The
Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Canadian Children's Book Centre provides information
about authors, illustrators, book awards and book reviews.
The Children's Book Council
of Australia
This worthwhile site promotes, advertises and informs about
children's books. Information about the Children's Book of the
Year Award can be found here.
Children's Literature Site
This site prepared by Carol Hurst is comprehensive. There
is an extensive book review section with some well known
books mentioned.
The
Children's Literature Web Guide
This is a useful Canadian site that gathers together and categorises
a growing number of Internet resources related to books for
children and young adults. Most of the information you can find
through the pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries,
and commercial enterprises involved in the book world.
Cool
Books for Tough Guys
The full title includes: ‘50 Books Out of the Mainstream
of Adolescent Literature That Will Appeal to Males Who Do Not
Enjoy Reading’ Lawrence Baines is an assistant professor
in the Department of English Education at The Florida State
University. Here are his suggestions for hooking male students
who choose not to read.
Encyclopaedia Mythica
A comprehensive online collection on mythology, folklore and
legends from all over the world.
Focus
on Fiction
A rich, interactive site, full of useful information and produced
by the Western Australian Department of Education. Sections
include: Authors on the Net, Best Books for Kids, Book Awards,
Children’s Book Week, CMIS Online Book Club and Fiction
Focus.
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts
Edited by D.L. Ashliman, this site is a collection of little-known
tales, most of them oriental and Nordic. There are some strange
versions of Cinderella and Snow White, folktales and legends
about various heroes, and the mythical stories behind some ancient
monuments.
The
Globe
Contains information and 3D images of the Globe Theatre.
Literature Circles
This excellent site introduces English
teachers to literature circles, student-led discussion groups.
The
Literature Network
A searchable on-line collection of literature in the public
domain. Once a text is out of copyright, it may be possible
to find a copy here.
More
Ideas Than You'll Ever Use For Book Reports
101 ideas and more for teachers to encourage students to write
in response to literature. This site is practical, detailed
and easy to use.
Moving
Words
Mystery
Time Line
Meet the greatest crime-solvers of all time and the men and women who created
them. An interactive site.
Ozlit Australian
Books and Writers
A great site with lots to interest students, teachers and parents.
The site is organised into chapters and includes a Books and
Writers Database, a section for younger readers, literary sites,
research tools, a poetry collection, Book of the Month and
multiple
links to others sites.
Picturing
Books
An American site devoted to picture books for both younger and
older readers.
Romeo and Juliet
Organised around the Baz Luhrmann film, this site has information
on Shakespeare, the setting and the players. There are opportunities
to chat and listen to the soundtrack.
Weave
the Book Web
This is a terrific site developed by the Ipswich District Librarian
Network. It includes shortlisted books and activities, Book
Week websites, writing activities, units, graphics, online literary
projects and advice on how to make an electronic book. Ideal
for teachers and students.
What'
New in DELIC
What’s New
has certainly had big boots to fill after the much acclaimed
027.8 journal ceased publication late last year. Now that
you have had four instalments of the monthly What’s New webpage
we would like you to email any constructive comments or
suggestions you may have about the content of What’s New.
Yabba
Book Awards An Australian children’s choice award site,
with categories similar to the CBC awards. The shortlisted books
are linked to reviews where available.
Poetry
Challenging
poetry for Key Stage Three (grade 9)
This is part of the UK Virtual Teacher Centre. It includes ICT
activities related to three poems.
Cyberpoets
Hosted by State Library of Victoria. The site contains a
database of poetry, links to poets’ websites, writers’
resources and an e-zine.
Divan
An on-line poetry journal produced by students and teachers
from Box Hill Institute, Melbourne.
Haiku
for People!
Haiku for people is edited by Kei Grieg Toyomasu. It describes
what the haiku is and how to write haiku poems. There are links
to haiku pages and examples of haikus organised by themes such
as: food, summer, flowers, computers and Christmas.
ISLMC
Poetry for Children
Poetry for children has been developed by the Internet School
Library Media Center at James Madison University. It contains
many forms of poetry including nursery rhymes and Mother Goose
sites, songs, haiku, ways to write poetry and poetry in the
classroom.
In
the moonlight a worm…
This is a rich site for students and teachers. It includes historical
background and a self-study package to help clarify the essence
of haiku as a form
Knopf
Publishing Poetry Center
A Random House publishing site, this one contains a student
forum on poetry, printable poetry posters, and information about
poets including W.H.Auden, Elizabeth Bishop and more recently
published poets.
Listen
and Write: Poetry
From BBC Education, this site contains poetry writing activities,
audio poems, rhyming raps, simile poems, a thesaurus and a gallery
of children’s work where children can send their finished
work. Suitable for students between the ages of 9 and 11.
Online
Poetry Classroom
A site hosted by the American Academy of Poets which contains
units and lesson plans for teachers.
Poetryclass
The teaching ideas on this UK site are contributed by a team
of forty poets who work with schools. There is a fine set of
poetry workshops for teachers to try.
Poetry
lesson plans
Part of the Creative Writing for Teens site, this page brings
together lesson ideas from many sources for students of all
ages. Suggested grade levels are indicated.
Poetry
Post
A K-12 on-line project for students in many countries, which
originated from a key-pal exchange between students in Tennessee
and Perth. Poems must be submitted by teachers.
The
Poetry Zone
This rich UK site was established by poet Roger Stevens as a
showcase for students’ poetry. It includes teaching ideas,
interviews with poets and book reviews. Students can submit
poetry for publication with their parents’ permission.
Poets’
Corner
Poet’s
Corner
An on-line project for students, Poet’s Corner encourages
students to experiment with particular forms and then share
their poems world-wide.
Teaching
Haiku Poetry, Links, Resources, Ideas
This comprehensive site has ideas for teaching students about
haiku at different grade levels from early childhood up to year
12 and beyond.
