Howe-Manning Elementary School Library
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MCBA 2019-2020 Master List
Learn all about the MCBA Program sponsored by Salem State University. Click on the 2018 Master List to view the 25 nominated boohttp://massachusettschildrensbookaward.blogspot.com/
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Howe-Manning Library Catalog
http://tritownma.booksys.net/opac/hmes/index.html#menuHome -
Flint Public Library
http://www.flintlibrary.org/ -
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC)
http://mvlc.org/Welcome -
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
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Howe-Manning Online Databases
Links to subscription and state databases; ask Mrs. Reusch for log-in info. for subscription databaseshttp://www.tritownschoolunion.com/howe-manning/mrs-reuschs-webpage/pages/online-databases -
Flint Public Library Databases
Links to online resources offered through the FPL; may need library card # to accesshttp://flintlibrary.org/index.php/on-line-resources/
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Nic Bishop
Author and Photographer of Nature Books for childrenhttp://www.nicbishop.com/ -
Andrew Clements
Author of Frindle, Lost and Found, Extra Credithttp://www.andrewclements.com/index.html -
Chris Van Allsburg
Author of The Polar Express, Jumanji, and Zathurahttp://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html -
Judy Blume
Author of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Freckle Juice, Blubberhttp://www.judyblume.com/ -
Roald Dahl
Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, and James and the Giant Peachhttp://www.roalddahl.com/ -
Jack Gantos
Newbery Award winning author of Deadend in Norvelt as well as the Joey Pigza serieshttp://www.jackgantos.com/ -
Dan Gutman
Author of My Weird School Series as well as the Baseball Card Adventure Serieshttp://www.dangutman.com/ -
Jennifer Holm
Author of Babymouse series and Turtle in Paradisehttp://www.jenniferholm.com/ -
Wendy Mass
Author of 11 Birthdays, 13 Gifts, and The Candymakershttp://www.wendymass.com/ -
Gary Paulsen
Author of Hatchet, Woodsong, Lawn Boyhttp://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/ -
Rick Riordan
Author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Kane Chronicles, and The Heroes of Olympus serieshttp://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx -
Louis Sachar
Author of Wayside School Series and Newbery Award winner Holeshttp://www.louissachar.com/
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Spaghetti Book Club
Book reviews for kids by kidshttp://www.spaghettibookclub.org/ -
Kidsreads
Author interviews, book reviews, new releaseshttp://www.kidsreads.com/ -
Book Hive
Search book reviews by genrehttp://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/books/
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Caldecott Award Winners
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal -
Newbery Award Winners
The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwinners -
Sibert Award Winners
The Sibert Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished children's informational book.http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast -
Notable Childen's Books
from the Association for Library Service to Children.http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb -
Series and Sequels
Search this database to see what's next in a series!http://www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music/juvenile-series
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Aesop's Fables
Online collection of selected fableshttp://aesopfables.com/aesopsel.html -
American Folklore
Great collection of tall tales, myths, legends, fables, and fairy taleshttp://americanfolklore.net/folklore/myths-legends/ -
Book Bot
Extensive list of online books including many classicshttp://www.book-bot.com/ -
International Children's Digital Library
Multicultural digital libraryhttp://en.childrenslibrary.org/ -
MVLC Digital Downloads
Download newer e-book titles from the public library using Overdrivehttp://mvlc.lib.overdrive.com/BD23F7DB-5ACF-456E-BD76-1D90ABE63FBC/10/405/en/Default.htm -
Podiobooks
Listen to books via a podcast!http://podiobooks.com/ -
Project Gutenberg
Offers over 40,000 free ebookshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ -
Story Online
Watch your favorite celebrity reading great books!http://www.storylineonline.net/ -
We Give Books
http://www.wegivebooks.org/
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Into the Book
http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html
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The Emerald Atlas
by John Stephenshttp://www.randomhouse.com/kids/emeraldatlas/ -
One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garciahttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/asset/one-crazy-summer-book-trailer -
Wonder
by R,J. Palaciohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m21V68W2VRF8UC/ref=ent_fb_link -
Book Trailers
Collection of book trailers by Scholastichttp://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/videos/ -
Turtle in Paradise
by Jennifer L. Holmhttp://vimeo.com/44458820 -
