Kids Lit in Cyberspace

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Kids Lit in Cyberspace

• Sara Fridley
• Region 3 ESA

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Listen to Read Stories Online

• http//www.storylineonline.net/
• Book Pals Storyline Online
• http//www.peterhreynolds.com
• http//www.fablevision.com/
• Click on Library to read the book North Star
  online
• Click on Radio Station to hear the book North
  Star online (requires Real Audio)

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More Stories Online

• http//kids.nypl.org/reading/index.cfm
• New York Public Library
• Also has links to online kids magazines, such as
  Boys Life and Weekly Reader
• http//www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/book_detail
  s.asp?CategoryTeachers
• Collection of online animated books

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Literature for Cultural Awareness

• http//www.pbs.org/circleofstories/
• Listen to Native American storytellers
• Many Voices section contains a gallery of
  stories, poems, and images
• Its PBS!! - so it includes lesson plans
• http//docsouth.unc.edu/neh/
• Collection of slave narratives
• Most suitable for older students

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Author Websites

• http//www.mvr3.k12.mo.us/technology/resources/aut
  hors.html
• Links to official websites of various childrens
  authors and illustrators
• http//www.janbrett.com/
• Nearly 4000 pages of activities, projects, and
  resources
• Print masks script for Readers Theater

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More Author Sites

• http//www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
• Read Gary Paulsens Iditarod Journal, write to
  him, and find teachers resources
• http//www.jeanmarzollo.com/
• Teacher guides for her books
• Write riddles
• http//www.patriciapolacco.com/index.htm

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Book Report Sites

• http//www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.a
  sp
• Book Report Sandwich
• Create it online and print it
• http//www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/reading/bo
  okrepts1.html
• Hundreds of creative ideas for book reports

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Leveled Books

• http//www.readinga-z.com/land/guided.html
• Not FREE requires a subscription
• 50-80 per classroom
• 30 FREE samples available
• Tons of leveled books to download, print
• Includes many additional resources
• Inexpensive option for schools with limited
  leveled books to choose from

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