Online Subscriptions
GALE - Resource Center Junior
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/san22661
Contains thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 1,200 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Password for remote access: slzusd
Discovery streaming
http://unitedstreaming.com
This is a website that is a tool for deliving eduational videos to your research projects that are correlated to the curriculum standards. There are over 4,700 video clips. Subject areas include Science, Math, Health, Arts Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, World Languages. Includes other feathers such as writing prompts, Spanish titles and more. Student user name and passord: slz-washington.
Recommended Reading
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve
...a collection of outstanding literature for children and adolescents developed under the auspices of the California Department of Education.
Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
...a database of more than 3000 recommended books in Spanish for children and adolescents published around the world. Readable in English and Spanish.
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
...lists websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.
Children's and Young Adults' Authors Illustrators
...contains a collection of links to authors and illustrators of books for children.
75 Authors/Illustrators Everyone Should Know
...introduces children, and the adults who care for them, to newer books in the field of children's literature.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
...a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas for 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 Web Guide
...a guide to children's book awards, authors, stories on the web, reading lists; produced by the University of Calgary.
Books in a series, by author
http://collaboratory.nunet.net/nssd112/oakterrace/imc/series.html
Genres of fiction
http://nancykeane.com/rl/#Genres
