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Stories Online IPL Story Hour Internet Public Library. Online Stories for Children. Includes the Lily Pad, It's Magic
http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/Folklore, Myth and Legend Links to lots of online stories and folklore sites.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.htmlAesop's Fables - Online Collection - 655+ fables - Listen to some of them online. http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/ Rattic in the Attic Oneline multimedia story with music, animation and text.
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/rattic/rattic1.htmlStorytime Check out the variety of online stories from Dr Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" to "Theodore the Tugboat."
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webtime/story.htmlPaul Bunyen Animated tale of Paul Bunyan and Babe, his blue ox.
http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale.htmlLesson Plans & Ideas ERIC/REC Lesson Plans Lots of Lesson Plans in Children's Literature at http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/bks/lhome.html Doucette Index: Search for Literature Based teaching ideas.
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/Children's Literature Activities Links to lessons about children's Literature. Search by grade level
or genre.
http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/ChildrensLit.htmlLesson Plans For Learning Company CD's Lesson Plans and Blackline Masters CD's Fom the Learning Company
http://www.learningcompanyschool.com/school/resource/lessons.htmJohnny Appleseed Unit about folkhero for Kindergarten.
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/K98JohnnyAppleseed.htmThe Very Lonely Firefly Teaching ideas to use with Carle book.
http://www.eric-carle.com/bb-VLFF.htmlAuthors on the Web The Official Eric Carle Web Site http://www.eric-carle.com Tomie DePaola http://www.bingley.com/ The Beverly Cleary Home Page http://www.teleport.com/~krp/cleary.html Ezra Jack Keats Virtual Exhibit http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/main.html The Madeleine L'Engle WWW Resource http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8838/ The Madeleine L'Engle Fan Club http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~eithlan/lengle.html Patricia Polacco.com http://www.patriciapolacco.com/home.html The Official Gary Paulsen site http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen Chris Van Allsburg http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/cva/index.html Meet Authors and Illustrators http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm Student Authors on the Web KidLit Children's Literature Home Page We offer all kids an opportunity to see their works published on the worldwide web.
http://mgfx.com/kidlitPublishing A Book for Beginning Readers Instructions about publishing books for young children.
http://ali.apple.com/action.lasso?-database=uops&-response=/ali/uops_
display.html&-op=equals&uopid=700&-searchStone Soup magazine Stone Soup brings young readers thought-provoking stories, heartfelt poems, and beautiful art by their peers worldwide. Budding writers and artists are encouraged to create and submit their own work.
http://www.stonesoup.comBook Lists Newbery Medal Winners http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/newbery.html ALSC: Newbery Medal Description, History, & Criteria http://www.ala.org/alsc/nmedal.html Caldecott Medal http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/caldecott.html ALSC: Caldecott Medal Description, History, & Criteria http://www.ala.org/alsc/cmedal.html U.S. Children's Book Awards http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/usawards.html HomeArts: Books Every Child Should Read This special HomeArts series is designed as a parents' guide to the best children's literature. We have asked a number of today's top writers and critics to choose the books every kid should read.
http://homearts.com/depts/relat/bookintr.htm100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know From the NYC Public Library at
http://www.nypl.org/branch/kids/gloria.htmlSF Bibliography SF and Fantasy for Children. 400 searchable titles. http://libnt1.lib.uoguelph.ca/SFBib/index.htm Search the Child e Book Database abstracts of more than 4000 books.
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/search/Parent's Choice Awards Parent's Choice Awards in Books, 2000 - 1998
http://www.parents-choice.org/default.cfmMultiCultural Stories and Resources NATIVE AMERICAN BOOKS Reviews of Books by and about Native Americans
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/books/bookmenu.htmlLatino Bibliography Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature focusing on Latino people, history, and culture.
