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A collection of folk and fairy tales from around the world. After reading each story, children can write online what they think the story was trying to show them and click to see what other children had to say, too. If you are a teacher, look for free teaching materials to accompany the stories.
http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html
This website features a series of 16 half-hour videos which play from the web in a quarter screen view. Video titles include Native Voices, Utopian Promise, Masculine Heroes, Gothic Undercurrents, Slavery and Freedom and more. The site requires a (one-time) registration and log in for viewing. Registration is free. This is upper level material and only the videos may be of use for High School.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series164.html
A resource site for the life of "Anne Frank". You can look through a photo scrapbook of her life, along with some background about her diary.
http://www.annefrank.com
This PBS site allows you to view pages designated for each character in the Arthur series. There are printable coloring pages, postcards you can print and mail (or email), as well as other activities. Click on a character such as Binky and deal with sequencing using audio readers.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur
This site is sponsored by Oxford Dictionaries and contains a word of the day, quote of the day, section on better writing, and will answer grammar and spelling questions.
http://www.askoxford.com/
Teachers and students may download Audacity software for FREE at this site. Audacity is a free program that allows students to create blogs so that teachers may incorporate them into their curriculum.
http://www.download.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html
Bibliomania has free texts, study guides and reference resources. Texts include classic literature, drama and poetery together with detailed study guides. The search tool searches the "full text" books.
http://www.bibliomania.com
This is a web-based bibliography tool that is fast and easy to use. Students can build a citation page is a snap with this tool.
http://www.bibme.org/
A searchable site with over 25,000 of the greatest lives--past and present. Find facts, dates, and other trivia associated with the lives of almost any famous person.
http://www.biography.com
"Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization."
http://www.bookadventure.com/
Don't give up trying to locate that hard-to-find book. This free new Web service allows readers to comparison shop for new, used, and rare books from any of 40,000 bookstores around the world. Bookfinder.com is recommended to book lovers by the New York Times and the Library of Congress and for folks who buy and sell books for a living. This site contains more than 30 million titles!
http://www.bookfinder.com/
Most teachers and parents have used the printed version of BRAIN QUEST for years in academic challenges. This is the on-line version of the game where everybody wins. BRAIN QUEST challenges kids on the stuff they need to know, including math, science, social studies, and reading. Kids can play it alone or with friends, as a review of the grade just finished or preview of the grade to come.
http://www.brainquest.com/kids.php
This is a field diary of Alaice Cuningham Fletcher who set out in 1881 to study the life of the Sioux women. It includes wonderful folktales and photographs of Native Americans.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/fletcher/fletcher.htm
"The Children’s Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books, and is the official sponsor of Young People’s Poetry Week and Children’s Book Week each year. The Council’s Members include U.S. publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young adults."
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Books for young children, older children, and young adults. One book is a talking eBook and others are illustrated or animated.
http://www.magickeys.com/books/