• Blue Spruce Reading Program
  http://www.geocities.com/blue_spruce2003/bluespruce.html
  Activities and tracking sheets for doing this program with your students.
  
  
• Canadian Children's Illustrated Books in English
  http://www.slais.ubc.ca/saltman/ccib/home.html
  A research study of children's books in Canada. Good bibliographical source of material for the serious researcher on this topic. More will be added to the site over the next year.
  
  
• The Canadian Children's Book Centre
  http://www.bookcentre.ca
  A valuable resource for Canadian book, author, and award information. Links to other organizations and book publishers.
  Use the menu on the left to locate Canadian author and illustrator links.
  
  
• Page By Page
  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/pagebypage/index-e.html
  A look at how a book is made; from the idea to the book, the writing process to the seller and the ever-important reader. Zoom Upstream is featured. Author: Tim Wynne-Jones and Illustrator: Eric Beddows.
  
  
• Picturing Books
  http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/
  Use the menu across the top of the page to access:
• Using Picture Books
  Evaluating a picture book
  Parts of a picture book
  Picture book timeline
• Resources
  Bedtime Resources
  Online Resources
• Just for Kids
• Palette
  Picture Book Design
  Artistic Media
  Artistic Style
• Links
  
  
• National Library of Canada - The Art of Illustration
  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/10/index-e.html
  Alphabetical listing of illustrators, books sorted by theme.
  
  
• Caldecott Winner and Honor Books 1938-2005
  http://www.nc3r.org/jlbocessls/caldecot.htm
  Lists title, author, illustrator, art media.
  
  
• Book Activities
  http://www.theteachersguide.com/bookactivities.html
  Book lists for K-12 from EduPlace and Random House -Picure books and novels
  
  
• Economics and Geogrraphy Lessons for 32 Children's Picture Books
  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
  Lesson plans with printable student sheets/maps for grades 1-5. Popular titles such as: Apple Picking Time, The House on Maple Street, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, Make Way for Ducklings, Swwet Sara and the Freedom Quilt.
  
  
• The Official Quentin Blake Website
  http://www.quentinblake.com/index.htm
  Teacher resources and printable student pages.
  • How is it done
    
    
• 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
  http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61
  Have a look at this list, then start your own!
  Level: Adult
  
  
• 101 Best Books
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/Best_Books.pdf
  Check this list against your collection.
  
  
• Titles and Worksheets by the week
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/classroom_instruction.htm#Weekly_Instruction
  Lists of books by the week with printable workdsheets.

• Junie B. Jones
  http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
  Teacher's guides, activities, Barbara Park author bio.
  
  
• Jan Brett
  http://janbrett.com/index.html
  Many activity pages and downloads for classroom fun. Included are: colouring pages, mask outlines and recipes.
  Level: Primary, Adult
  
  
• Eric Carle
  http://www.eric-carle.com/
  Official site with biography, teaching ideas and list of his books.
  
  
• Phoebe Gilman
  http://www.phoebegilman.com/
  Biography and lesson plans.
  
  
• Robert Munsch
  http://www.robertmunsch.com/
  Biographies, poems, storytime, photographs for your bulletin boards. 
  
  
• Mem Fox
  http://memfox.com/
  Mem Fox's biography, reading philosophy of literacy, book backgrounds and her read alouds on-line.
  
  
• Arthur's Homepage 
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/
  Activities and lesson plans available.
  Level: Primary, Adult
  
  
• Curious George
  http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/cgmenu.html
  Author notes, teacher activities and games.
  
  
• Cyber-Seuss
  http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html
  A collection of Seuss book activities.
  Level: Primary, Adult
  Keywords: Authors, biography
  
  
• Audrey Wood Clubhouse
  http://www.audreywood.com/
  A fun site for students and teachers. Includes activities and biography.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Adult
  Keywords: Authors, biography
  
  
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (Scholastic)
  http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/ http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/
  
  
• Stan and Jan Berendstain
  http://www.berenstainbears.com/
  Meet the Berenstain Bear family. Printable activities are included.
  
  
• Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan
  http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolbus/author/index.htm
  Biographies and connecting pages with activities.
  Level: Junior, Adult
  Keywords: Authors, biography
  
  
• Patricia Polacco
  http://www.patriciapolacco.com/h.html
  An author / illustrator introduces herself, her workplace and her work to us.
  Level: Junior, Intermediate, Adult
  Keywords: Authors, illustrators, biography, artists
  
  
• The Peter Rabbit Official Website
  http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/templates/langchoice/lang_choice.cfm?CFID=3675&CFTOKEN=35491782
  Meet the characters and learn about the writing of the books by Beartix Potter.
  
  
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
  http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/42enewsletters.html
  Reviews of James Marshall's books with activities listed.
  Level: Junior, Intermediate, Adult
  
  
• Nancy Polette's Children's Literature Sites
  http://www.nancypolette.com/home.asp
  • Best Books
  • Literature Guides
  • Handouts

Copyright 2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Tuesday December 12, 2006 10:09 PM