The following links will lead you to great curriculum resources related to Jane's books and writing in general. If you know of a site that would fit on this page, please, let us know. See our web rings here.
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American
Library Association: main home page. Includes News & Views, Library
Advocacy & Support, publications, events, a bookstore, links to library
web resources, information about the association, and more. Awards
for Children's Books by Chiou-Yan Lin and Sukkyeong Cho, graduate students
in School of Information and Library Science at UNC, Chapel Hill. Focuses
on the history of the awards, origins, criteria, descriptions of
the medals (shown), and books chosen for the Newbery and Caldecott Awards
from 1985-1994.
Book
Links: Connecting Books,
Libraries, and Classrooms published by Booklist Publications. A magazine
targeted at teachers, librarians, booksellers, child care givers, and other
children's literature enthusiasts. Highlights use of trade books in school
classrooms, school libraries, public libraries, day-care centers, nursery
schools, etc. by offering articles, reviews, bibliographies, and more.
Site features index of all magazine issues, submissions information, and
more. Watch for feature articles and links to children's literature and
education sites in the future.
Booklist
Home Page: on-line version of American
Library Association publication that features articles, author interviews
and essays, bibliographies, extensive book reviews
and more.
Booktalks
from Nancy J. Keane, Library Media Specialist. A data base of more than
600 books to be used by school librarians and teachers. Includes bibliographical
information.
BookWire
Electronic Children's Books Index: features links to books by Louise
May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen (primary author featured), Lewis Carroll,
Joseph Conrad, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London,
L.M. Montgomery, E. Nesbit, Mark Twin, and more.
The
Boston Book Review: features current reviews and back issues.
The
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: a book review journal
for librarians, affiliated with the Graduate School of Library and Information
Science at the University of Illinois. Features include a list of the award
winners for the Newbery
Medal, the Caldecott
Medal, the Coretta
Scott King Award, the Pura
Belpré Award, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, The Laura Ingalls
Wilder Medal, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the ALSC Distinguished Service
Award, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, The Canadian Library
Association's Best Book of the Year for Children and Best Book of the Year
for Young Adults, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award,
the Carnegie Medal, and the Kate Greenaway Medal.
The
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College: non-profit committee,
affiliated with Bank Street College of Education that recommends best books
of the year. Includes teachers, librarians, authors and illustrators, parents,
and psychologists. Pages note that the committee strongly recommends reading
to children both at home and at school.
The
Children's Book Council: a non-profit trade organization that encourages
literacy. Members include trade book publishers, book packagers, and multimedia
producers. Includes catalog, membership information and list, publications,
featured authors, author and illustrator links, history of Children's Book
Week, how to celebrate it, reading activities, bibliographies, and more.
Children's
Literature & Language Arts from the Internet School Library Media
Center. Focuses on children's literature as related to education. Collection
of links on: children's literature generally; on-line discussions; awards;
reviews; authors & illustrators; genres; "bibliotherapy;" the "isms;"
curricular resources; library enrichment activities; book fairs; and more.
Children's
Literature Reference from The University of Texas at Austin. Includes
awards and honors, classics, teacher resources, authors and illustrators,
genres, suggested web sites, reviews and electronic journals, and University
of Texas at Austin resources.
Children's
Literature Web Guide by David K. Brown, Doucette Library of Teaching
Resources, University of Calgary.
Children's
Bookwatch by Diane C. Donovan. Features reviews of videos, games/activities,
series books, picture books, music, alphabet books, fiction, and more.
Cooperative
Children's Book Center of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Book
Web Home Page by the American Booksellers Association. Information
about books, authors, and the book selling industry. Includes the ABA's
Comprehensive Independent Booksellers Online Network (CIBON),
an online directory of ABA member bookstores.
Global
Access to Educational Sources (Literature and Writing: Language Arts):
collection of links on writing and children's literature (with emphasis
on traditional stories, folk tales, and fairy tales).
Independent
Reader: Children's Recommendations: recommendations from independent
book stores.
International
Reading Association: includes conferences and conventions, councils
and affiliates, publications, international projects, research, and advocacy.
Invite
An Author: links to children's book authors who speak at schools, plus
information on planning a successful author's visit.
Lesson
Plan on Myths, Folktales & Legends.
Mailing
Lists Related to Children's Literature from the Children's Literature
Web Guide.
National
Center for Children's Illustrated Literature: nonprofit organization
dedicated to recognizing illustrators and exhibiting their works. Also
designs illustration-related educational programming to inspire creativity
and promote literacy. Beautifully designed but somewhat slow-loading site.
Notable
Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies: from the National
Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council.
Features more than 150 titles, grouped by subject, including: Biography;
Contemporary Concerns; Environment, Energy, and Ecology; Folktales;
Geography, Peoples, and Places; History, Life, and Culture in the Americas;
Social Interaction and Relationships; and World History and Culture.
Notes
From the Windowsill: reviews books, features bibliographies of Jewish
children's books, gay and lesbian themes, and depictions of multiracial
families.
Reading
Room: kid-oriented site features reading challenge, author spotlight,
and forum for kids to discuss books with each other.
