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Authors /Illustrators Publishers

Teacher/Parent Book Reviews

On this site you will find links to many sites that give you information about children’s books. Have fun and explore the many fun facts and activities. These are great sites if you are researching authors or illustrators of children’s books.

I did not authenticate the information on these sites, but they are kid friendly.

Author/Illustrator

About Authors & Illustrators –

A site by the CBC (Children’s Book Council), which links to authors and illustrators pages. They also have a wonderful monthly feature called “Meet the Author/Illustrator”. If you miss a month you can look in the archives. Great for grades 2 – 8. (Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/aboutauthors.html

Authors, Illustrators, Books –

Really easy site to navigate, with lots of author/illustrator sites to visit. Also great links to general sites about authors of children’s books. Check out the book links, which take you to series books like Magic Tree House, Clifford, and Animorphs. Book awards also have a link if you are curious about award winning books. Great for grades k – 12

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/studentlinks/authors.htm

Authors & Illustrators on the Web –

Over 150 sites which link to author and illustrator’s web pages. Books range from picture books to novels. They are condensed into one list, which is alphabetical. Terrific for research on authors. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors3.html

Biographies –

Link directly to author and illustrator web sites. They are listed alphabetically. Lots of neat, personal information about the people behind the books. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/

The Children’s Literature Web Guide –

This site combines book awards, author and illustrator links and adds a place for discussion about books and conferences. Other sources on this site include Stories on the Web, and Resource for Teachers, Students, Storytellers and Writers/Illustrators. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

KidSpace –

A very limited source of author sites. A fun site to just browse but not a lot of research information. Great for grades 2 – 8. (Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/

Learning about the author and illustrator pages –

If you know the name of the author or illustrator you would like to research, this is the perfect page. Links from A to Z listed with lots of links. Links directly to author and illustrator pages. It even offers source to buy videos about the authors. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/

Lots of Lists –

This site focuses on books and “Best book” lists. A good site to find a book to read, but also has links to authors and illustrators. Especially good to find award winning books. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html

Yahooligans Author Site –

Cool search engine for author information. 300+ author sites sorted alphabetically. Really great place to start a research search. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/language_arts/authors/

Teacher/Parent

Book Adventure –

A neat resource for motivating kids k – 8 to read. Kids create a book list and earn points when they complete a quiz about the book. The only problem is you are limited to their book list.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.bookadventure.com/

Education World –

A great site for planning activities for children’s literature. It has monthly features as well as archives by subject. (Lots of advertising.) Great for grades 1 – 12.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson210.shtml

Teaching Books –

Although there are sites to search for author information, this is a great source for activities and awards for children’s literature. Great for grades 2 – 12.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.teachingbooks.net/show.cgi?f=sitemap

Publishers

HarperCollins Publisher Page for Children –

A site for children directly from the publisher of children’s books. Investigate author sites or maybe your favorite picture book. It is limited to authors and books published by HarperCollins. Great for grades k – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/

Kids at Random House Publisher –

A site for kids to investigate their favorite books or authors at Random House Publisher’s web site. Lots of fun links, especially for younger children. It is limited to books published by Random House. Great for grades k – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/

Time Warner Publisher Pages –

Although the flashing menu is really annoying, it is a good site for planning activities and looking up books and authors that are published by Time Warner. Nice features are the categories by age and the monthly features and newsletters. Great for grades k – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.twbookmark.com/children/

Book Reviews

Building Rainbows –

A great site for students to search for a book by title or author or just browse the most recently reviewed book. Each book has a rating by reviewers and you can read what each person thought of the book. The best part is that this site is set up for reviews by students, not adults or professionals. (Lots of advertising, so watch yourself.) Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.buildingrainbows.com/home.php

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site –

Great source for reviews of children’s books. It has a monthly featured topic and newsletter. The site is easy to move around and you can find a lot of other interesting information about children’s books. Great for grades 1 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.carolhurst.com/

Children’s Book Reviews –

Browse by author, title or alphabetical listings, and then you can find out more about you book and also post your comments about the book. Lots of fun to see what other people say. (I did have some problems pulling up other people’s comments about the book.) Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.school-library.org/unt/childarea/mod1/Reviews.htm

The Children’s Literature Web Guide –

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Children’s Reviews –

Posts reviews of many children’s books, which are reviewed by children. It only allows you to see one review, but it does allow you to submit your own review. The books are listed by title but are not in an alphabetical format, so you have to scan the whole list. Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.bookreviewcafe.com/CHILDRENSPAGE.HTM

World of Reading –

A really kid friendly site to look up book reviews by kids all around the world. You can look for books by title, subject, or place in the world where the review came from. There is also a section where kids can submit their own reviews. Great site!! Great for grades 2 – 8.

(Date visited 2/13/03)

http://www.worldreading.org/