Laura Adams
July 2002
Web Link Bibliography
Integrated
Language Arts 
Central
Sites:
The Children’s Literature
Web Guide - www.acs.ucalgary.ca/ dkbrown/index.html
Children’s Literature for All
Ages - www.overbooked.org/allchild.html
Guide to Children’s Literature -
tlc.ai.org/childlit.htm#CAI
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature -
www.carolhurst.com/
Arthur
Sites:
Mem Fox - Mem Fox is a tremendous advocate
for the benefits of reading aloud to children.
This site offers her biography including personal information on her
likes and loathes favorite books and receipts.
It provides information on her books and several books Mem reads aloud
herself. Last visited June 2002. http://www.memfox.net/
Kevin Henkes – This website provides
descriptions of all the books written by this author including picture books,
mouse books, and novels. It has fun
& games area which provides activity sheets based on his mouse characters
Lilly and Wemberely. It also has fun
receipts for mouse snacks. If you love
his characters, you will love this site. Lasted visited June 2002. http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
William Steig – This provides an
overview of the books written by this very successful author. It contains reading guides with suggestions
for activities based on his books. Last
visited June 2002. http://www.williamsteig.com/index2.htm
Jan Bret - www.janbrett.com
Patricia Polacco -
www.patriciapolacco.com
Picturing Books – This
site provides detail information on picture books including definition, format,
resources, etc. It has contains
definitions for the various types of artistic style and artistic media used to
create this type of literature. Last
visited June 2002. http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/window.html
Children’s Literature
Navigator – This site provides an extensive list of resource material on a
wide variety of subjects. Topics range
from Art Resources, Poetry, and Puppets to TV & Radio. Last visited June 2002. http://childlitnavigator.imaginarylands.org/
RIF Reading Planet - This Reading is fundamental site offers a
wide variety of activities and information for both reading and writing. Reading Adventure Project, history links,
Story Maker, Word Builder, and Illustrate Story are to name a few. Membership is free and with it you have
access to and on-line clubhouse where you can share projects with others. Last visited June 2002. http://www.rifreadingplanet.com/rif/
Giggle Poetry – This site is a great
place for funny poems for children. It
has activities for fill-in the blank poems, Poem Theater, learn how to write a
poem and ask the poet. It also has poems
about school, some of children’s favorite poems, poem contests and poems to
grade. The site provides a section for
teachers including lesson plans, Poetry Theater where you can download the
files, poetry activates and information on how to inspire love pf poetry. Poetry book recommendations are also
provided. Last visited July 2002. http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Teacher-created children's literature projects:
Global
School House - http://www.gsh.org/pr/index.html
Classroom
Connect - www.connectedteacher.com/teacherContact/search.asp
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