School
Librarian Links by Kathleen Gentili, Library Media Specialist. Features
include Best Education Sites, Book and Media Reviews, Curriculum and the
Internet, Literacy Information and more.
School
Library Journal for Children's, Young Adult, and School Librarians.
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Choosing
Multicultural Books from Instructor: Curriculum Activities and Strategies
of Scholastic.com. Offers advice on choosing books featuring Native Americans,
Latinos, African-Americans, Jews, and Asian-Americans, insights from Joseph
Bruchac, Gary
Soto, Floyd
Cooper, Patricia Polacco,
Yumi Heo,
and a bibliography. Contributors to the page were Luther B. Clegg,
Etter Miller, and Bill Vanderhoof, professors at the School of Education
at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth), Gonzalo Ramirez, assistant
superintendent for special programs for elementary education in Lamesa
Independent School District in Lamesa, Texas, and Peggy K. Ford, a professor
of reading at Tarrant County Junior college in Fort Worth.
E-Conflict:
with a cross-cultural focus seeks to "eradicate Conflict by increasing
cultural awareness."
Making
Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books from Montgomery
County Public Schools. Featured books were deemed to have a specific
educational connection to the districts program in reading/language arts,
math, social studies, or science. Entries include lesson plans, bibliographical
information, and brief plot summaries.
Multicultural
Holidays in the Classroom by Debbie Reese from the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, National Parent
Information Network, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Children's
Research Center. Article featuring recommended Christmas stories.
Multicultural
Resources for Children from the Internet School Library. Extensive
site include links to Center
for the Study of Children's and YA Books in Spanish, How
to Choose the Best Multicultural Books, Multicultural
Book Reviews, and Setting
& Multicultural Literature. Also features bibliographies on the
following: African American, Africa, Appalachian, Asian-American and Asia/Pacific
Islands, Christian, European American, Hispanic Americans, Islamic, Jewish,
and Native American.
Thoughts
on Not Seeing Oneself by Debbie Reese. Brief but insightful article
on the needs of children to see characters and people like themselves reflected
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A
Pictoral Tribute to the Art and Culture of the Incas by Jorge Ruiz.
Offers information about: pottery; gold; masonry; Ecuador's history; and
timeline as well as Latin American links.
The
Empire of the Incas: Geography, History, Achievements, and More by
Dennis E. Ogburn, Department of Anthropology, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Volcano
World: what was the connection between Inca volcanoes and Inca gold?
Visit this site to help you figure it out.
Peru:
Map and Quick Facts Listing from the United States Central Intelligence
Agency.
Descendants
of the Incas: Weaving Traditions and Family Ties by the Center for
Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru, a special project of Cultural Survival,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
South
and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) Resource Page.
Celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month from The New York Public Library: a bibliography
of children's titles.
Powerful
Hispanic & Latin American Images Revealed in Picture Books bibliography
compiled by Kay E. Vandergrift.
Hispanics
in Children's Books by Ana and Anneliese Lopez from the Children's
Literature Web Site of the University of Florida.
Selecting
Hispanic Books. Hispanic Bibliography: Central & South America; Hispanic
Americans developed by Wendy Lanehart & Inez Ramsey. LSEM 511 Resources
for Children. James Madison University. Featured on the Internet
School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Multicultural Page.|
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Africa
Dot Com: subjects include: news; business; politics; African history;
education; religion; community; health; window on Africa; travel and tourism;
and sports.
Country
Conditions -- Africa: click on map for information about individual
countries from the World Refugee Survey reports on conditions for refugees
and internally displaced persons in 120 countries.
Culture
Related Pictures from the Center for African-American Culture, Florida
State University. Traditional Multicultural
Bibliography Africa Resources: Folktales, Biography, Poety, Nonfiction
developed by Wendy Lanehart & Inez Ramsey. LSEM 511 Resources for Children.
James Madison University. Featured on the Internet
School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Multicultural Page.
Play
Mancala On-Line by Brian Casey.
The
Republic of Sudan: includes an overview and information about places
of interest as well as pictures, images, sound tracks, and related links.
Sudan
Page: includes the latest news and weather conditions as well as information
about geography, people, the government, and history.
Addis
Ababa Chamber of Commerce Web Site: offers publications, news, articles,
and statistical information about Ethiopia.
Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia by Kevin Shively of Macalester College in St. Paul,
Minnesota, for Professor David
Lanegran's Geography of World Urbanization class. Includes an introduction,
map, and list of related sites.
The
Addis Tribune Home Page: sections include: Headlines; Economics; Interviews;
Sports; Arts and Culture.
The
ACG Eritrea Page: collection of links including: mailing lists; news
and information; art and culture (poetry, music, religion, languages, writing,
food, sports, and more).
Cyber
Ethiopia: collection of links categorized by the following headings:
art and literature; business and investment; computers and technology;
culture and religion; economy and finance; education and careers; food
and restaurants; geography and maps; government; and much more.
Ethiopia:
A Country Study: series of short articles on vast array of subjects
including: geography; society;
economy; transportation and communications; government and politics;
national security; religion; women; history; environment; law; education;
health; and much more.
