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Authors on the Web: A collection of biographies about famous authors; pictures, important facts and information Children's Books: Meet your favorite authors and illustrators, new book reviews, guidelines for submitting manuscripts Children's Book Authors and Illustrators on the Web: Listed in alphabetical order The
Children's Book Council: Publishers
Page; Teachers and Librarians Page; Booksellers Page; Parents Page;
Authors and Illustrators Page
Baldwn Online Children's Literature Project: A comprehensive archive of literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States. Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: A review of children's literature books, integrating all subjects into the language arts curriculum, professional topics and more Children's Literature Web Guide: Points user in the direction of good children's literature, no matter what the grade level; Information about children's authors, illustrators, and their books Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature: Parents, teachers, and older children can access high quality book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements. Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children to the Coretta Scott King Award, to name a few. Honorable mentions are also included International
Children's Digital Library: The
International Digital Library puts hundreds of books from around
the world at the fingertips of anyone with a computer and an Internet
connection. Children, parents, and teachers will enjoy the wealth
of wonderful reading that is available at this site with an interface
in fifteen different languages.
Award Winning Children's Books: The Best of Children's Literature in one place Bartleby Library: A collection of writings by famous authors The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature by 59 different authors Online Classics for Young People Thousands
of Online Books : SEARCHABLE by
author or title
Myths and Fables from Around the World: Links to myths and fables from around the world Online Children's Stories: Classics, songs, poetry, folklore, myths, legends, story collections - SEARCHABLE by keyword
The Randolph Caldecott Medal: Official Medal site cataloguing the most recognized illustrated children's books through the years; a great reference source Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Children's books; book reviews; teacher activities, too Children's Literature Web Guide: Points user in the direction of good children's literature, no matter what the grade level The
John Newbery Medal: Medal
site celebrating those books recognized as having made distinguished
contributions to children's literature through the years
Aesop's Fables: Illustrated, traditional and modern versions Aesop's Fables - Online Exhibit - 359 Unique Fables: Traditional versions; real audio versions available for some of the fables Grimm's Fairy Tales: Download and print your favorite fairy tales
Folk Tales: Q comprehensive discussion of folktales and the difference between fables, myths, fairytales, and other similar genres
Internet Public Library - Youth Division: Books to read, student links
The Academy of American Poets: Search an index of all the poets who are currently featured on this site, and discover biographies, photos, poems, and more. Listen to the audio files of authors reading their poetry Funny Poetry for Children: A really charming and fun filled site that makes poetry enjoyable fo everyone from the beginner to the accomplished. Kids will be excited about poetry after visiting this site Poetry: LOTS of links to sites with information about poetry Poetry
and Poets on the Web
Book Adventure: A FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 of the most popular and acclaimed titles from which to choose. Harper Collins: The Big Busy House: Learn how a book is made; enter contests; send postcards; read a book; help with school projects, and interesting facts. There are also some special things you can do like tour a museum, ask your favorite author some questions, listen to a story MightyBook.com: A site where kids can hear great stories, and participate in interactive activities (ages 2 - 12) Scholastic's Magic School Bus Fun Place: Art gallery, games, books
...the earliest books were the clay tablets which were written on by a kind of pen called a stylus? These clay tablets were used by the Sumerians, Babylonians, and people of ancient Mesopotamia. ...the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans used scrolls (strips of paper rolled around a stick) as a form of book? They wrote on a paper called papyrus, which was then rolled into a scroll. When they wanted to read what they wrote, they and unrolled the scroll by sections at a time. ...in early times books were handwritten, and because of this, they were quite expensive? Books were then owned by temples, rulers, and a few wealthy citizens. ...a "codex" , which is the Latin term for book, is the ancestor to our modern day book? The codex was a small, ringed notebook consisting of two or more wooden tablets covered with wax, which could be written on with a stylus. Sometimes parchment was folded in the middle and placed in between the wooden tablets. ...in the Middle Ages monks living in monasteries used a quill pen and wrote texts to books by hand? ...in the 6th century A.D., the Chinese invented a way to print books using wooden carved wooden blocks? ...the German printer, Johann Gutenberg, is credited with inventing movable type? ...the first book printed in movable type was the Gutenberg Bible in 1456? ...by the 16th century the number of books available to the public increased enormously because of Gutenberg's invention? ...modern technology has made it easy for books to be produced in mass numbers today, and at a price that most people can afford? ...even with today's modern technology, television, radio, and films, books are still the main way that people learn a great deal about many different subjects? Index/School Subjects/Search Engines /Dear Kid Info, |