SlimeKids Book Trailers
Slime is an acronym for "School Library Media Kids"http://www.slimekids.com/book-trailers/
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Massachusetts Biographies
Massachusetts Biographies Online.pdf -
Massachusetts Studies Project
www.msp.umb.edu
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Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod
By Robert J. Blakehttp://www.amazon.com/Akiak-Iditarod-Robert-J-Blake/dp/0142401854 -
Black Star, Bright Dawn
By Scott O'Dellhttp://www.amazon.com/Black-Star-Bright-Scott-ODell/dp/0547053193/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650165&sr=1-1&keywords=black+star+black+dawn -
Dashing Through the Snow: The Story of the Jr. Iditarod
By Sherry Shahanhttp://www.amazon.com/Dashing-Through-Snow-Sherry-Shahan/dp/0761301437/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650260&sr=1-8&keywords=dashing+through+the+snow -
Dogs of the Iditarod
By Jeff Schultzhttp://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Iditarod-Jeff-Schultz/dp/1570612927/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650375&sr=1-1&keywords=dogs+of+the+iditarod -
Dogteam
By Gary Paulsenhttp://www.amazon.com/Dogteam-Gary-Paulsen/dp/0440411300/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650421&sr=1-1&keywords=Dogteam -
Iditarod Country: Exploring the Route of the Last Great Race
By Tricia Brownhttp://www.amazon.com/Iditarod-Country-Exploring-Route-Great/dp/0945397666/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650460&sr=1-1&keywords=Iditarod+country -
Iditarod Dream: Dusty and His Sled Dogs Compete in Alaska's Jr. Iditarod
By Ted woodhttp://www.amazon.com/Iditarod-Dream-Dusty-Compete-Alaskas/dp/0802775357/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650492&sr=1-1&keywords=Iditarod+Dream -
Mush! Across Alaska in the World's Longest Sled Dog Race
By Patricia Seiberthttp://www.amazon.com/Across-Alaska-Worlds-Longest-Sled-Dog/dp/1562947052/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650527&sr=1-4&keywords=Mush%21 -
Mush! Sled Dogs of the Iditarod
By Joe Funkhttp://www.amazon.com/Mush-The-Sled-Dogs-Iditarod/dp/0545494788/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361651432&sr=8-1&keywords=Mush%21 -
Painter and Ugly
By Robert J. Blakehttp://www.amazon.com/Painter-Ugly-Robert-J-Blake/dp/B00ANYEKBI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650594&sr=1-1&keywords=Painter+and+Ugly -
Sled Dog: Powerful Miracle
By Stephen Personhttp://www.amazon.com/Sled-Dog-Powerful-Miracle-Animals/dp/1617721344/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650637&sr=1-1&keywords=Sled+Dog+Powerful+Miracle -
Sled Dogs
By Lori Haskinshttp://www.amazon.com/Sled-Dogs-Heroes-Lori-Haskins/dp/1597161713/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650676&sr=1-1&keywords=Sled+Dogs+lori+haskin -
Sled Dogs Run
By Jonathan Londonhttp://www.amazon.com/Sled-Dogs-Run-Jonathan-London/dp/0802789587/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650714&sr=1-1&keywords=Sled+Dogs+Run -
Stone Fox
By John Reynolds Gardinerhttp://www.amazon.com/Stone-Fox-John-Reynolds-Gardiner/dp/0439095107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650742&sr=1-1&keywords=Stone+Fox -
Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race
By Libby Riddleshttp://www.amazon.com/Storm-Run-Story-First-Iditarod/dp/1570612935/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650775&sr=1-1&keywords=Storm+run -
Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail
By Ellen M. Dolanhttp://www.amazon.com/Susan-Butcher-Iditarod-Trail-Ellen/dp/0802774962/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650817&sr=1-1&keywords=susan+butcher+and+the+iditarod+trail -
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto
By Natalie Standifordhttp://www.amazon.com/Bravest-Dog-Ever-Story-Step-Into-Reading/dp/0394896955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650890&sr=1-1&keywords=bravest+dog+ever+the+true+story+of+balto -
The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail
By Debbie S. Millerhttp://www.amazon.com/Great-Serum-Race-Blazing-Iditarod/dp/0802777236/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650929&sr=1-1&keywords=the+great+serum+race+blazing+the+iditarod+trail -
The Iditarod: Story of the Last Great Race
By Ian Younghttp://www.amazon.com/Iditarod-Story-Last-Great-Reading/dp/073689523X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361650964&sr=1-1&keywords=the+iditarod+story+of+the+last+great+race -
The Incredible Life of Balto
By Meghan McCarthy -
Togo
By Robert J. Blake -
Wind-Wild Dog
By Barbara Joossehttp://www.amazon.com/Wind-Wild-Dog-Barbara-Joosse/dp/0805070532/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361651074&sr=1-1&keywords=Wind-Wild+Dog -
Woodsong
By Gary Paulsenhttp://www.amazon.com/Woodsong-Gary-Paulsen/dp/1416939393/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361651103&sr=1-1&keywords=Woodsong
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Information About Balto
http://www.baltostruestory.net/balto.htm -
Balto's Story
BaltoStory.pdf -
Debbie Miller's Website
Author of The Great Serum Racehttp://www.debbiemilleralaska.com/GreatSerumRace.htm -
Information About Togo
http://www.baltostruestory.net/togo.htm -
