire, irony and parody.???
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SCORE Language Arts
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SCORE Language Arts
SCORE is the Schools of California Online Resources for Education. This site has lesson plans for grades K-12 on specific books and language arts concepts such as journaling and graphic organizations. There are also descriptions of California Language Arts Standards.
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Magic Tree House Classroom Club
Reading Zone Resources for Teachers and Parents
Magic Tree House Classroom Club
Use Magic Tree House books in the classroom. Download lesson plan ideas and print activity sheets from this site from Random House.
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Junie B. Jones Classroom Club
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Junie B. Jones Classroom Club
Use Junie B. Jones books in the classroom. There are lesson plans and activities as well as information about the books and printable worksheets.
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Andrew Lost Classroom Club
Reading Zone Resources for Teachers and Parents
Andrew Lost Classroom Club
???Help implement your science curriculum objectives with the Andrew Lost books by J.C. Greenburg.??? Download the teacher???s guide, view the monthly featured experiments and read about specific Andrew Lost books.
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Arthur: Parents & Teachers
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Arthur: Parents & Teachers
In the parent and teacher section of the Arthur website you can download lesson plans, read different activities related to the book series and television show as well as review lists of all the Arthur books.
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Michael Elsohn Ross
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Michael Elsohn Ross
“The Bug Author,” Michael Elsohn Ross has written over twenty science and nature books. This site offers science activities and a biography.
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Laura Numeroff
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Laura Numeroff
Visit the website of the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Find out about her life, pets and books. You can also find fun games and activities relating to her books.
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Shoo Rayner
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Shoo Rayner
A neat website from the author/illustrator of The Ginger Ninja. Send an e-card and learn to draw his characters.
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Mem Fox
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Mem Fox
Here is the web site belonging to the popular picture book author of titles like Possom Magic, Time for Bed, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and Koala Lou.
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Jackie French Koller
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Jackie French Koller
Jackie French Koller is the author of children’s novels, chapter books and picture books. She provides a biography and a photo gallery.
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Anna Grossnickle Hines
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Anna Grossnickle Hines
A website from the versatile author/illustrator of picture books for young children.
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The Book Read Project and BR_Match
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The Book Read Project and BR_Match
The Book Read Project links students and teachers with partner classrooms, and with the authors of books they are reading in the classroom. BR_Match is an Internet mailing list that was formed to help teachers and students find partner classes with which they can discuss the books they are currently reading.
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Karleen Bradford
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Karleen Bradford
This is the web site for the Canadian author of Dragonfire and There Will Be Wolves. Read her biography, see what awards she’s won, and read e-books online.
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Nancy’s Neighborhood
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Nancy’s Neighborhood
Here is the official website of Nancy Carlson, author of such picture books as It’s Going to be Perfect! and How to Lose All Your Friends.
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John Bianchi and Frank B. Edwards
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John Bianchi and Frank B. Edwards
Here is a fun website of the author and illustrator of Bungalo Books. Coloring a picture, sending a card to a friend and drawing with John Bianchi are some of the fun things you can do here.
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Tedd Arnold
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Tedd Arnold
Official website of picture book author & illustrator of such books as No Jumping on the Bed! and Green Wilma. Find out about the author, see step by step how he illustrates a book, and color some pictures.
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Haemi Balgassi
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Haemi Balgassi
Author of Peacebound Trains and Tao’s Sonata, this website features a biography, links for book lovers, fun links for kids and recipes from children book writers.
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Rosemary Wells
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Rosemary Wells
This website offers activities, coloring pages, and the author’s biography.
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ContinYou Reading Clubs
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ContinYou Reading Clubs
Focused on reading for lifelong pleasure, this site includes information on how to create your own book club, resources for book club organizers, and activities to do in your book club.
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Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), UK
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Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), UK
Reading is fun at this site filled with interviews, book reviews, competitions, on-line stories by top children’s authors, and more. This site is for both Kids and Parents.
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Charles Ghigna “Father Goose”
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Charles Ghigna “Father Goose”
Learn all about the work of Father Goose- poems and stories and other fun stuff. For parents and teachers, there are recommended teaching plans.
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Book Adventure
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Book Adventure
“Book Adventure is a FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read.” Kids can read their favorite books, take a quiz, and acquire points that are later used to receive prizes.
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Parents and Children Together Online
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Parents and Children Together Online
“A Magazine for Parents and Children on the Worldwide Web.”
