Presentations & Workshops
Authors, Illustrators, Reading, Writing, and More on the Internet!
This resource list is always being revised--if you have recommendations to add or broken links to report,
please email with your suggestions.
 

Tips and Tricks for online searching:

1.    If searching for an author or phrase, type the author’s name or phrase in quotes. For example, “Chris Van Allsburg” or "National Writing Project".

2.    If search for material on a specific book, type the title in quotes. For example, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.

3.    Look on the back cover, inside flaps, front-matter, and back-matter of the book…

a.    Is there a publisher’s website listed?

b.    Does the copyright page include suggested subject headings, which might be useful when selecting novel themes?

c.    Is it a special edition with additional resources, readings, or other helpful material?

4.    Look at the author section of the book. Does it include a website for the author?

Please Note: The following sites have been reviewed, but all links within them have not.  Remember, sites continually change, move, or become out-dated.  This is not a comprehensive list, but instead a beginning to help guide you. Internet addresses are current as of 06/07/07. Please use the email link at the bottom of the page to notify of any broken or outdated links.

New to You - Book Award & Lists - Book Clubs & Online Reading Communities - Book Club Resources for Hosting - Book, Lit, Poetry Full Text - Booktalks, Commercials, Trailers, etc. - Electronic Fieldtrips and Webquests - Electronic Bookclubs and Blogs - Folklore - Four Square Writing Method -  Information - Just for Fun - Literature Circles and Reading Groups - Magazines, Professional Journals - Newsgroups, Newsletters - Professional Development & Research - Publishers - 6+1 Trait® Writing - Writing  

New to You

   Read.Write.Think: Student Materials  http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp  Online support materials to support literacy K-12.
   Scholastic: Teaching Resources  http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/  Professional resources for teachers of all grades.
   Lexile Power Vocabulary  http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=2&tabid=16&tabpageid=183  Support material for hundreds of titles.
   NEA: Monthly Reading Activities  http://www.nea.org/readacross/year/index.html  Suggestions for every month of the year.
   Discussion Guides  http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides.html  Guides for hundreds of popular titles.
   Talk it Up:  Book Discussions  http://www.multcolib.org/talk/universalquestions.html  Universal questions to spark discussion.
   Teen Reading  http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2005/programs.cfm  Try any of these suggestions, all tailored to teen interests, to help your students get more deeply committed to reading.
   Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking  http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/tools/index.htm  Collection of reproducibles to support literacy instruction.
   International Children's Digital Library  http://www.icdlbooks.org  Online children's literature.
   Just For Kids Who Love Books    http://www.alanbrown.com/  Students ages 8-14 can comment on books at this site.
   Kids@Random http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/  Games and contests for younger students, as well as links to information on authors.
   Reading Games  http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm  Phonics games, reading games, word games, and more.
   Book-a-Minute  http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/  No time to read?  This tongue-in-cheek site has a solution with these ultra-condensed books.  Have your students try writing a few of their own.      

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Book Awards & Lists

American Library Association

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bookmediaawards

Booktalking Colorado

http://booktalkingcolorado.ppld.org/

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

http://www.dawcl.com/
     IDEAnet: Indiana Reading List
http://www.doe.state.in.us/standards/readinglist.html

International Reading Association: Choices Booklists

http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices_childrens.html

Librarians@Random BookTalks

http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/librarians/booktalks/booktalks.html

Middle Grades Reading Network: High Interest/High Readability Books
http://mgrn.evansville.edu/vocabulary.htm

Middle Grades Reading Network: High Interest/Low Readability Books
http://mgrn.evansville.edu/5fall2005.htm

Read Aloud Books Too Good to Miss

http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/ReadAloud/ReadAloud.htm

      Young Hoosier Book Award and Eliot Rosewater

http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/YHBA/YHBA.htm

http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/Rosie/EliotRosewaterProgram.htm

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Book Clubs & Online Reading Communities

Barnes & Noble Book Discussion

www.barnesandnoble.com/bookclubs/runagroup.asp

Breakfast Book Club

www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin/admin434.shtml

Florida

www.marion.k12.fl.us/dept/lpc/bokclubs/index.html

Minnesota Humanities Council

www.minnesotahumanities.org/Literacy/dad_kids_bookclub.htm

RIF Reading Planet: Book Zone
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone.htm

Scholastic: The Stacks (online community for independent readers)
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/

SPL

www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_readinglists_discussiongroup

     Teen Fire on Ning
http://teenfire.ning.com/

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Book Club Resources for Hosting

Fun Trivia: The Trivia and Quiz Community

http://www.funtrivia.com/

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Books, Literature, Poetry (Full Text)

Inspire.net: LitFinder (free access for all Indiana residents)

http://www.inspire.net/

International Children’s Digital Library

http://www.icdlbooks.org/

IPL Reading Room (boasts thousands of online texts, magazines, newspapers)

http://www.ipl.org/div/reading/

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Booktalks, Commercials, Trailers, etc.