Meghan McCarthy's Website
Author and Illustrator of The Incredible Life of Baltohttp://www.meghan-mccarthy.com/balto.html -
Togo and Balto: Dog Heroes
http://www.litsite.org/index.cfm?section=Digital Archives&page=Land Sea Air&cat=Dog Mushing&contentid=2561&viewpost=2 -
Working Dog Web
http://www.workingdogweb.com/balto-and-togo.htm -
Robert J. Blake's Website
Author and Illustrator of Togohttp://robertjblake.com/
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A to Z USA
Database offered by Flint Public Library. Simply key in your library card number without spaces and click Go!http://www.flintlibrary.org/internetresources.html -
Country Reports - United States Edition
Please see Mrs. Reusch for Log-in and Passwordwww.countryreports.org -
Encyclopedia Britannica
Go to the Discover America Section on the homepage to get a wealth of information on each one of the United Stateshttp://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=eb_es&locid=mlin_n_hmes -
Kids Infobits
Click on the geography icon, then on U.S. States to get information, charts, and images about your state!http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=ITKE&locid=mlin_n_hmes -
Trueflix by Scholastic
Offers a collection of books about the U.S. Regions; See Mrs. Reusch for log-in. Great for the whiteboard!http://auth.grolier.com/cgi-bin/go_up_login?formu=186395&formp=tf&link=tfx.grolier.com
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Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/ -
Factmonster
Use this online reference tool to learn about each state!http://www.factmonster.com/states.html -
InfoPlease
Use this online reference tool to learn about the stateshttp://www.infoplease.com/states.html -
IPL2
Internet Public Library for Kidshttp://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/ -
Kids.gov
http://kids.usa.gov/learn-about-the-states/ -
United States Census Bureau
State Facts for Kidshttp://www.census.gov/schools/facts/
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Nonfiction Books About the United States
Search our catalog for nonfiction print and eBookshttps://tritownma.booksys.net/opac/hmes/index.html#menuHome
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Library Catalog
Search the library catalog for books and eBooks on Maya Civilizationhttps://tritownma.booksys.net/opac/hmes/index.html#search:ExpertSearch?ST0=Z&SortDescend=0&SF0=maya%20civilization×tamp=1556733338249 -
Trueflix
This database has an ebook on the Ancient Maya civilizationhttps://sdm-tfx.digital.scholastic.com/p/node-33059/01001877?authCtx= -
Britannica Imagequest
Search on Maya Civilization for some great images for your project!https://quest.eb.com/ -
Scholastic GO!
FInd articles, videos, images and websites on the Maya Civilization. Articles may be read at 4 different reading levelshttps://go.scholastic.com/index.html -
Britannica School
Search on Ancient Maya for some great articles!https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Maya/275746 -
Kids Infobits
Great magazine and news articles!http://go.galegroup.com/ps/headerQuickSearch.do?quickSearchTerm=ancient+maya&inputFieldNames%5B0%5D=OQE&searchType=BasicSearchForm&userGroupName=mlin_n_hmes&nwf=y&prodId=ITKE&stw.option=&quicksearchIndex=OQE -
Research in Context
Search on Maya Civilization for reference, magazine and news articles at different content levels.http://go.galegroup.com/ps/dispBasicSearch.do?userGroupName=mlin_n_hmes&prodId=MSIC -
BrainPop
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/mayacivilization/ -
DK Find Out
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/search/maya/ -
LiveScience - Culture
https://www.livescience.com/41781-the-maya.html -
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
http://maya.nmai.si.edu/
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Big6 Research Process
Outlines the 6 steps in the Big6 Research ProcessBig6 Research Process.pdf -
Steps in the Big6 Research Process
Questions to Ask in the Big6 Research ProcessBig6 Research Process_Questions.pdf -
Big 6 Research Video
See how the Big 6 Research Model applies to solving a real-life information problemBig6 Research Video Module- Big6 Intro.mp4 -
Research is like Cooking Video
Compares steps to the research process to cooking a meal!Research is Like Cooking.mp4
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Inverted Triangle
Graphic Organizer Used to Narrow a TopicInverted Triangle.pdf -
Narrowing a Topic
How to Use Inverted Triangle to Narrow a TopicNarrowing_WIth_Inverted_Triangle.pdf -
Brainstorming Web
Graphic Organizer to help narrow a topicBrainstorming Web.pdf
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Know Your Information Sources
Describes a variety of information sourcesKnow_Your_Information_Sources.pdf -
KWH Chart
What do I know? What do I want to learn? How I can learn more?KWH Chart.pdf
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How to Use a Search Engine
Basic facts and tips for better searchingHow to Use a Search Engine.pdf -
Search Engines and Subject Directories
Glogster with links to some great search tools for kidshttp://joycevalenza1.edu.glogster.com/search-tools-for-kids -
What is a Search Engine, Subject Directory, and Metacrawler?