Eritrean
Government Home Page by NetAfrica, a non-profit organization dedicated
to promoting education and fostering a sustainable economic growth in Africa.
NetAfrica has established this web page using information obtained from
the Eritrean Government and other references. Topics include: central government;
regional government; agriculture; cities; education; embassies and consulates;
energy, mining and water resources; health; history and culture; marine
resources; tourism; trade and industry; transportation and communication;
global industries. Although this page is still under construction, it does
offer some basic factual information on a variety of topics.
Books
on Ethiopian Jewry from the Ethiopean Jewry home page (avoid if your
browser struggles with Java). See
also.
Map
of Eritrea: map of the Ethiopian region.
Washington
Post.com: World Reference - Eritrea: extensive and up-to-date reference
site with access to Washington Post and Associated Press coverage of Eritrea.
Includes links to CIA World Factbook; U.S. State
Department Human Rights Report; weather in Eritrea, and related links.
The
World Factbook page on Eritrea: "Government" from the World Factbook
Master. A one-page listing of relevant facts; see links at the bottom of
the page for the World Factbook Master pages on Eritrea's flag and map;
geography; people; government; economy; transportation; communication;
defense.
The
Sign and the Seal: Ethiopian story written by Graham Hancock.
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Jewish
Americans: History & Bibliography for Children and Young Adults
developed by Wendy Lanehart & Inez Ramsey. LSEM 511 Resources for Children.
James Madison University. Includes sections on holidays, biographies, history,
and The Holocaust. Featured on the Internet
School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Multicultural Page. Israeli
Government Gopher Menu: includes information on vast array of topics
including: Facts About Israel; Jerusalem; The
Israel Museum, Jerusalem: includes information on the Shrine of the
Book, Art Wing, Archaeology, Judaica, and Jewish Ethnography, Art Garden,
Youth Wing.
Map
of Israel from the University of Texas libraries.
The
Jerusalem Mosaic: includes information on The New Jerusalem Mosaic
("travel the city through the different periods, meet the people, taste
the food, enjoy the special costumes and visit the sites)" and The Old
Jerusalem Mosaic ("tour the city through various 'gates' [to] portraits,
old maps, landscapes and works of art depicting the city in different periods").
The
Jerusalem Web Site: official city site includes information about local
government, tourism, virtual tours, events, art, and culture.
The
Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora: includes information
on communities, exhibitions, music, genealogy, photographs, family names,
and education.
See also.
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Blindness
Related Resources on the Web and Beyond: extensive collection of links
including: blindness resources; blind-deaf resources; vision loss resources;
blindness related organizations; assistive technology; speech friendly
applications and utilities; adaptive products and services; home pages
of blind and visually handicapped individuals; employment resources; educational
resources; orientation and mobility resources; legal resources; libraries
for the
blind; audio description; radio reading; athletes and athletics; and
general disability sites.
National
Federation of the Blind: offers wide variety of resources and giving
information
Prevent
Blindness America: offers eye tests; a listing of signs of eye trouble
in children, information about children's eye problems, a safe toys checklist,
and more.
Resources
for Parents and Teachers of Blind Kids by Debbie Day. Includes information
about blindness, braille, computers and technology, educational materials
(Name that Book!), children's books, stories, News for Brailing, toys and
learning tools.
Tips
for Parents to Enhance Grandparent/Grandchild Relations by The Foundation
For Grandparenting
Grandsplace:
directory of Grandparent Support Group Information.
The
Art of Stepgrandparenting by The Foundation For Grandparenting.
Successful
Stepfamily Series from the Mining Company. Series includes: family
law resources; poll; focus on
marriage; school involvement; interviews; meeting the kids; getting
started; and more.
Stepfamily
Network: a non-profit organization: offers questions and answers, a
short listing of books, articles, and a list of support organizations.
Children
and Grief by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Talking
to Children about Death by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry.
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The
American Red Cross: non-profit relief agency. Species
Data Sheet: African Lion from the Lincoln Part Zoo. Includes photo;
range; life history; habitat; niche;
adaptations.
Coffee
A Go Go: lively, well-organized site (frames) that offers coffee history,
trivia, and recipes as well as information on caffeine, beans, roasts,
and more.
The
Coffee Science Source from the National Coffee Association, a trade
organization that "gather(s) and
disseminate(s) the most up-to-date information on coffee, caffeine
and health in the United States."
The
Basic Goat Primer from Luke Walker Reynolds/Indiana University/Bloomington.
Friendly, easy to digest
site that includes information on: various breeds; goats and the environment;
goat associations; goat care; more links; goat mailing lists; goat books;
and more.
Getting
Your Goat: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Goats But Didn't Know
Who To Ask: includes links to: associations; supply houses; lab and
breeding services; software; e-mail lists; newsgroups; publications; owner's
home pages; veterinary and medical web sites; goat-specific web sites;
and much more.
The
National Goat Handbook from the National Dairy Database on InforM
in cooperation with the University of
Extended
Pigeon Links: visit homing pigeon sites from around the world.|
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