Booktalker: Joni Richards Brodard
http://www.thebooktalker.com/

Daphne Jorgensen's Booktalking Basics
http://www.albany.edu/~dj2930/aboutbt.html

Librarians@Random: BookTalks
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/librarians/booktalks.html
      Nancy Keane’s Booktalks - Quick and Simple

http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/

      Scholastic Booktalks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/booktalks.htm
      Scholastic Book Videos: Interviews, Read-Alouds, Book Trailers, Booktalks
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=513&eml=TNL/20090106/TNL

      TeensPoint.org Reading Matters: Booktalks

http://www.teenspoint.org/reading_matters/booktalks.asp
      YALSA Professional Development Center: Professional Development Topics-Booktalking

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/profdev/booktalking.cfm

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Electronic Field Trips and WebQuests

CSI Lord of the Flies

http://questgarden.com/16/50/2/060222203248/

CyberGuides

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Holes (Greece Central School District)

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/teachers/kubik/holes/

Island of the Blue Dolphins (ESC-2)

http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/projects/island/

Johnny Tremain WebQuest

http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/REVOLUT.HTM

Laura Ingalls Wilder WebQuest

http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/LAURALES.HTM

Ms. Pic’s Of Mice & Men Web Quest

http://teacherweb.com/MA/DartmouthHighSchool/WQOMM/

Olivia (Western Kentucky University)

http://www.pampetty.com/olivia.htm

Pinduli (Sutton Elementary School)

http://questgarden.com/28/51/3/061104082445/

SDSU WebQuest Search Page

http://www.webquest.org/search/

Tailing the Samurai’s Tale WebQuest

http://edtech.suhsd.k12.ca.us/actnow/act/dfickett/japan/samuraistale.htm

Treasures@Sea: Exploring the Ocean Through Literature (Marshall Elementary)

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/

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Electronic Bookclubs

Ben Davis HS No Club Book Club

http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/bdreadc/index.htm

Small Planet: Book Club Online

http://www.planetbookclub.com/kids/class.html

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Folklore
     American Folklore

http://www.americanfolklore.net/index.html
     The Best of Legends
http://bestoflegends.org/

     A Europe of Tales
http://www.europeoftales.net/
     Oracle ThinkQuest: Mythology & Legend
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=131     

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Four Square Writing Method

Lakeland Schools: Four Square Writing

http://www.lakelandschools.org/bf/FourSquare.pdf 

Suffolk Public Schools - Four Square Writing: Generic Format at a Glance

http://www.spsk12.net/departments/middle/staff_files/English/Writing/Generic%20at%20a%20glance.pdf

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Information: Each site may contain information and material that is useful to any literature lover.

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site

http://www.carolhurst.com/toc.html

Children’s Book Council

     http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Children’s Literature Web Guide

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

Children’s Picture Book Database at Miami University

http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/

      Directory of Indiana Children’s Authors and Illustrators (address and biography)

http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/ldo/childrens/INDEX.HTM

Flamingnet.com

     http://www.flamingnet.com/

Geocities: Children’s Folklore

     http://www.geocities.com/childrenfolklore/

Grouchy Café Presents:  Favorite Teen Angst Books

     http://www.grouchy.com/angst/index.html

Internet Public Library: Fairy Tales Reading & Research

     http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48473

Internet Public Library: KidSpace Reading Zone

     http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000

            Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism

     http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Literacy Connection

     http://www.literacyconnections.com/

Literary Resources on the Net

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

     Middle Grades Reading Network

http://mgrn.evansville.edu/

      No Flying, No Tights for Teens (“graphic novel review site for teens”)

http://www.noflyingnotights.com/

      Scholastic Kids: Games & Contests

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm

Sylvan Book Adventure: Help Me Find a Book

http://bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp

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Just for Fun

Dear America Writers Workshop (Scholastic Kids)

http://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/writers/index.htm

Discovery Schools: Children & Young Adult Authors’ Birthdays

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/authordate.html

MightyBook: Entertainment That Helps Kids Read

http://www.mightybook.com/

Quotes
http://www.lesliepreddy.com/quote.htm

Storybook Online Network

http://www.storybookonline.net/Default.aspx

      Who2?: Find Famous People Fast

http://www.who2.com/

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Literature Circles and Reading Groups

