Language Arts and Literature Back to Learning and Resource Links

Authors and Illustrators	Book Awards	Folk Literature
Grammar	Literature	Magazines On-Line
Poetry	Read, Write, Think	Spelling
Vocabulary	Writing

Authors and Illustrators
Scholastic Flashlight http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/flashK_landingPage.asp
ALA: Great Authors and Illustrators http://www.ala.org/
CBS: 75 Authors and Illustrators You Should Know http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/75authors.html
Author Guides http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html
Authors and Illustrators at HM http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/
Authors and Illustrators on the Web    http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/aboutauthors.html
Carol Hurst's Literature Site    http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/authors.html
Learning About Authors and Illustrators   http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/AuthorSite/index.html
Author Spotlight    http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/index.html
On-Lion for Kids  http://kids.nypl.org/reading/authors.cfm
Arthur  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/index.html
Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Meet Authors and Illustrators  http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm
Children's Authors and Illustators  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
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Book Awards
John Newbery Medal   http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
Randolph Caldecott Medal  http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/Literary_and_Related_Awards/Caldecott_Medal/Caldecott_Medal.htm
Rebecca Caudill Award  http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/
Coretta Scott King Award  http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
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Folk Literature
American Folklore http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/
An Encyclopedia on Mythology, Folklore, and Legend  http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Grimm's Fairy Tales  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/map.html
Aesop Fables http://www.AesopFables.com/
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Grammar
Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
Guide To Grammar and Writing  http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Guide to Grammar and Style  http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
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Literature
Doulcette Index http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
StoryBooks On-line http://www.storybookonline.net/Default.aspx
Book Choices for 2003 http://www.reading.org/choices/choices_download.html
The Book Hive http://www.bookhive.org/
25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson035.shtml
ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/
Kids Who Read! http://kwr.co-nect.net/index.html
Children's Book Council http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/book_week.html
Awesome Stories http://www.awesomestories.com/index2.htm
Just for Kids http://www.alanbrown.com/
Teaching Books http://teachingbooks.net
Book Picker  http://www.bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp
Kids Read  http://www.kidsreads.com/
Readers Theatre Scripts  http://aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
Primary Backpack  http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/reading.html
101 Ways to Integrate Technology into Literacy Activities  http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/101Ways.html
The Story Place   http://www.storyplace.org/
Children's Literature Web Guide  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Alphabet Soup  http://www.alphabet-soup.net/
BookTalks Quick and Simple  http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature  http://www.dawcl.com/
60 Classics On-Line in Full Text  http://www.bibliomania.com/Fiction/
Children's Litrature Cyber Library  http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/
CyberGuides for Literature K-12  http://www.fairrosa.info/
Links for Kids Who Like Books  http://members.aol.com/Adluvseh/writerkid.html
Books for Children in Spanish  http://www.csusm.edu/campus_centers/csb/english/
All Reviewed Children's Books  http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/allreviewed.html
Reading Room  http://www.readroom.com/
The Reading Corner  http://www.carr.org/read/
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Magazines On-Line
American Girl Magazine  http://www.americangirl.com/agmg/index.html
Black Belt for Kids  http://www.blackbeltmag.com/bbkids/
Chickadee http://www.owlkids.com/chickadee/
Cricket Magazine Group  http://www.cricketmag.com/home.html
Cyber Kids for Elementary  http://www.cyberkids.com/
Cyber Teens  http://www.cyberteens.com/ctmain.html
Dragon Fly  http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~dragonfly/
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/
MidLink Magazine  http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/
National Geographic for Kids  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/
KidZone http://www.nwf.org/kids/
Sports Illustrated for Kids  http://www.sikids.com/
Stone Soup http://www.stonesoup.com/index.html
Time for Kids  http://www.timeforkids.com
Weekly Reader  http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/
ZuZu  http://www.zuzu.org/
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Phonics
Phonics Activities http://www.saxonpublishers.com/activities/games.jsp?grade=0&subject=1

Poetry
Poetry Lesson Plans http://www.favoritepoem.org/forteachers/lessonplans.html
Forms of Poetry for Children http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poeform.htm
Find a Poet http://www.poets.org/poets/index.cfm
Haiku Gallery  http://www.haikugallery.com/
Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes and Tales  http://www.grandpatucker.com/
Tongue Twisters   http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
On Line Poetry Sources   http://www.learningspace.org/instruct/high_school/sites/poem_res.html
Poetry for Children  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htm
The Web Poetry Corner  http://www.dreamagic.com/poetry/children.html
Daily Poetry  http://www.poems.com/
Giggle Poetry  http://gigglepoetry.com/
Writing Poetry Links  http://www.canteach.ca/links/linkwritepoetry.html
Poetry Links  http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/poetry.html
Poetry for Kids http://www.nesbitt.com/poetry/links.html
Mother Goose Pages  http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Epfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html
Poetry Gallery  http://www.mgfx.com/kidlit/kids/artlit/poetry/index.htm
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Spelling
Spin and Spell Game http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf
Spell Check Game  http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html

Vocabulary
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Vobulary Web Games http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
Homonyms http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html
Building Better Vocabulary http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm
Vocabulary  http://www.vocabulary.com/
Drag and Drop Easy Vocabulary  http://www.prongo.com/drag/index.html
Word Games  http://www.funster.com/
Fake Out, The Definition Guessing Game http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

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Writing
Diary of a Whimpy Kid http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1
Comic Strip Creater http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=21
Power Proofreading http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html
Be an Active Author http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/academy/4thgrade/activeauthor/4bauth.htm
Guide to Grammar and Writing  http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/#
Everyday Spelling, Writing Prompts  http://www.everydayspelling.com/workout/prompts/promptsndx.html
The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/
ABCs of the Writing Process   http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
Writing Den  http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/
Children's Writing  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/writings.html
Wacky Web Tales  http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Biography Maker Machine  http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
KidPub  http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/
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