What are the differences between a search engine, subject directory, and metacrawler?DefinitionSearchEngineSubjectDirectory.pdf
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Book
How to cite a book in MLA formatMLA_Books.pdf -
Encyclopedia
How to cite an encyclopedia in MLA formatMLA_Encyclopedia.pdf -
Database
How to cite an online database in MLA formatoMLS_Database.pdf -
Periodical
How to cite a periodical in MLA formatMLA_Periodicals.pdf -
Websites
How to cite a website in MLA formatMLA_Websites.pdf -
Images
How to cite an image in MLA formatMLA_Images.pdf
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Owl Purdue Writing Lab
Cite your sources using MLA stylehttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ -
Easy Bib
Online citation generatorwww.easybib.com -
Noodle Tools
http://www.noodletools.com
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How to do Research
Fun way to learn the steps in the research processhttp://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html -
Big6 Kids
http://big6.com/pages/kids.php -
Big6
CRLS Research Guide using the Big6 Research Modelhttp://www.crlsresearchguide.org/Big_Six_Steps.asp -
Easy Bib
Slide presentation highlighting the steps in the research processhttp://media.easybib.com/ebook/mla_research.pdf
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Using the Web
Steps to finding good information on the Webhttp://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/g6-8.html -
5 Ws for Evaluating Websites
http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdf -
Choose the Best Site Game
http://www.quia.com/pop/97021.html?AP_rand=1048630328 -
Evaluating Websites PowerPoint
Evaluating Websites.ppt
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Primary Sources Quiz
Test your skill at identifying primary sourcesPrimaryDocumentQuiz.pptx
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Reference Tools for Kids
A glogster of great online reference tools for kidshttp://joycevalenza1.edu.glogster.com/kids-reference -
Information Please
Free online reference toolhttp://www.infoplease.com/ -
Fact Monster
Kids online reference tool by Infopleasewww.factmonster.com
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Boolify
Visually search using Boolean Logic (and, or, not)http://www.boolify.org/ -
Go Gooligans
Narrow your search with this educational search enginehttp://www.gogooligans.com/ -
Search Tools for Kids
A Glogster of search engines and search tools that you can use for your research!http://joycevalenza1.edu.glogster.com/search-tools-for-kids -
Sweet Search
http://sweetsearch.com -
Internet Public Library for Kids
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
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Dewey Digger
Explore topics that interest you by Dewey Class!www.deweydigger.com -
Dewey Decimal System
http://mcpl.info/childrens/dewey-decimal-system -
Dewey Browse
Explore websites by Dewey Categoryhttp://www.deweybrowse.org/ -
Kids Click
Websites by Dewey Categoryhttp://www.kidsclick.org/ -
Dewey Matching Game
http://www.quia.com/cm/13837.html -
Dewey Rap
Learn about the Dewey Decimal System with this fun rap!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A
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Howe-Manning Library Etiquette
Library Behavior Expectationshttp://prezi.com/eom334cl4kt2/library-etiquette/ -
Plagiarism Prezi and Tutorial
http://prezi.com/jj6jvstogs2j/copy-of-plagiarism-lesson/ -
Questions About Copyright
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf -
Copyright for Kids
http://www.copyrightkids.org/whatcopyframes.htm -
Copyright and Plagiarism
Great LibGuide by Mesa Public Schoolshttp://libguides.mpsaz.net/content.php?pid=89561&sid=666596
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Quia Library Games
Play these fun games to learn about using the libraryhttp://library.stjosephsea.org/quia.htm
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School Library Websites
Examples of Effective Practicehttp://joycevalenza1.edu.glogster.com/glog-5299/ -
Free Tech for Teachers
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ -
iPad Apps for School
http://ipadapps4school.com/
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Cool Tools for Schools
Comprehenisve list of web 2.0 toolshttp://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ -
Great Websites for Kids
http://greatsites.ala.org/

