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This is a site that will take you to a listing of authors, divided 
alphabetically.  If there is a particular author that you are wanting to 
find, locate that person by their last name and click on it.  There are many 
sites that have fun activities that you can do that relate to the author's 
books.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

 
 
This is a free site that allows you to download stories (or just listen). It 
is organized by author and title.
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go

 
 
This site gives information about picture books.  It has a lot of 
interactive material, especially from an illustrator's viewpoint.  If you 
child is interested in art, they should benefit from this site.
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org

 
 
Traditional Literature has a description of 15 types of stories with 
examples titles.  If you need to know the difference between a fable and a 
fairy tale, this has all the information to help you.
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/using/traditional.html

 
 
Patricia Polacco is a favorite author of several of our students as well as 
some teachers.  Her life has had a great influence on her writing.  Use this 
link to learn more about her and make her books even more meaningful and 
have some fun.
http://patriciapolacco.com/fun/color_ins/index.html

 
 
If you are looking for a good "learn to type" program for elementary school 
students, this is one that has been recommended to me.  It's free and kids 
love it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

 

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