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About Books

Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com/
Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.

Harry Potter Companion
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/harrypage1.html

Kids Reads  
http://kidsreads.com/   
Features selected books for kids, ages 6-12. Includes background information about authors and lists of their books.  Read the online newsletter and participate in the weekly poll.

Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com/
A literary program to help boys become better readers, better students, better guys.

Teen Reads   
http://www.teenreads.com/   
Presents book reviews, articles and author interviews, aimed at teenage readers.

Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/new.html  
 
CLWG attempts to gather and categorize Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Includes book awards lists.

Children's Literature Navigator
http://childlitnavigator.imaginarylands.org/
A compilation of Internet resources for librarians, parents, teachers, and children which are organized alphabetically within categories.

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature  
http://www.dawcl.com 
Compiled by a librarian, this site allows you to search for children's books by subject, genre, child's age, language, geographical and historical setting, etc. Designed for use by parents, teacher's, and librarians.

Visit the Library's Harry Potter Page!!!
http://www.librarykidsville.org/harry_potter.htm

American Girls
http://www.americangirl.com/homepage2.html

Lemony Snicket
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/

Online Adventures of Captain Underpants
http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm

Narnia
http://www.narnia.com/
Visit Narnia, the land of enchantment and wonder created 50 years ago by author C.S. Lewis

Redwall Abbey
http://www.redwall.org/
The official website of the Redwall series of books. Features all kinds of activities, games, puzzles, recipes and more.

 
Stories

ABC Toon Center
http://www.abctooncenter.com/
It's a magical, mystical, original activities site to see. Hoot, Kat and their friends all live in a tree. Read childrens stories along with Hoot or play all of Kat's new kids games and puzzles. Come join the family fun!

Bubble Dome
http://www.bubbledome.co.nz/
Bubble Dome is an interactive children's site where children can enter into the story action and help characters solve problems. It aids in the development of lateral thinking and problem - solving skills. There are teachers' notes.

Kids Love A Mystery.com
http://www.KidsLoveAMystery.com/
Everyone loves a good mystery -- especially kids. When kids enjoy mysteries they have fun and want more. Because kids love a mystery, they are a favorite of teachers and an ideal way to teach critical thinking, problem solving, writing, and literature. This site has online mysteries, a history of kid's mystery books, and information on kid's television mysteries.

Storyplace
http://www.storyplace.org
Animated online stories with accompanying online activities, take home activities and reading lists.

 
Poetry

Poetry.Com
http://www.poetry.com/
The definative source of poetry on the web.

 
Humor

Professor Poopypants Name Change-O-Chart
http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/laffs.htm
In the book Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants, the evil professor forces everyone to assume new names based on a devious formula...what's your new name?

 
Authors

AVIhttp://www.avi-writer.com/

Judy Blumehttp://www.judyblume.com/

Jan Bretthttp://janbrett.com/

Eric Carlehttp://www.eric-carle.com/

Beverly Clearyhttp://www.beverlycleary.com/

Jean Craighead Georgehttp://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/books.html

Roald Dahlhttp://www.roalddahl.com/index2.htm

Virginia Hamiltonhttp://www.virginiahamilton.com/

Brian Jacqueshttp://www.redwall.org/dave/jacques.html

Margaret Wise Brownhttp://www.margaretwisebrown.com/

 
Illustrators

Jan Bretthttp://janbrett.com/

Nancy Carlsonhttp://www.nancycarlson.com/

Dave Pilkeyhttp://www.pilkey.com/

Lane Smithhttp://www.chucklebait.com/bio.htm

Janet Stevenshttp://www.janetstevens.com/

Chris Van Allburghttp://www.who2.com/chrisvanallsburg.html

 
Jokes

Dinosaur Jokes
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/Dinojokes.html
Laugh it up with these silly dino-jokes!

Squigly's Playhouse
http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/
Jokes & Riddles; Pencil Puzzles; Brain Teasers; Contest; Arts & Crafts; Games; Squigly's Question; Your Answers; and Boredom Busters make up this activities site for kids.

Yahooligan's Joke Page
http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes

 
Awards

Newbery Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Caldecott Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

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