| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 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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