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Reading
Resources
Updated on
Septeber 12, 2006
This page was originally created for Dr. Pastore's
presentation at the Bloomsburg Reading
Conference
Categories of resources on this
page:
Resources for Finding Recommended Links for
Children
Reading
and Language Art Sites for Children
Reading
& Language Art Sites for Teachers
Authors
and Illustrators
RESOURCES FOR
FINDING RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR CHILDREN
Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/index.asp
Ask
Jeeves for Kids(tm) is the fastest and easiest way to find answers
to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in
plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the
question. Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one
web site that answers your question.
Yahooligans!
http://yahooligans.com/
A
great web guide for kids!
READING AND
LANGUAGE ART WEB SITES FOR
LEARNERS
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html
This
is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, and ideas of
ways to use them in the classroom. This site also has collections of
books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas,
themes and professional topics.
Childrens Storybooks Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
This
site contains: Books to Read, Sounds, Riddles, Maze, Coloring Book,
Awards
Crayola Art Education
http://www.crayola.com/
Many
activities for parents, educators, and kids!
CyberKids
http://www.cyberkids.com/
Contains:
Kids Connect, Fun & Games, Creative Works, Cyberviews,
Launchpad, Learning Center, Shopping
Exploratorium's Literature and Drama
Site
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cool/literature.html
Many
resources for teachers. Covers many subjects and has other links to
educator sites.
Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/
This
website is a means of sharing ideas and information with all those
interested in literature for children and young
adults.
Kid Lit
http://mgfx.com/kidlit/
Welcome
to the KidLit WebSite, designed for kids (mostly) and for adults
interested in quality children's literature
Seussville
http://www.seussville.com/lb/home.html
The
Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am,Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the
Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville.
The Magic School Bus
http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/
Scholastic's
The Magic School BusŪ
Wacky Fairy Tales
http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/tales
These
Wacky Web Tales are geared for grades 3 and above.
READING AND
LANGUAGE ART WEB SITES FOR
TEACHERS
Comenius English Language Center
http://www.comenius.com/
The
Comenius Group developed this site so that students, teachers and
speakers of English from around the world can have on line access to
relevant materials, lessons and products.
International Reading
Association
http://www.reading.org/
The
International Reading Association seeks to promote high levels of
literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction
through studying the reading process and teaching techniques;
serving as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research
through conferences, journals, and other publications; and actively
encouraging the lifetime reading habit.
Random House Resources for Teachers and
Librarians
http://www.bdd.com/teachers
Contains a resource center packed with teachers
guide's, thematic and interdisciplinary indexes, reader's
companions, author and illustrator biographies and
more!
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
This
is a free, non-profit service. It costs nothing to access the
information, and no money is made from teachers who contribute.
Material on this service is updated weekly during the school
year.
The Children's Literature Web
Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
Internet
resources related to books for children and young
adults!
The Newbery Medal
http://ils.unc.edu/award/nhome.html
Each
year the Newberry Medal is awarded by the American Library
Association for the most distinguished American children's books
published the previous year.
AUTHORS &
ILLUSTRATORS
Celebrate Children's Authors
http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/author.html
This
page contains links to information about popular children's
authors.
Chris Van Allsburg
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/cva/index.html
Judy Blume
http://www.judyblume.com/
Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com/
Sylvia
Engdahl
http://www.sylviaengdahl.com/
Madeleine
L'Engle
http://members.aol.com/kfbofpql/LEngl.html
Virginia Hamilton
http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
Shel Silverstein
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/silverstein.htm
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