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Absolute Shakespeare
Plays, poems, sonnets, biography, and bibliography. As well, trivia, a quiz, timeline and
famous quotes add to the fun of this site. A small amount of advertising doesn't interfere.
Aesop's Fables Online Exhibit
This online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table
format, with morals listed. Included are Real Audio narrations, Classic Images, Random Images,
Random Fables, Search Engine, Message Forum. A worthwhile resource.
Beyond the Letters: A
Retrospective of Canadian Alphabet Book
Explore ABC books from a Canadian point of view. Choose from the six themes on the left to
find beautiful samples from selected alphabet books or "abecedarians" starting with one created in
1859 and ranging up to contemporary Canadiana.
BookHive
Suitable for toddlers through elementary levels. Find books, listen to stories and read
reviews. Search by title, author/illustrator.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site
This is 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.
The Children's Book Council
The Children's Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging
literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books since 1945. The CBC sponsors Young People's
Poetry Week and National Children's Book Week each year. A site well worth visiting.
Children's Picture Book Database at
Miami University
This is a searchable database of children's picture books that offers abstracts of over 5000
books; search capabilities for over 950 keywords, including topics, concepts, and skills which
describe each book; and weblinks for keywords so that up-to-date content knowledge can be
integrated with the site's picture book resources. Easy to use.
The Cleveland Press Shakespeare
Photographs 1870 - 1982
Photographs from the plays of William Shakespeare, on stage, screen, television, opera and
ballet. Browse a database by title, keyword or genre. Select a thumbnail or title to view the item
and corresponding description and link to relevant information.
CLWG: Children's
Literature Web Guide
Listed as an Internet Resource Related to Books for Children and Young Adults but is actually
much more. Considered one of the best comprehensive Literature resources available.
CyberGuides:Teacher
Guides and Student Activities
CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered
on core works of literature from Kindergarten to Level 12.
This database has been created as a reading list of quality children's literature. DAWCL has over 3,500 records from 49 awards across five English-speaking countries. Each book can be found using the form search or the keyword search. Full instructions and options make it easy to do a specific search. Dr.Seuss
Hot off the Press for A Sneak Peek at Publishers' Newest and Hottest Titles
This unique online bibliography features anticipated bestsellers, either recently published or forthcoming, published by CBC member publishers. Hot Off the Press listings include title, author, illustrator, a brief summary (supplied by the publisher), grade level range, ISBN, price, publisher, and publication date. Web English Teacher - Literature
A vast set of resources for children's literature - organized by author, special collections and general resources. A site well worth visiting and taking time to peruse.
Imaginary Lands
An extremely interesting web site with three main areas, each a complete web site onto
itself.- resources, information and a broad range of links. Visit Picturing Books - A web site
about Picture Books, Children's Literature Navigator covers an array of topics and Passport:
International Children's Literature.
International Children's Digital Library
An searchable online database of free children's books. The ICDL has to selected, collected,
digitized, and organized children's materials in their original languages and has created
appropriate technologies for access and use by children 3-13 years old.
Internet Public Library - Online
Texts
A vast collection of online texts - classics, international, various genres and themes.
ISLMC Children's
Literature & Language Arts Resources
The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Children's Literature and Language Arts
index page focuses on children's literature in education.
KidsClick
Literature
A set of activities and links that can be searched by subject, titles, or descriptions and
can be limited by reading level.
Learning
Centre - From
Library and Archives
Canada
Find websites, educational tools, and digitized primary sources (printed documents, diaries,
maps, illustrations, paintings, manuscripts, and printed and recorded music) from LAC holdings.
Literature - Education World
A comprehensive literature and poetry resource page broken into numerous categories. Full
reviews (categorized by Content, Aesthetics, Organization and Review) of all site links provide
valuable information.
The Moonlit Road
Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most
celebrated storytellers. Read or listen to the stories. Suitable for upper elementary or junior
high. RealPlayer needed for the audio.
The Official Roald Dahl Website
Macromedia Flash Player 6 is needed for this site created by the Ronald Dahl Foundation.
Roald Dahl created Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mathilda, and James and the Giant Peach.
Activities for these classics and others are available for download. A creative site well worth
visiting.
The On-Line Books
Page
An index that includes more than 11,000 English works in various formats. All are free for
personal, noncommercial use. You can search by author, title, subject, new listings or browse the
archives.
The Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection contains over 11,000 titles that can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey Decimal Classification. A form is provided for searching with support available.
Page by Page:
Creating a Children's Book
Look at how books for children are made. Explore the story behind the story. Start with the
idea and go all the way to what happens after the book is printed.
PIKA Canadian
Children's Literature Database - From
Library and Archives
Canada
This database contains all records for all children's books held in the National Library's
Canadian Children's Literature Service Collection -- over 35 000 titles. The collection contains
Canadian children's books in English, French and other languages, dating from the 19th century to
the present day. Recent titles include summaries and age levels. To provide improved access to
Canadian children's fiction subject headings are being added to fiction titles.
Read
up on it: The Magic of Books
Popular annual web guide and award winning French and English Canadian children's books. This
year, books about magic were showcased.
Storyline Online
An on-line streaming video program featuring Screen Actors Guild members reading children's
books aloud. This site has been made possible by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. A story
summary, related activities, and information about the author and reader are provided for each
story.
Story Place:The Children's Digital Library
Two digital libraries - preschool and elementary. Interactive online stories activities and
reading lists in varied themes. Excellent.
Teachers' Choices,
Children's Choices & Young Adults' Choices
From The International Reading Association. Annotated booklists that children, young
adults and teachers have chosen as their favourites. Available for 1998 to the most current.
Webtime Stories
Graduate Assistant Kendra Sheldon has substantially revised Linda Hyman's "Kiddie Lit on the
Net" site. The result is this annotated hotlist of exceptional online stories, book and author
resources, and online activities for people who love children's literature.