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09 Oct 09

Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

"Welcome to our academic website which gives teachers, librarians, parents, and students a place for designing literature-based thematic units for all subjects.

Our site offers you:

* abstracts of over 5000 children's picture books;

* search capabilities for over 950 keywords, including topics, concepts, and skills which describe each book;

* weblinks for keywords so you can integrate your up-to-date content knowledge with our picture book resources. "

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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Reviews and teaching ideas for kids' books.

"This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics."

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Kids' Stories, Songs, Games, Educational Activities for Children, Free!

Speakaboos brings classic children's entertainment into a digital world. Beloved characters and treasured stories are given new life through amazing celebrity performances, beautiful illustrations, and original music. At Speakaboos, children develop literacy skills while learning about technology in a safe and fun environment.

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Just One More Book!!

Children's Book Podcast - Children's book reviews and interviews with authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, teachers, librarians and more.

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LibriVox

"LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3"

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17 Sep 09

Skype An Author Network

The mission of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians with a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits.

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09 Aug 09

Chick Lit Books

A genre comprised of books that are mainly written by women for women. The books range from having main characters in their early 20’s to their late 60’s. There is usually a personal, light, and humorous tone to the books. Sometimes they are written in first-person narrative; other time they are written from multiple viewpoints. The plots usually consist of women experiencing usual life issues, such as love, marriage, dating, relationships, friendships, roommates, corporate environments, weight issues, addiction, and much more.

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05 Apr 09

Poe Bicentennial Celebration | Edgar Allan Poe's 200th Birthday Celebration | Poe Revealed 2009

The website offers a complete Educators Packet, which includes a biographical timeline of Poe’s life and several fun and informative lessons plans for the classroom. To receive the packet, middle and high school teachers may use this link to fill out the request form and provide their school’s address.

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21 Mar 09

Folger Shakespeare Library

The Folger is a world-renowned research center on Shakespeare and on the early modern age in the West. Its conservation lab is a leading innovator in the preservation of rare materials. Its well-known public programs include plays, concerts, literary readings, family activities, and exhibitions, as well as numerous K-12 and college programs for students and teachers. Advanced scholars participate in a variety of Folger Institute seminars and colloquia.

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06 Mar 09

Shmoop: Study Guides for Literature, US History, Poems, & Essays - Homework Help and Teaching Resources

Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.

Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.

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27 Feb 09

Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies | eThemes | eMINTS

These sites offer various strategies to improve reading comprehension for students at all grade levels. Includes many online stories and questions to test reading comprehension. There is a reading comprehension inventory and research articles on this topic. Many pages can be printed out and used in the classroom. Some of the tips include KWL charts, story maps, word maps, and story pyramids. There are also links to eThemes Resources on graphic organizers, guided reading, and literature circles.

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25 Feb 09

AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy - All About Adolescent Literacy

AdLit.org All about adolescent literacy, multimedia project
offering information and resources to the parents and
educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers

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Shmoop Literature: Summary, Analysis, Themes, Characters, Paper

Summary, notes, guides, and analysis of themes and characters for English Literature homework.

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