Literature Links

http://www.childrenlit.com
~This website opens up endless avenues for the user.  There are monthly features on different topics with children's books.  It is possible to learn about more books based on a specific theme.  It gives you a chance to read about feature authors and illustrators.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
~Read about many different authors and illustrators placed in alphabetical order for easy accessibility

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bestsell.html
~Read the best selling literature from Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, Borders.com and Barnes & Noble.

http://lib.msu.edu/corby/education/multicultural.htm
~Children in today's classrooms represent a wide-range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.  Let's Celebrate Diversity!  It is important for all children to read literature that offers positive role models and presents different cultures.  The importance of teaching and learning about multiculturalism, cultural diversity, and tolerance is represented throughout this website.

http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/literature.html
~This site is a bibliography of books that are written about or include characters that have a disability.  The list is grouped according to the following disabilities: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, blindness, cerebral palsy, deafness, learning disabilities, serious or life-threatening conditions, physical disabilities, and other disabilities.

http://www.education.mcgill.ca/edlibrary/family.pdf
~Every family is unique.  You can visit this site to find books about different family lifestyles and situations.  It includes literature dealing with general family issues, adoption, divorce, gay parent families, only children, siblings, and single-parent families.

http://www.teachingheart.net/deathlitforkidss.html
~Every child deals differently with death of people and animals.  This site includes picture books introducing students to the concept of death, helping them cope with death.

http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/healingus.html
~In today's world, we need to be teaching and practicing tolerance.  Every person has varying needs when it comes to dealing with these types of issues.  This site is a bibliography of literature that offers a variety of suggestions from different themes: death, grieving and healing; violence/tolerance, patriotism, firefighters/rescue workers, and military and war.

http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/56chilit.htm
~A website that links teachers, parents and students to children's literature.  Students are also available to participate in WebQuests: "an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web.  WebQuests are designed to "use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation."

http://www.fetlerart.com/children-poetry.html
~This website offers great links to poetry sites for all.  Poetry is a unit of study in sixth grade English Language Arts and these sites are places for students to read other student poetry, and read about poets and their published works.

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