Students and teachers may access the following websites to find different genres of books. They will access links to individual book titles, authors and reviews written by other students. They will be able to write their own reviews, subscribe to newspapers and correspond with other schools.
This site is posted by the Ann Arbor District Library.
Students may see reviews written by other students and may browse by subject
and title. Students may choose
a location, which links to schools in other countries. They may also
write a book review of their own.
http://www.worldreading.org/
Meet Booker T. Worm who will introduce students to
authors and award winning books.
Students may also sign up for a free newsletter. They may answer
opinion polls and see what other students think. They may write to
their favorite authors, do word scrambles and read amusing trivia.
http://www.kidsreads.com/
This site is maintained by Mona Kirby.
Students will find detailed book reviews for grades 2-8, which have been
written by Western Maryland College undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled in literature classes. Many informative links take
readers to Caldecott, Newbery, State Awards, Mid-Atlantic authors, and
non-fiction sites.
http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/read/
This site contains links to authors, titles reviewed
by kids, and reviewers by grade levels.
It also has a link for schools and groups and a literacy link. Schools
may correspond with each other through the clubhouse. The site
is maintained by a company titled Happy Medium Productions.
Students may submit their original stories here.
This site allows for student creativity.
For example, it includes a story starter.
Students will find book reviews by kids, authors and more. It is
maintained by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/words/default.html
02/03/02
This site is maintained by the Public Library of Charlotte. Students may search by genre and subject to read book reviews written by librarians. Readers may add their own comments. Browsers may choose the audience intended for the book titles.
Students may search for reviews written by their peers
on specific books and authors. The site is posted by the Education Place
of Houghton Mifflin.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/rdg/chall.html
This site is maintained by a teacher-librarian in
Ontario, Canada.. It contains links to authors and titles reviewed
by students. Teachers may want to pre-select titles for students.
This site is posted by a student named Kimberly Miller who has participated in the Spaghetti Book Club. Her tips appear to be valid best practices in kid language.
http://www.pwcs.edu/pattie/admin/howtodoabookreview.htm
02/10/02
Students may browse such categories as Animal Lover and Kid At Heart to find book reviews. They may join a Harry Potter discussion chamber, find authors and illustrators. Remember that Scholastic is in the book sales business.
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/
02/10/02
This site contains links to grade level reading lists with reviews. Parents and teachers would find this site useful. Hedgehog is another book sales business.
http://www.hedgehogbooks.com/gradelevel.html
02/10/02
Carol Hurst maintains an excellent website to locate books, titles and authors by grade levels with reviews. A featured books link is available. This site contains many teacher resources.