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Sally Rathbun wrote: >I am doing a workshop on creative uses of childrens literature and stories >for teachers, kdg-3rd grade next Tuesday and would like to include some >current web sites of interest. >******************************************************************** >Sally Rathbun rathbun@tenet.edu >Ore City I.S.D. Library phone: 903-968-3300 >P. O. Box 100 fax: 903-968-3797 >Ore City, Texas 75605 >******************************************************************** > >Dear Sally and others, Here is a collection of web sites for English teachers and librarians. Many are "children's literature" sites. Classroom Resources by Subject Area: English Language Arts National Council of Teachers of English has a rich site, which includes Internet resources for teachers. http://www.ncte.org/ The Children's Literature Web Guide, from the University of Calgary (Canada), has gathered information related to literature for children and young adults. This site has to be seen to be believed! In my opinion, it is one of the best sites on the Internet for teachers. http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ Kay Vandergrift, a faculty member at the Rutgerse School of Information and Library Science, has a page with info and links to literature and children's literature sites, women's studies, and resources for those working with children and young people. This is a unique site and worth seeing. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/kayhp2.html Bibliographies of children's literature, for adults, with annotations, from Parentsplace.com.. http://www.parentsplace.com/readroom/childnew/ Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site offers bibliographies with reviews and hints for teaching. This is a wonderful site! http://www.crocker.com/~rebotis/ A wonderful set of links to poetry, drama, fairy tales, children's writings, children's authors, and more, from KidsWeb. http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/literature.html The Internet Public Library provides an Ask the (Children's) Author service. You can also find biographical information as well as read earlier questions and answers. http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth/AskAuthor/ Karen M . Potter has designed and made available "Building Blocks for Reading," for primary schoolers. Here are learning activites, as well as links to other sites. http://www.NeoSoft.com/~jrpotter/karen.html Complete works of Shakespeare, keyword searchable, is available at M.I.T. http://the- tech.mit.edu:80/Shakespeare/works.html An amazing collection of texts ranging from Bartlett's Quotations (searchable) through Euripides, Dante, and Oscar Wilde, from Berkeley Digital Library. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/index.html Searchable database of American verse prior to 1920 is an offering of the American Verse Project of the Univ. of Michigan.'s Humanities Text Initiative. http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/ From the Purdue University Writing Lab, free online advice, and online handouts about grammar, ESL questions, citations, research using the Internet, and much more. A wonderful resource. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ From Edunet International, an extensive online guide to English grammar by Anthony Hughes. Use the table of contents, or use a keyword search. There are also a question and answer service and exercises. http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/ KidPub offers space for kids to publish their works, individually or as classes. From En-Garde [sic] Technical Communication. http://escrime.en-garde.com/kidpub/ Middlezine, an online magazine publishing the best middle school literature, is a treat! Read some selections; discover how to submit work! http://www.salamander.net/people/hnoden/ Links to review sources, publishers, and library pages for literature for young readers, from Bookwire. http://WWW.BOOKWIRE.COM/index/Publishing-for-Young-Rdrs.html Reviews of children's literature are indexed and searchable in Childrens Literature: A Guide to the Criticism, offered by Linnea Hendricksen, librarian and former professor. This is a scholarly work. http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr/ Storytelling resources on the web lists storytelling organizations and festivals, links to collections of stories from all over the world, links to pages of individual storytellers, and info for storytellers. From Sherri Johnson, Swarthmore College Computing Center. http://www.cc.swarthmore.edu/~sjohnson/stories/ The Alan Homepage, a special interest group of the NCTE, offers The Alan Review, which contains articles on and reviews of young adult literature. The Review is searchable. http://English.byu.edu/alan.htm The Windowsill offers children's book reviews and bibliographies of best books and special topics, including Jewish culture, multiracial families, and gay and lesbian themes. http://www.armory.com/~web/notes.html Inkspot provides loads of information and advice for beginning...and young...writers. http://www.interlog.com/%7Eohi/inkspot/home.html Book reviews for books for kids K-12 by kids K-12. Read reviews and submit reviews; see what books are awaiting reviews. From Book Nook. http://i-site.on.ca/booknook.html Literature Resources for the High School and College Student includes links to info about authors, literary works, indexes, criticism, and much more. A wonderful comprehensive page. http://www.teleport.com/~mgroves/ >I am doing a workshop on creative uses of childrens literature and stories >for teachers, kdg-3rd grade next Tuesday and would like to include some >current web sites of interest. I have the ultimate public library's >author faq, but would like any other favorites. TIA, sally > >******************************************************************** >Sally Rathbun rathbun@tenet.edu >Ore City I.S.D. Library phone: 903-968-3300 >P. O. Box 100 fax: 903-968-3797 >Ore City, Texas 75605 >******************************************************************** > > Ellen Berne Library Director, The Winsor School Pilgrim Road Boston MA 02215 (617)735-9510 Co-Manager, ISED-L Instructor, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science eberne@tiac.net