Research and Information Links:

 

Websearching for kids:    

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html

 

http://www.biography.com/

 

http://www.factmonster.com/

 

http://www.big6.com/kids/

 

           

Texas history and lore:

 

http://www.famoustexans.com/

 

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/index.html

 

http://www.texasindians.com/

 

http://www.lsjunction.com/ 

 

Children’s Books & Authors:

 

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/home_flash.asp

 

Children’s Literature Webguide: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

 

Some fun author sites:

http://www.mcelmeel.com/curriculum/authorlinks.html

 

http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html

 

http://www.avi-writer.com/

 

http://www.pilkey.com/

 

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/paulsen.html

 

http://www.janbrett.com/

 

http://www.eric-carle.com/

 

http://www.shelsilverstein.com

 

http://www.tomie.com

 

http://www.artemisfowl.co.uk/

 

Harry Potter sites:

http://www.jkrowling.com/

 

http://www.mugglenet.com/

 

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/

 

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html

 

http://harrypotterfans.com/

 

http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/

 

http://dissendium.com/index.php

 

Draw something today: http://www.doodledude.com/crankupthetoonz.htm  

 

Award winning books:

 

Caldecott: http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

 

C. Scott King Award: http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/index.html

 

Newbery: http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Bluebonnet: http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html

 

Mockingbird:

http://www1.abileneisd.org/mockingbird/

 

http://booktalk.sagebrushcorp.com/ 

 

Teacher’s Helpers:

 

http://www.suzyred.com

 

http://www.big6.com

 

http://www.libraryspot.com/about.htm

 

ALA’s Great Websites for Kids:

 

http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm

 

Differentiated Curriculum:

http://it.springbranchisd.com/sbisd_library/librarians/technical_issues/Vaughn/differentiatedcurr.htm

 

Teacher tips, plans, and links: http://www.educationworld.com/

                                           http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm

 

Copyright information: http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Introduction

 

Citation guide: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/citation.html

 

Literature Information:

http://www.carolhurst.com/

 

Lesson Plans:

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

 

http://marcopolo-education.org/

 

Calendar of great events in history: http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/

 

** Jim Trelease, reading advocate! http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/

 

Librarian Links:

 

TEKS influenced by library programs

 

TAKS and TEKS correlation w/library

 

http://library.springbranchisd.com/library-resources/

 

http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/library/liblinks.htm

 

http://www.ala.org/alsc/nbook01.html

 

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/index.html

 

http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.htm

 

http://www.enc.org/?ls=bc

 

http://www.lindaslinkstoliterature.com/lll/

 

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/dre/dewey/index.html 

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