Media Center Links

AUTHORS / ILLUSTRATORS FOR YOUNG READERS
Marc Brown - The Arthur Page - Games, stories and children's art         

Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan - (Magic School Bus) What are Ms. Frizzle and the class up to next? 

Mem Fox - Mem's biography, likes and dislikes, and how she wrote many of her books.

The Audrey Wood Clubhouse - Meet Audrey Wood and five other award winning children's book creators (Don Wood, David Shannon, Bruce Robert Wood, Robert Florczak, Mark Teague).  Join in activities with Audrey Wood.  Discover how picture books are written and illustrated.

Author and Illustrator Dav Pilkey's Web Site O'Fun - Official Web site for Dav Pilkey.  Includes biographical information and tells about his books.  Includes fun activities as well.

Chucklebait.com - Jon met up with Lane Smith around 1986 or so, and nothing has been the same since.  Their first book, the wise guy fairy tale retelling The True Story of The Three Little Pigs! was initially rejected by most publishers as "to weird" and "too sophisticated".  Jon and Lane's Stinky Cheese Man took the world of the picture book a few steps further.  

Official Eric Carle Website - Answers to frequently asked questions about Eric Carle and his books, with a biography and list of his works.  For teachers, parents, and librarians there are also ideas for activities that revolve around Carle books.  Also news and previews of his upcoming titles.

Little Critter - "Hi! I'm Little Critter.  I live in Critterville.  I have a mom and dad and a little sister and a little brother."  Mercer Mayer: "After High School, I went to Honolulu Academy of Arts.  Then I moved to New York City.  Now I live in Connecticut.  My wife, Gina, and I write the Little Critter stories together.  We have four children."

Gail Gibbons Home Page

http://www.janbrett.com/   
                                                                 

Reference and Research

http://www.eb.com/ encyclopedia britannica

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm  webster’s dictionary

http://itools.com/research-it/

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations currently available through Project Bartleby. Is such a tool still valuable? Of course, especially when it is wisely supplemented with several more modern Web databases.

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/

Infoplease Kids' Almanac
http://kids.infoplease.com/

Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/

Biography.com. The Biographical Dictionary includes more than 27,000 "notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day." The database may be searched by name, birth and death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords.

America's Story - This is a more use-friendly site for the Library of Congress (see previous listing), extremely story- and entertainment-oriented, and sure to be a favorite of families. The images are right from the nation's archives, and the site includes a scavenger hunt.

www.homeworkspot.com is a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites together with engaging editorial in one high-utility, educational spot. 

Among the solid choices for basic presidential information is the White House Executive Office of the President Page , which offers biographies of all the presidents and first ladies, as well as links to inaugural addresses. The site also provides substantial material on the current executive office. "41 Presidents, 41 weeks" is the motto of C-SPAN’s 20th anniversary celebration, American Presidents: Life Portraits . This new presidential resource is a companion site to the network’s expansive programming schedule on the presidents. In addition to its biographical resources, the site offers extensive media for download, program transcripts, travel and historic site information, and comprehensive leads for further study. Each week a new well-written American Presidents Teacher Guide is added to the archive.

All Fifty American States Home Pages http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html

50 States & Capitals
http://www.50states.com/

National Atlas of the United States
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasvue.html

National Parks
http://www.nps.gov/

Phil’s Place Tourism Page: All Fifty States
http://mav.net/phil/tourism.shtml

Postcards From America
http://www.postcardsfrom.com/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm