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/
Read aloud stories. www.raz-kids.com
Great site for award book titles. http://www.ala.org
April is National Humor Month. If your child enjoys jokes, try this site. http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes
Another joke site for National Humor Month http://www.ahajokes.com/kids_jokes.html
This site has monthly reading calendars that have daily activities related to reading. http://martha.alewine.googlepages.com/2009-2010readingcalendars
Read aloud stories. http://storynory.com
Games and activities relating to the Polar Express http://www.polarexpress.com/games-fun
This site gives children activities from the Highlights Magazine. There are lots of puzzles and games. It also has a read aloud section. http://www.highlightskids.com