[LM_NET] HIT: Elem : authors/illus speaking or reading stories on website

[Barbara Fritz <bfritzlibrary@GMAIL.COM>]

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Hi all, I am looking for any authors or illustrators who speak about
anything to do with their work or read some or all of their stories online.
I'd like to use some sites of this type for author studies for students from
grades K-5.

Thank you so very much to all who could help.  Barb



I am crazy about Mem Fox. She talks about her work and reads aloud on her
site.

http://www.memfox.net/welcome.html


I just got an email from this author yesterday, he's got lots of fun stuff
on his site.
www.studiojjk.com


Go to itunes, podcast section and there are many many video interviews with
people ranging from L Elhert to B Selznick and everyone in between!!


you might find some on hti site which is older but has updated links:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKBrown/authors.html



another resource:
http://www.cbcbooks.org/contacts



Mem Fox:  http://www.memfox.net/mem-reads-aloud


Various authors booktalking their books:
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748896


You might want to check out this site:

http://www.teachingbooks.net


I think you have to pay, but there's free trial...


Robert Munsch:  http://www.robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm

(this is a great one!)


This site may be just what you need:
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews


And this site will lead you to Canadian authors' websites which may have
video content:
http://www.bookcentre.ca/authors/author_pages.shtml


You can hear Robert Munsch reading his stories on MP3 files on his website:
http://robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm


My district has a service called teachingbooks.net that gives short video
clips with authors and illustrators, book lists by topic, thematic units,
and websites.  It is searchable by topic as well as author and illustrator.
Check out the site, I believe it was incredibly reasonable for even the
whole distict to have access.


At Christmas time I am usually doing an author study of Jan Brett with
kindergarten. On her website there is a video of her talking about how she
made the book The Gingerbread Baby. She is baking gingerbread with a small
group of children and she talks about her illustrations and reads enough of
the book to tell the story. The little ones seem to like it! I also let them
do the interactive gingerbread decorating activity on the computer as a
follow-up.

http://www.janbrett.com/video/gingerbread_baby.htm

http://mail.palisadessd.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.janbrett.com/video/gingerbread_baby.htm
- movie

http://www.janbrett.com/trim_a_jan_brett_gingerbread_baby_house.htm

http://mail.palisadessd.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.janbrett.com/trim_a_jan_brett_gingerbread_baby_house.htm
- interactive game

I'm sure you know of all the other wonderful things that are available on
her site.


Mem Fox reads three favourites aloud at
http://www.memfox.com/mem-reads-aloud/


http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/booktalks.htm

I enjoy using this site. When you see a camera icon by the title it means
there is a video book talk.

http://nancykeane.com/rss.html        This site has audio booktalks.


Robert Munsch does a great job with his books at http://robertmunsch.com  ,
of course.


http://www.readingrockets.org/podcasts
check out readingcrockets website.  Lots of author interviews.



When we went to Wendy's the other day, the kid's meal "toy" was Pirates Past
Noon by Mary Pope Osborne - read by the author. You might want to check with
Wendy's to see if they have these there too. It says it's audiobook 4.


-- 
"Librarian. Genetically predisposed to answer questions and correct
misconceptions - whether asked or not." 2 01 2007

Barbara Fritz
Elementary Librarian
Bloomsburg Area School District
Bloomsburg PA
bfritzlibrary@gmail.com
http://bloomsburgasd.schoolwires.com/62784211610220/site/default.asp

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