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EXTENSIONS:

abcteach.com - literature theme units, Charlotte's Web, Dr. Seuss, fairy tales, helpful pages, book report form, graphic organizers, main characters form, shape books, writing , and more!!! http://www.abcteach.com/contents/literaturetoc.htm

A to Z Teacher Stuff - Children's Literature Activities Index -Over 500 links to activities and lessons for children's books. My favorite site!!! http://atozteacherstuff.com/stuff/literatu.shtml

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - A collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics. http://www.carolhurst.com

The Children's Literature Web Guide - Internet Resources related to books for children and young adults. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Children's Literature Webring - More sites than believable!!! Become a member. http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=kidlit&list

EdHelper.com - literature web lessons arranged by grade level http://www.edhelper.com/cat187.htm (Subscription needed.)

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature - More links for authors and online books for older students. http://www.fairrosa.info

Handbook for Storytellers -offers hints to anyone who is interested in telling stories, a means of beginning your journey into the wonderful world of storytelling. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/storyhandbook.htm

Hot Off the Presses - A sneak peek at newest and hottest books. http://www.cbcbooks.org/hop

KidzPage - songs, poems, etc. http://www.veeceet.com

Teen Read - ALA site. http://www.ala.org/teenread

Young Hoosier Book Awards http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/YHBA/YHBA.htm


AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS:

Authors http://www.potamusplace.net/authors.shtml

Book Nook http://booknook.alphabet-soup.net/author.html

Index to Internet Sites:Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators The ISLMC is a meta-site designed to foster easy access to curriculum related sites for teachers, school librarians, parents and students; print bibliographies, author birthdays, author / illustrator appearances, and sites. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm

Learning About the Author and Illustrator http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/index.html

Meet the Author - HarperChildrens.com http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author


FAVORITE SITES:

Jan Brett http://www.janbrett.com

Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com

Dav Pilkey http://www.pilkey.com

Dr. Seuss's birthday is March 2nd. Join the Read Across America celebration. http://www.nea.org/readacross

Activity Pages from abcTeach.com http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/suess/suesstoc.htm

Celebrate Seuss - Too many ideas to list! http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/Seuss.shtml

Oh, the Places You'll Go http://www.geocities.com/teachingwithheart/ohtheplaces.html

Seussville - Games, contests, events, catalogues, and more. http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville

Audrey Wood http://www.audreywood.com

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