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Authors

Dan Poblocki
Author of The Stone Child and The Nightmarys

http://danpoblocki.com/
FictFact
A site that helps you read fiction book series in order.

http://www.fictfact.com/
Jan Brett
A great website for teachers and parents.

http://www.janbrett.com/
Jonathan Rand
Home of the American Chiller and Freddy Fernortner books

http://www.americanchillers.com/Home.aspx
Mary Downing Hahn
Author of spine-chilling ghost stories for children and teens.

http://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/
Mo Willems
Mo is the place to go for fun!

http://www.mowillems.com/
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and Kane Chronicle books

http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx
The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey
Latest information from the author herself!

http://pernhome.com/aim/

Children's Literature

Book Wink
Video booktalks for jids, teachers, and librarians.

http://bookwink.com/
Books and Activities for Preschool
Good site loaded with books and activities for the little ones.

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/books.htm
Children's Classroom Literature Actifvities
A great resource for literature ideas!

http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/ChildrensLit.html
Children's Literature
A cute site with plenty of resources and links.

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/childlit.html
Donna Young's Homescholling Resources and Printables
A great site with plenty of free resources and printables.

http://donnayoung.org/index.htm
Resources for School Librarians
Wow! Great for librarians

http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/bookplans.html
Storyline Online
Popular childrens books read by famous actors.

http://www.storylineonline.net/
Teaching Books
A collection of authorsand illustrators pronouncing their names.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi

Crafts for Children

Crayola
A great site with fun crafts for every holiday or evernt.

http://www.crayola.com/
Crayola Digi-Color
Great website for interactive coloring!

http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm?referrer=/index.cfm
Disney Family Fun
Easy art and craft ideas for kids of all ages.

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/
DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Simple crafts and printables suitable for the classroom.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/
Enchanted Learning
Easy and fun crafts for kids.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/
Kaboose Crafts
A great site with pleanty of craft ideas.

http://crafts.kaboose.com/
Kabubble
Art and crafts for your kids and grandkids. Grandparent friendly site!

http://kabubble.com/arts_crafts.htm
The Idea Box
Kids craft, games, activities, and much more.

http://www.theideabox.com/
The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids
My favorite site for just about everything!

http://www.almanac4kids.com/

Games and Puzzles

Discovery Education Puzzle Maker
Make a variety of puzzles. For classroom or home use. It's free!

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=10673507&CFTOKEN=91658343
Fun Brain
Who knew learning could be so fun!

http://www.funbrain.com/
Highlights for Kids
Everyone loves Highlights

http://www.highlightskids.com/
PBS Kids
Design your own comic strip or be president for the day!

http://pbskids.org/go/
Puzzle Playground
A fun site for the puzzle fan!

http://www.smart-kit.com/
The Daily SuDoku
A new Sudoku every day!

http://www.dailysudoku.com/sudoku/index.shtml

Great Interactive Websites

Be Funky
Do amazing things with your photos.

http://www.befunky.com/
Fodey Newpaper Generator
Put your words into a newpaper.

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Glogster
Glogster for educators. Free! Create your own online posters.

http://edu.glogster.com/
Hetemeel
Put your words into famous pictures!

http://www.hetemeel.com/einsteinform.php
Kerpoof
Make cards, movies, drawing, and more.

http://www.kerpoof.com/
Red Kid
Put your own words into pictures!

http://www.redkid.net/generator/sign.php
Word Clouds
Create poems in word clouds

http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

Illustrators

Eric Carle
Carle the illustrator

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Ezra Jack Keats
Keats the illustrator

http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/
Jan Brett
Hundreds of free teaching ideas! Recipes and other printables for the classroom or home. Love this webiste!

http://www.janbrett.com/
Laura Numeroff
Numeroff the illustrator

http://www.lauranumeroff.com/
Margaret Wise Brown
Brown the illustrator

http://www.margaretwisebrown.com/
Mo Willems
Author and illustrator of the Knuffle Bunny and Pigeon books!

http://www.mowillems.com/

More Interactive Websites

Big Huge Labs
Badge Maker. Make your own ID cards. So much fun!

http://bighugelabs.com/badge.php
Bit Strips
Create and print your own comic strip! So much fun!

http://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/
Prezi
Create presentations that move in and out and circle and rotate. So fun! Simple to do! Better than PowerPoint!

http://prezi.com/
Read Write Think Postcard Creator
Create and pring your own postcards! Great for letter writing.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/postcard/
Starfall Reading Help
It's fun to read!

http://www.starfall.com/
Toy Theater
A collection of early learning activities. Good for preschool and primary children.

http://www.toytheater.com/index.php
Zoo Burst
Create your own 3D pop-up books!

http://zooburst.com/index.php

Poetry

ABCTeach Poetry
A great site for poetry worksheets. Free!

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/writing/poetry/
Concrete Poetry for Kids
Cute site that explains how to write simple concrete poems.

http://www.short-story-time.com/kids-concrete-poems.html
Giggle Poetry
Fun Poetry Website by Bruce Lansky

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Kids' Poetry Page
A fun site that lets you try magnetic word strips to create great poems. Save them, print them, and publish them at this website

http://kids.magpogames.com/
Mrs.Thonu's Poetry Website
A third-grade teacher who has a great website for poetry. And, many other subjects! Lucky children!

http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/MrsThonus/student.cfm?subpage=291289
Poetry Writing with Popular Poets and Writers
Prelutsky and others takes students step by step through the poetry writing process. Perfect for a lesson on poetry!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/

Research

Fact Monster
#1Children Research Site

http://www.factmonster.com
Grave Research
Portraits and Grave Sites

http://www.findagrave.com
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Sites that are useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
Poam Hunter
Find your favorite poems quickly and easily!

http://www.poemhunter.com/
Virtual Philadelphia
Museum Tours

http://www.phillyvrtour.org
Walt Whitman Summer House
Walt's summer home in Laurel Springs, NJ

http://garybutterworth.com/2007/03/31/tourist-in-my-own-town-laurel-springs-nj-and-philadelphia-pa/

Teacher Portals

Teachers' Sites

Activity Village
Coloring pages, kids craft, and great printables for the classroom,

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/index.htm
Certificate Street
A site that lets you make free certificates for your classroom!

http://www.certificatestreet.com/templates/education.html
DLTK Printables for the Classroom
Bingo cards, writing paper, gift tags, and much more!

http://dltk-cards.com/
Easy Bib
Bibliography help at the click of a button.

http://www.easybib.com/librarians
Promethean Planet Language Arts Flip Charts
Choose from thousands of flip charts to make your lessons great!

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/search/resources/subject-areas--language-arts-and-literacy/language--english/
Promethean Planet Library Lessons
Library Lessons for the Library!

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Search/resources/language--english/?Keywords=library&SortField=relevance
Scholastic Book Videos
Book talks by Scholastic authors

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/video.jsp?pID=1640149541&bcpid=1640149541