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WRITING AND DOCUMENTATION

• Guide to integrating and citing quotations
• Using literary quotations from the UW Madison Writer's Handbook
• Writing a bibliography using MLA Style
• Using MLA format from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Two Sites on College Writing: Dartmouth Writing Program and University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Handbook . The Dartmouth College Writing Program contains a number of helpful materials, such as some well-written essays that answer the question "What is an academic paper?" and also provide information on researching topics for papers. The site also includes information on such topics as writing about film, writing for sociology courses, and helpful suggestions on writing from fellow students. The second site is offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center and contains material on how best to cite references, avoiding common grammar and punctuation mistakes, a guide to MLA style, as well as information on academic writing and research issues from thesis statements to quoting, paraphrasing and documentation.. Taken together, these sites provide a host of materials that will allow students to become better writers in their various courses during their time in the world of higher education and beyond (Copyright 1994-2005 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: This site is the online version of a new writing primer, developed by Michael Harvey (a professor at Washington College in Maryland), that will be of great help to many students who find themselves grappling with writing college-level assignments and papers. The homepage for the guide contains hypertext links to various sections, including those dealing with style, structure, evidence, and paper mechanics. From the main page, students can access any of the primer's many sections quickly, such as those dealing with the use of the historical present, finding a voice, and nominalizations. All of these sections are complemented by a profuse number of examples that illustrate the different writing tools and potential pitfalls that students may encounter (Copyright 1994-2005 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

LITERARY BACKGROUND AND CRITICISM

• The Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection:  This literary metasite contains over 1,000 annotated metasites and articles devoted to literary criticism, biographical, and other information about 123 authors from Dante Alighieri to Arthur Miller to William Butler Yeats. The links to criticism information can be to sites or articles (some of which have access restrictions). Visitors can browse the site by author, title, or literary period (for British and American literature). In addition, both a literary criticism guide and a pathfinder are provided for those who wish to further explore web and print resources on the topic (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• The Voice of the Shuttle literary resources
• Key Literary Terms

EDUCATION

• A Journey Through the History of State Education in England
• A History of Education and Childhood
• An Online Collection of 19th-Century Schoolbooks
• The History of American Education Web Project
• ERIC Digests Index Page: The latest update to the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Digest database features 43 full-text short reports aimed at education professionals and the broader education community. Each report includes an overview of an education topic of current interest and offers references for further information.  Sample titles include: "Gender Issues in Children's Literature," "Urban After-School Programs: Evaluations and Recommendations," "Guidelines for Evaluating Web Sites," and "Meeting the National Standards: Now What Do I Do?"  Users can search the entire ERIC Digests database from the index page. ERIC, part of the National Library of Education (NLE), is a nationwide education information system sponsored by the US Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

CHILDREN'S LIVES — PAST AND PRESENT

• Child Labor in the Nineteenth Century
• A report on New York City tenements from 1908
• Juvenile Justice in the Nineteenth Century; Two Cases
• A Web site devoted to the "Orphan Trains," an ambitious and controversial program which relocated over 100,000 poor and neglected children from urban homes to rural American farms between 1853 and 1929.
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General [.pdf, Windows Media Player]: Originally commissioned in response to the Columbine High shootings, the Surgeon General's report on youth violence "examines the factors that lead young people to gravitate toward violence, reviews the factors that protect youth from perpetrating violence and identifies effective research-based preventive strategies." While acknowledging that there has been a downward trend in youth violence since 1993, the report concludes that the "epidemic of youth violence is not over." The report identifies 27 specific intervention programs that have shown themselves to be statistically successful as well as debunking several common myths about youth violence. These last include assumptions about early childhood behavior as predictive of later violence, about the racial make-up of violent offenders, and the myth of the young "super-predator." From the above URL, visitors can access the full report, an executive summary, the January 17th press release (all in .pdf format), an archived Webcast of the surgeon general discussing the report (requires Windows Media Player), and some relevant links (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Child Well-Being Indicators From the SIPP (Number 24), Census Bureau: The Census Bureau has recently posted Population Division Working Papers No. 24 on its website. The paper, written by Kristin E. Smith, Loretta E. Bass, and Jason M. Fields, provides figures from four areas of child well-being: early childhood experiences, parent-child interaction, school-age enrichment activities, and children's academic experience (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• The State of the World's Children 2002 [.pdf, RealPlayer]: UNICEF has released this year's State of the World's Children report.  As with previous reports, this year's covers progress made since the 1990 World Summit for Children and goals that have yet to be met. UNICEF tells us, for example, that since the summit, under-five mortality has dropped fourteen percent, but in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of malnourished children has increased. The full 103-page report is almost 3,700 KB and includes maps, charts, photos, illustrations, and more. Users can download the report in its entirety or by sections in .pdf format or read the report online in text format. The site also offers video pieces, a page of links from the report, an "In brief" section, and short features (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Children of Conflict: Presented by BBC Worldservice with the assistance of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) and the Human Rights Fund of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, this site features the harrowing tales of children caught in war zones across the world, told in their own words. Divided into sections which explore the different experiences of the children of conflict (child soldiers, wounded children, lost children, child-headed households, child workers), the site offers brief explanatory notes, numerous quotes, RealAudio selections in a variety of languages, transcripts, and letters from children. Links are provided throughout the site to sources for more information (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

