Children's Literature Links
General Information
- BookHive - BookHive is a web site designed for children ages birth through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested in reading about children's books. Providing reader's advisory service, this site contains hundreds of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading levels and interest areas.
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - 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.
- Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources Menu Page - Resources on books and reading, elementary and middle school curricula, literary enrichment activities,...
- Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources - A resource for great titles, authors, and news from the world of children's literature. Includes children's and young adult literature bibliographies, author-illustrator interviews, etc.
- Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature - A cyber collection of materials found on the Web related to Children's Literature.
- Children's Picture Book Database - Gives teachers, librarians, parents, and students a place for designing literature-based thematic units for all subjects.
- The Children's Literature Web Guide - Internet Resources related to books for children and young adults.
- Vandergrifts Children's Literature Page -Great info - try taking the Children's Literature Literacy Test!!
Booktalks
- Booktalks - Booktalks Features 50+ short book talks for all grade levels as well as booktalking tips.
- Booktalks - Quick and Simple - Designed as a resource for school librarians who want a web site where they can go to get booktalks for use in their schools.
- The ABCs of Booktalking: Ideas to Help Poduce Terrific Booktalks
- Talking Books Creates a Hook - An article from Education World that features great tips for booktalking.
Read Alouds
- Excerpts from Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook - Suggestions from Jim Trelease
- Great Read Aloud Books - Great resource - divided by age level.
- Hedgehog Children's Books - Teacher-selected read aloud and read alone children's books - Weekly picks listed at this site!
- Read Alouds - Fantastic list of great read-alouds divided into age level, chapter books, etc.
- Read-Aloud Books - Why read aloud to kids? Great books to read aloud are included.
- Read-Aloud Books Too Good To Miss - Great list of books to read aloud.
- RIF Exchange 201 - Online Read-Aloud Resources
Poetry
- 91.04.06
- Poetry for the Elementary Classroom
Search Engines
- Children's Poetry in The Poetry Zone
- Education World ® - Curriculum - Volumes of Verse: Poetry Resources on the Internet
- Multimedia Classroom Poetry
- Poetry in the Classroom
- Poetry Lesson Plans Various Grade Levels