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/Latino_Bibliography.htmlBibliography: Jewish Culture in Children's Books An annotated bibliography
http://deeptht.armory.com/~web/jbooks.htmlAfrican-American Images: Bibliography of Picture Books about African-American Stories.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/afro.htmlTeacher's Guide to African-American Stories Best books and Lesson Plans in African Children's Literature Multicultural Student's Literature From th North Central Research Educational Lab
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk28.htmChildren's Multicultural Literature Resource Written by a mother for her daughter it contains criteria used for reviewing multicultural stories. http://members.aol.com/mcsing29/index.htm Multicultrual Pavilion* This site is published by the Curry school of Education at the University of Virginia is rich in multicultural resources. In addition of lots of information about literary resources also contains multicultural songs and film reviews, definitions and teaching strategies. . http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/ Making Multicultural Connections You can search this data base of multicultural trade books by name, author, illustrator, cultural Group or subject/grade.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Books_Begin.htmlChoosing the Best Multicultural Books From Scholastic -In this article you'll find leads to 50 great books, plus advice from top educators, writers, and illustrators on how to spot literature that transcends stereotypes.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/multicultural.htmMulticultural Book Reviews Books are grouped by ethnicity and actually graded. http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/joe.html Multilcultural Review The Multicultural Review is a quarterly journal for teachers at all grade levels, college professors, librarians, administrators, and anyone else who is interested in learning about new developments and trends in the field of cultural diversity.http://www.mcreview.com/mainpage.htm Kids Space Read stories written by children from a variety of continents and countries http://www.kids-space.org/folk/folk.html Be a Better Multicultural Educator 10 (self-) Critical Things I can Do to Be A Better Multicultural Educator
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/curry/centers/multicultural/resources/self_critique.htmlMulticultural Paths From the Curry School of Education, http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/curry/centers/multicultural/sites1.html Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts of Fairy Stories from all over the world. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html Cinderellas of the World WebQuest Read Cinderella from a variety of cultures and learn how they are similar and different. http://burlington.k12.vt.us/webquest/rthomas/Cinderellas%20of%20the%20World.htm Multicultural Stories from Around the World. Search by contintent, country, or people for a multicultural story. Many are illustrated by children. http://raspberry.forest.net/FMPro?-db=whootie.fp5&-lay=weblay&-format=/whootie/choose.htm&-SortField=b_pizzazz&-view Korean Folk Tales In English or Korean-These interactive animated stories can be read or narrated in English and Korean. http://story.lg.co.kr:3000/ Aesop's Tales Read the traditional and modern verisons of these animated stories. http://www.umass.edu/aesop/contents.html Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom:
Possibilities and PitfallsJean Mendoza & Debbie Rees, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This paper discusses the possibilities and the pitfalls involved in the selection of multicultural literature for use with young children: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/mendoza.htmlBook Reviews KidLit Student Reviews of Books. http://mgfx.com/kidlit/kids/artlit/reviews/index.htm
Read reviews of "kids" books, by kids.World of Reading Search for book reviews by children by categories of story.
http://www.worldreading.org/cgi-bin/php.cgi/share.phtmlSDSU Children's Lit Book Reviews Ages 0 - 5 and Ages 6- 10 from SanDiego State College
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/english/childlit/reviewlist.htmlAbout Kids Books In association with Amazon.com. book reviews and some reflections on sharing books with children, by the free-lance author Kelly Pomeroy.
and http://www.aboutkidsbooks.homestead.comThe BookHive Read viewer's comments and add your own.
http://www.bookhive.org/bookhive.htmDiscussion Groups: Book Discussion Groups for Kids http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/brcafe.html Mailing Lists Related to Children's Literature KIDLIT-L KIDLIT-L is a discussion list about children's literature, involving teachers, librarians, students, and others interested in the
field.
CHILD_LIT Children's Literature: Criticism and Theory. A list devoted to discussion and critical analysis of children's literature.
FOLKLORE
A folklore discussion list.
STORYTELL
A discussion list for those interested in storytelling.To subscribe.Publishers on the Internet Scholastic's Homepage Scholastic
http://scholastic.com/teachers@random Random House
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersCBC Member's List CBC Member List. quite extensive. Links to online sites and addresses to all.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/member/memlist1.htmTeaching Guides Madeline L'Engle's Time Quartet From Random House teaching fuide to Wrinkle in Time etc series.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/wrin.htmlThe Brian Novels http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/bria.html CyberGuides K-3 CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based,
web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.htmlCyberGuides 4-5 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html Poetry Poetry 4Kids Children enjoy poems, especially funny ones. This resource features a collection
of poems children will enjoy.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/Rimes and Rhymes Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htmISLMC The Internet School Library Media Center-forms of poetry, search by grade
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htmKIDZPAGE Resource of Poems for Children.
http://www.veeceet.com/index.htmlTheatre Reader's Theatre Editions A collection of reader's theater scripts based on fables, tall tales, fairy tales, legends, and other retold stories from a variety of
cultures.
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.htmlReader's Theatre in Elementary School Citations and Links to resources
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/rdr-thea.htmlReader's Theatre Scripts Scripts to Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Little Red Hen.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/readersmine.htmSuper Sites
CLWG: Children's Literature Web GuideA fine resource of Internet book related activities for
elementary students and teachers. Includes book discussions, links to other sites and featured
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.htmlLaunching K-3 Reading Online Course http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/welcome.html Apple Learning Interchange Lots of good K-12 resources, searchable by grade, subject.
http://ali.apple.comHarry Potter Harry Potter from Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm Harry Potter Realm News, reviews, quotations, and the Great Hall of Message Boards.
http://www.HarryPotterRealm.com/Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Cyberguide: Activities to accompany the book
http://www.connectingstudents.com/lessonplans/potter/index.htm