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Web Resources
Literacy
The Literary Book Club
is exclusively designed for K-12 FCPS students in order to promote literacy
by encouraging students to read books, read what other students have submitted,
as well as participate in live chats arranged by FCPS certified staff.
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American Girl
Website Meet the characters, play game, and enjoy reading about
events of the past.
Arthur Find
activities for Marc Brown's series of books.
Bluegrass Awards - An
Annual Award for the Best Children's Book as chosen by the school children of
Kentucky. TITLE
List for 2008.
Bookadventure.com is a free online reading motivation program for
grades K-8, where children create their own book lists and take online
quizzes.
Book
Discussion Guides - from Multnomah County Public Library find a
synopsis of the book along with discussion questions for a number of
titles. Also, find a link to other book discussion metasites.
BookHive - a reader's advisory Web
site for kids, teachers, parents, and readers of children's literature
Book Talks - Quick
and
Simple - Kindergarten through Young Adult content arranged by title,
author, subject, and interest level.
Between the Lions Each week
a new story is featured for students to read. The story has related
activities called 'adventures'. The site is funded in part by a Ready to Learn grant
from the US Department of Education.
Bibliomania - An
online literature library with hundreds of searchable full text classics: a
superb educational resource.
Caldecott Medal Homepage - This site from ALA provides the
latest Caldecott Medal winners and honor books as well as access to a
list of all past winner/honor books.
Caldecott Medal -
origins of the Medal and criteria for selection can be found here.
Caldecott Winner and
Honor Books, 1938 - 2001 - this site give information about the art
medium(s) used in these books.
Children's
Book Awards - List of links for awards given by the
American Library Association as well as other organizations who give
awards for children's books.
Children's Book Council This site offers online biographies of
authors, recommended reading activities, and information on Children's
Book Week and Young Peoples Poetry Week.
Children's
Booklists on the Web - A guide to theme-related
bibliographies, this link will provide
help in locating materials and inspiring readers. Some of the
notable booklist sites on the World Wide Web are found here.
Cinderella
Stories - Elementary and Middle School students combine web use
and literature with the help of this site. This site will assist in
the study of Cinderella tales around the world. Students can compare
and contrast different versions to infer what these differences might
suggest about the culture associated with each story. You might
begin with a read aloud of Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John
Steptoe.
Coretta Scott King Award
- an ALA sponsored award
Database of
Children's Award Winning Literature
Lexile Framework for Reading
Literacy and
Technology
Literary
Calendar - an almanac of literary events.
Literary
Criticism - Learn more about authors and their works.
The
Moonlit Road - Hear ghost
stories and folktales from the American south
Visit Narnia,
the land created by C.S. Lewis.
Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal Homepage
This site from ALA provides the latest Newbery Medal winners and honor
books as well as access to a list of all past winner/honor books.
An On-line Fairy
Tale Unit - Especially designed for grade 1, this unit would
make a good collaborative project for a librarian and teacher.
The
SLIS McConnell Center for the Study of Children's Literature Literacy
Enhancement provides access to exceptional literature and reading links
for Kentucky parents, teachers, and librarians.
StoryPlace This site from
the public library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County North Carolina
has interactive treats for preschool and elementary aged kids.
The
Read-In is an online interaction
between children's authors and illustrators, and K-12 students. On this site
find activities
for lessons, registration for participation, and a schedule of times authors
will be on-line.
Young Adult Literature
- Resources to support the curriculum of English and Language
Arts K-12 educators.
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