Other
Avi's Web Site!
This is Avi's very own website. It includes a categorized list of all his books (including individual summaries), plus highlights of soon-to-be-published and recently published books. A short biological sketch recommends a biography...
Other
Chris Van Allsburg
This is the official website for the children's author, Chris Van Allsburg. Includes a biography, interviews, timeline, and many interactive activities. Click on one of his works to take a sneak peek at the book. Winner of the Caldecott...
International Reading Association
Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
International Reading Association
Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Solomon's Tree Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide for Solomon's Tree, a story written by Andrea Spalding and illustrated by Janet Wilson, provides a synopsis of the story and an explanation of how the book evolved. The book is about a boy's relationship with a maple...
Other
University of Southern Mississippi: De Grummond Children's Literature
The de Grummond Children's Literature Digital Collection contains a selection of items from the manuscript collection located at the University of Southern Mississippi. Includes illustrations, manuscripts, letters, photographs,...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: The Official Gary Paulsen Website
The Official Gary Paulsen Website! Contains biography, a library of Paulsen books, pictures from his book tours, and a question and answer area.
Other
Applit: Resources for Appalachia Literature
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.
Kids' Wings
Little Red Schoolhouse: "Honus and Me"
Here you will find a wide variety of enrichment activities, information and games to enhance the book "Honus and Me."
Princeton University
Cotsen Children's Library: Water Babies: Swimming in Picture Books
Learn about children's book illustration of swimming scenes in this on-line exhibit of relevant images from popular children's stories.
Princeton University
Cotsen Children's Library: Creepy Crawlies: Insects in Picture Books
Learn about how insects are used in children's books in this image gallery with descriptions of multiple examples from popular children's literature.
McGill University
Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era
Brief discussions of various themes in Soviet children's literature of the 1920s and 30s. Examples of cover art.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Fair Weather"
This site gives a short summary of Richard Peck's "Fair Weather." You will also find research and literature links related to the book.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "The Other Side"
"The Other Side," by Jacqueline Woodson, is a children's book on the Civil Rights movement. This website provides links on Black History that are related to the book.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Good Luck, Mrs. K!"
This website provides many interactive ways for students to enhance their learning through the internet. There are also many activities for students to learn about cancer.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "The Landry News"
Here you will find fun, and interactive activities based on the book "The Landry News," by Andrew Clements.
Library of Congress
Loc: Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection
Digitized original scrapbook that was kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and a limited number of manuscript materials, collected between 1855-72.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonio
The objective of this site is to guide students through a self-directed exploration of pioneer life in reference to the book, "My Antonio." Students will have an opportunity to work on combining the study of history and literature...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Martha Finley
This site features the author Martha Finley including the full text of 12 children's novels about Elsie, such as Elsie at Nantucket and Elsie at the World's Fair.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Hildegard G. Frey
This site features the author Hildegard G. Frey including the full text of four children's novels: The Camp Fire Girls at School, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, The Campfire Girls at Camp Keewaydin, and The Campfire Girls Go Motoring.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Laura Lee Hope
This site features the author Laura Lee Hope including the full text of 20 children's novels including The Bobby Twins Series, and The Outdoor Girl Series.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Anne Fellows Johnston
This site features the author Anne Fellows Johnston including the full text of three children's novels: The Gate of the Giant Scissors, The Little Colonel, and The Little Knights of Kentucky.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Denise and Ned Toodles
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Denise and Ned Toodles by Gabrielle Emilie Jackson, a fiction book for children.