CHILDREN'S MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE

• The Children's Digital Media Center: a site devoted to important developments in research on children and media, the design of media for children, and research on the impact of interactive media on children.
• Children Go Online: A project that explores the nature and meaning of children's internet use and maps emerging patterns of attitudes and practices across diverse contexts and social groups in the UK.
• An overview of the work of popular culture and education theorist Henry Giroux, includes links to primary and scondary sources.
• The text of Giroux's essay, "Animating Youth: the Disnification of Children's Culture."
• A detailed study guide for MICKEY MOUSE MONOPOLY: DISNEY, CHILDHOOD, AND CORPORATE POWER, a video by Chyng Sun & Miguel Picker
• The text of "Reversal of Roles: Subversion and Reaffirmation of Racial Stereotypes in Dumbo and The Jungle Book," an essay by Alex Wainer
• The text of Jean Baudrillard's essay "Disneyworld Company."
• A UC Berkeley bibliography of scholarly sources on the Disney Corporation, includes both general overviews and studies of specific films.
• Hardy-Boys.com: Seemingly ageless, Frank and Joe Hardy have been solving a host of mysteries since 1927. Despite the rather formulaic nature of their book-length adventures, they remain immensely popular, a fact that this website makes quite plain. On the site, visitors can learn much about the history of the series and its many incarnations in such media formats as LPs, television series, graphic novels, and so on. The site also contains hundreds of images of the book covers through the years, including a number of international editions. Those who remember the different television series based on the boys' adventures will want to take a look through the television series section of the site, as they will no doubt enjoy seeing that oh-so popular 1970s teen "squeeze" Shaun Cassidy as Joe Hardy (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

