Internet Field Trip: Essential Children’s Literature Sites
Bookmark these sites for great jump-off points to explore children's literature.
Bookwink, Video Booktalks for Kids
http://www.bookwink.com
Former librarian Sonja Cole gets kids excited about reading with video booktalks for grades 3-8. Each video is about about a different genre, and there are lists of read-alikes organized by author, title, and subject.
The Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
This site collects an enormous number of links to children's literature sites, from authors and publishers to discussion boards and teaching ideas. Well-organized and easy to navigate, it's one of the largest such sites on the Internet.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Carol Hurst, a teacher, storyteller, and librarian, has been consulting and writing about children's literature and teaching for many years. Find reviews, magazine articles, book excerpts, and many suggestions on how to use children's literature in the classroom.
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
http://www.fairrosa.info/
A personal and comprehensive site of children's literature sites on the Web by a children's librarian, who is well-known in online children's literature circles.
Internet Public Library Youth Division: Reading Zone
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=rzn0000
Provides a range of children's literature sites suitable for children and adults. Particularly strong in sites with children's work and online stories.
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My Guardian Angel
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My Guardian Angel
by Sylvie WeilThe setting is Troyes, France in 1096, seen through the eyes of funny, feisty, twelve-year-old Elvina. She is the granddaughter of the great rabbi, Rashi, and she knows how to read and write--which is rare for a girl of her time. Once cold afternoon while Elvina is alone in the house, three Crusaders pound at her door. The youngest is wounded. Elvina has only a moment to make a difficult choice that could put her family and the entire community at risk. Can her guardian angel guide her and ke
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Hardcover Book | Grades 4-7
Grades 4-7 $16.95
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The Princess and the Pea / La princesa y el guisante
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The Princess and the Pea / La princesa y el guisante
by Luz Orihuela and Petra SteinmeyerFavorite tales from childhood are offered in bilingual versions for young children to enjoy.
$3.99
In this beautiful bilingual version of Hans Christian Andersen's tale, a prince despairs of ever finding a real princess to marry.
Paperback Book | Grades K-2
Grades K-2 $3.99
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