Subject: Reading Zone–Magazines; Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents
Online Activities for Kids
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Online Activities for Kids
Wow! These online books are great for working on math & English! “Test and enhance your vocabulary, spelling and grammar skills.” In the Math books you can “Build skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, algebra and general arithmetic through fun activities.”
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Timeline-The Media History Project
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Timeline-The Media History Project
Images of devices and documents throughout time along with discussion articles on the history and devices in media. Also Also contains media timelines, courseware, bibliographies.
Subject: Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Our World–Our World Resources For Parents & Teachers; Computers And The Internet–Computers And The Internet Resources For Parents & Teachers
Planet Esme
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Planet Esme
Topically arranged reading lists for teachers of children in grades K-3.
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Chateau Meddybemps
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Chateau Meddybemps
Have fun exploring the world of Meddybemps, where jellybeans grow on vines. This site lets you play word games, read funny stories, and visit a gallery of amazing beans. Teachers and parents can find resources, too, including recommended book lists on different subjects.
Subject: Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Fun Stuff–Games & Activities; Reading Zone–Myths & Fables
Childrens’ Books Central
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Childrens’ Books Central
“A place to start for the writers, readers, collectors, illustrators, librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, printers, storytellers and kids.” Provides references online to stories, books, discussion groups, and many other links.
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Funorama
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Funorama
Fold a paper airplane, make paper dolls, color pictures, and do other fun things at this site. For adults, there are reviews of children’s books.
Subject: Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Fun Stuff–Arts & Crafts
The Author Corner
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The Author Corner
This site, which focuses especially on authors who live in the mid-Atlantic states, has a wealth of information on several well-known childrens’ authors. There are also links to many other authors’ pages.
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Teachers’ Guide for the Professional Cartoonists Index
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Teachers’ Guide for the Professional Cartoonists Index
This site is the companion to the
Professional Cartoonists Index which has a large collection of newspaper editorial cartoons. It contains “lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels.”
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Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
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Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
This is a teaching resource for Spanish language books containing recommendations and references. The site is in both English and Spanish.
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Patricia Polacco
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Patricia Polacco
Learn all about childrens’ author Patricia Polacco.
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KidBibs
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KidBibs
Reading, writing, learning, and parenting information for parents and teachers. Includes learning tips and SuperSItes for educational materials on the Internet.
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Suse McDonald- Children’s Book Creator
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Suse McDonald- Children’s Book Creator
Learn about the author and do some fun activities like making a kite!
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World of Reading
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World of Reading
On this site, you can read book reviews written by other kids and submit your own too. There are also links to resources about authors and online books.
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Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
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Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
A site geared towards adults interested in children’s literature with reviews and articles, links to author pages, and a reading room with on-line books and stories for kids.
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The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
” The homepage of The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, one of the nation’s leading children’s book review journals for school and public librarians.” The monthly features include a brief look at an author or artist, an editorial about specific books or a trend, and a list of children’s book titles related to some theme. Previous mont …
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Especially for Young People and Their Parents
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Especially for Young People and Their Parents
A section of the American Library Association site that is dedicated to guidelines for teaching children how to use the Internet. Includes online safety rules and suggestions, designed-for-young people search engines, additional ALA websites for parents, young people, and librarians, other educational sites, and information about privacy issues.
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Grandpa Tucker’s Rhymes and Tales
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Grandpa Tucker’s Rhymes and Tales
Grandpa Tucker has written silly songs, poems, and stories. There’s even a Java JukeBox: you can choose songs and listen to them while you check out the rest of the site.
Subject: Reading Zone–Poetry & Rhymes; Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Art, Music & Museums–Music
Bedtime Stories
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Bedtime Stories
Do you like to hear or read a story before you go to bed? This site has lots of short stories about animals or adventures or make-believe. These stories are such fun, you might not want to wait until bedtime. Read them yourself or ask a grown-up to read to you.
Subject: Reading Zone–Reading Zone Resources For Teachers & Parents; Reading Zone–Picture Books
Deborah Hopkinson
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Deborah Hopkinson
Best known as a writer of picture books, Deborah Hopkinson has also written non-fiction and short stories for kids.
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The Children’s Book Forum
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The Children’s Book Forum
This site is described as an “Internet Community Project” which depends on parents, children, and teachers to submit their reviews of childrens’ books. It was started by a father who had trouble finding reviews of books for his daughter.
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Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Sendak
This is a report of an interview with Maurice Sendak, creator of Where the Wild Things Are and over 80 other books. He talks about how he started writing, suggests books for kids, and offers some ideas for getting kids interested in reading.
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