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Education
Children's Literature and Good Sites for Kids
Book Stuff
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19th Century
Schoolbooks -- Searchable
full texts of 142 American textbooks of the 19th century offer insights
into what 19th century American students were taught about history,
arithmetic, art, geography, and other topics. University of Pittsburgh
Nietz Collection.
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BookHive -- a guide to
Children's and Adolescent Literature.
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Books
Too Good To Put Down-- annotated lists of books even reluctant
readers will love
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Carol
Hurst's Children's Literature Site-- includes a list of highly
recommended children's books, reviews, curriculum ideas for
integrating children's literature into other subject areas
- Children's
Book Council--a collection of reading lists (including
children's books adults will love), reading activities, meet the
author/illustrator, resources for authors and illustrators, including
a guide on writing children's books.
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Children's
Web Fiction
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Cooperative Children's Book
Center -- Homepage for UW-Madison's CCBC, a research collection
of children's and young adult books. Lots of great links and
resources on children's lit, awards, recommended books, publishing
trends, and intellectual freedom
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deGrummond
Children's Literature Collection
- Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature--this database includes
complete winner lists of all kinds of awards, with a keyword search
for subject matter, and a forms search to generate reading lists for
specific grade levels, ethnic or gender of protagonists, genre,
historical period, or other parameters
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Guide
to Children's Literature and Disability--a guide to elementary
reading level books about children with disabilities.
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Index
to Children's Literature Web Sites -- widely considered the
most authoritative source for children's literature as well as one of
the overall best sites on the web.
- Indie Bound--an
independent bookstore site that has reviews and recommendations
and allows you to shop the independent bookstore nearest to you online. An antidote to the massive
book merchandisers.
- National
Council for Children's Illustrated Literature--a site that
celebrates and exhibits beautiful children's book illustration art.
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Portrayal of
Native Americans in Books for Young People: A Bibliography of
recommended titles.
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Read
Across America--NEA's campaign to motivate children to read.
On Dr. Seuss' birthday, they want every child in America to be in the
company of a book. Take part and spread the word.
- Story
Arts On-Line
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Young Adult Literature -- resources and reading lists.
Fun Stuff For Kids
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Art
Safari---from the Museum of Modern Art, really fun interactive
adventures. Look for link on left menu bar once on the MOMA site.
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CBC4KIDS
---lots of nice games from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
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Pilkey's Web Site o' Fun--Pilkey is the author/illustrator of
children's books like The Paperboy (a Caldecott winner), Captain
Underpants, and When Cats Dream. Here he shares jokes, riddles,
stories from his books, and the story of how he went from attention
deficit disorder to class clown to "kid in the hallway" to
artist and author.
- Internet
Public Library -- Lots of fun stuff from games to homework
help and sports to music.
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Kids
Click--another searchable subject index from the UC Berkeley
Digital Library SunSITE, with 1800 choice sites whose annotations
include reading level as well as content.
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Kids
Corner--a nice selection of games, music, homework helpers and
news for kids.
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Kids
Games -- the outdoor, run around, neighborhood kind, like
'Capture the Flag' and 'Red Light Green Light'
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Kid's
Page -- homework help, and lots more!
- OWL
Kids Online-- for kids who like jokes and games and answers to
questions like why is soap slippery?
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Scholastic Games
for Kids
For Parents and Teachers
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Disabled
Teen Resources-- University of Washington's "Do-It"
program to help disabled teens develop their math and science talents;
links for adaptive technology and other aids for the disabled.
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For and About Kids and
Teens-- From the National Children's Coalition. Includes homework
resources, cool links, forum for kids to speak out on issues that
matter to them. Look at the menu on the left.
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Helping
your Child to Become a Reader
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Internet
Use Agreements with your Child -- prepare, pre-warn and talk!
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Kid
Info--something for everyone here--advice for parents, games
and stories for pre-schoolers, topical materials for school, and lots
more.
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Kids
Games -- the outdoor, run around, neighborhood kind, like
'Capture the Flag' and 'Red Light Green Light'. When they need that
physical activity break!
- Ology --
The American
Museum of Natural History's site for kids. Each of the "ologies" - marine biology, archaeology, astronomy, etc. - includes
polls, Stuff To Do, "Meet the Ologists," "What Do You Know?" and a
section on "What's the Big Idea?"
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Parents
and Children Together Online-- the Family Literacy Center's site to
encourage parents and children to read together.
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Parent's
Page -- from the Winnipeg Public Library, a nice site with
Internet safety tips, literature sites and lots more.
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Reading
Aloud: Tips for Parents and Teachers
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