     Education World: "Literature Circles Build Excitement for Books"
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr259.shtml
     EdSelect: Literature Circles
http://www.edselect.com/literature_circles.htm
    Literature Learning Ladders
http://eduscapes.com/ladders/index.html

     Reading Group Guides
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/roundtable/choose.asp
 

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Magazines/Professional Journals: The on-line version of respected book review resources.

ALAN Review

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/alan-review.html

Booklist

http://www.ala.org/booklist/

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/

Horn Book

http://www.hbook.com

LMC

http://www.linworth.com/lmc/

Reading Online (IRA)

http://www.readingonline.org/

School Library Journal

http://www.slj.com/

      Teaching Pre K-8

http://www.teachingk-8.com/

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Newsgroups/Newsletters: Subscribe to a specific literature newsgroup or newsletter.  Be careful, you can end up with a lot of mail.

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Newsletter

http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/newsletters.html

Children’s Literature Web Guide: Mailing Lists Related to Children’s Literature

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/listserv.html

      Flamingnet.com

http://flamingnet.com/aboutus.cfm (mailing list subscribe is along the right column)

      teenreads.com Newsletter

http://www.teenreads.com/newsletters/newsletter.asp

WCU BookRead Project and BR_Match

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bookread.txt

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Professional Development Resource, research, information, & training for the educator.

     AASL: "Independent Reading and School Achievement

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume32000/independent.cfm

     Internet School Library Media Center: Motivational Ideas

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/bookweek.htm

     Learning Point Associates: Adolescent Literacy
http://www.learningpt.org/literacy/adolescent/
     Middle Grades Reading Network
http://mgrn.evansville.edu/

     The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009

http://nationsreportcard.gov/reading_2009/

     Purdue University: "Children Should Read for Pleasure in Summer, Literacy Expert Says"

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/2005/050718.T-May.reading.html

     Reading Rockets: Teaching Kids to Read & Helping Those Who Struggle

http://www.readingrockets.org/

     Secondary School Literacy: A Framework for School-Wide Intervention

http://www.calstat.org/publications/pdfs/2004fallEinsert.pdf

     Stenhouse Publishers: Professional Development by Teachers, for Teachers

http://www.stenhouse.com/prodev.asp

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Publishers:  Almost every publishing company has it’s own web page.  Many of those web pages include information and resources on popular books and authors.

HarperCollins Children’s Books: The Big Busy School House

 http://www.harperchildrens.com/schoolhouse/index.htm

HarperCollins Children’s: Teachers & Librarians

 http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Teachers/

Houghton Mifflin Education Place

http://www.eduplace.com/

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/children/index.html

Penguin Group (USA): young readers @ penguin

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/yr/tl.html

Perma-Bound Profiles

http://www.perma-bound.com/PermaBound

Random House: Kids/Teens/Teachers/Librarians@Random

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

      Scholastic-Teachers: Authors and Books (there is also Kids and Librarians)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.htm

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6+1 Trait® Writing

     eMints National Center eThemes - Writing: 6 + 1 Writing Traits
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001707.shtml

     Education Oasis: 6+1 Trait® Writing Printables

http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Printables/6_plus_one_printables.htm
     North Dakota DOE: 6+1 Writing Traits
http://doe.sd.gov/curriculum/6plus1/index.asp

     NW Regional Educational Laboratory - Assessment: 6+1 Trait® Writing

http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.php?d=1

     Web English Teacher: 6+1 Trait® Writing
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/6traits.html
     The Writing Site: 6+1 Trait® Writing Web Links
http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/assessment/trait/links.asp

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Writing

     Four Square Writing Method
     Indiana Teachers of Writing Writing Project (Indianapolis)

http://itwwp.org/

     National Writing Project (find our state, then your local region)

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/query/q/194

     6+1 Trait® Writing
     

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