• Database of Award-winning Children's Literature:  Lisa M. Bartle, reference/user education librarian at the Lima Regional Campus of Ohio State University, compiled and indexed this database of award-winning children's literature. Parents, teachers, and older children can access high quality book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements.  Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children to the Coretta Scott King Award, to name a few. Honorable mentions are also included (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Children's Literature: Librarians, teachers, and children's book aficionados will find a wealth of free resources at the Children's Literature website, as well as information about the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD), available by subscription only. (Visitors to the web site can sign up for a free trial of the database). One of the key features of the site is the Themed Reviews, that make it easy to get a list of best books on a subject. In this section, choose from almost 60 topics such as Remembering September 11th, 2001, Dinosaurs, Gardening, TV Turn Off Week, or Space Exploration. Most topics include a short introduction, for example, Flight and the Wright Brothers begins with a bit of biography on the Wrights. This is followed by short, signed reviews (reviewers' credentials are also provided), often with cover images, and age recommendations. There is biographical information about authors and illustrators (often links to publisher pages), as well as teaching guides and lesson plans, and events and upcoming conferences (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Book Adventure: Online since 1999, this reading motivation program and resource center is designed and maintained by the Sylvan Learning Foundation. Designed for students in grades kindergarten through nine, the site allows young people to create their own book lists and take multiple-choice quizzes on the books they've read as well. The site is hosted by the colorful animated duo of Rex Reader (a rather well-read Tyrannosaurus Rex) and Bailey Bookmark, a learned canine who can bark in 14 languages. From the homepage, visitors can browse through the Literacy Calendar, take a look through the current reading resources (compiled by Rex and Bailey themselves), and look through recently recommended books. The "Parents Place" area is a good place for parents to learn about books for children, reading outreach events, and tips for
  helping their students become passionate about reading. Needless to say, the "Kids Zone" contains some of the helpful quizzes mentioned above and some games that help reading more enjoyable (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book: From the National Library of Canada, this entertaining site takes the user page-by-page through the creation of a picture book, Zoom Upstream, written by Tim Wynne-Jones and illustrated by Eric Beddows. Zoom Upstream is the third book chronicling the adventures of Zoom the cat; in this one he visits Egypt. The eight main sections of the site, in either French or English, trace the book's progress from idea through finding the illustrator and pictures, to printing, selling the book, and afterwards. The section on pictures, appropriately, is the most extensive, showing how the illustrator gets every detail exactly right, beginning with analyzing the text for words and concepts that need to be represented in the pictures. To get the characters to look right, Beddows made a cat model and photographed human models in scenes from the book. For backgrounds, the illustrator studied books on Egyptian architecture, and made a research trip to Egypt. Wynne-Jones, the author, does admit that writing the first Zoom book (Zoom at Sea) only took 20 minutes, but that "usually writing a story is a lot harder" (Copyright 1994-2007 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• International Children’s Digital Library [pdf]: The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library is “to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community.”It’s a lofty goal indeed, and by looking over their website, visitors will find that they are well on their way to achieving this goal. So far, they have placed hundreds of books online, and visitors can click on “Read Books” to check out the fruits of their labors. Here they will find a selection of featured books, along with a drop-down menu that lets users look for books in dozens of languages. Of course, visitors can also click on a range of thematic listings, such as “real animal characters”, “picture books” and “kid characters.” Visitors can also learn how they can contribute to the ongoing work of the Library, and they may also wish to sign up for a free account while they are here (Copyright 1994-2007 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• The Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature.
• The Internet Public Library's Youth Division.
• The Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (CSBS)
• A detailed annotated bibliography of children's literature criticism and research organized by topic, designed to accompany The Pleasures of Children's Literature (3rd ed) by Perry Nodelman and Mavis Reimer.
• ABC Lit Database of Children's Literature Scholarship: A searchable index to children's literature scholarship, designed for use by those interested in the theories and criticism used to analyze children's literature.
• Nineteenth Century Children's Literature -- The British Library:This database, maintained by the publishing house of Chadwyck-Healey, Ltd., provides searchable records of the British Library's Children's Literature collection, which contains 2,369 titles on 5,527 fiches. Search parameters include title and complete record keyword, author, subject, publisher, year(s) of publication, microfiche number, and number of records retrieved. (Users may also browse possible search terms for each parameter.) Each entry gives a full bibliographic record for the individual text, including author, uniform title, imprint, place and date of publication, pagination, copy-specific notes, British Library shelfmark, and Fiche quantity and number. The site is part of The Nineteenth Century, a larger collection from Chadwyck-Healey and the British Library that catalogs an impressive array of nineteenth-century texts useful for historical and cultural studies (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Children's Books Online: The Children's Book Online website has been online for eight years, and during that time it has grown immensely (largely due to the efforts of numerous volunteers from around the world and the able direction of its president, Guy Chocensky). The site contains full versions of dozens of classic children's books, including David Copperfield, Grampa in Oz, and Peter Rabbit. What is equally compelling is that a number of the books are available in a number of different languages, including Polish, Italian, German, Romanian, French, and Russian. Visitors will want to also join their electronic mailing list to be informed when new titles are added to the site, and to sign their online guestbook. The site also contains a few rarities that may be unfamiliar to contemporary readers, including The Bashful Earthquake by Oliver Herford (first published in 1898) and the lovely work, The Marquis of Carabas, painted by Edmund Evans (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Children's Books Centers:
  • Center for Children's Books (CCB) at the University of Illinois
  • University of Wisconsin Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
    First, the CCB site offers "a non-circulating collection of more than 14,000 recent and historically significant trade books for youth, birth through high school, plus review copies of nearly all trade books published in the U.S. in the current year." Additionally, there are over 1,000 reference titles on the study of literature and storytelling for youth. The second site, from the University of Wisconsin Children's Book Center, offers "original bibliographies created by CCBC librarians, book reviews, webcasts of CCBC-sponsored speeches by children's and young adult book creators, and many more unique resources for librarians, teachers, university students and others." Both sites will provide interested visitors with an incredible array of resources for those interested in children's literature (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

TEACHING MATERIALS AND GUIDES

• A detailed list of teaching materials from the Children's Literature Web site.
• A Web page devoted to resources for teachers developed by Professor Sigler.
• Daily Lesson Plan for English Teachers published by The New York Times includes a searchable lesson-plan archive.
• Teacher's Edition Online: This online weekly newsletter offers education news and lesson plans that include objectives, resources, and teacher preparation descriptions. It also has micro activities and practical tips on everything from classroom decor to getting organized.
• TeacherServe: The National Humanities Center's Interactive Curriculum Enrichment Service for High School Teachers
• EDSITEment: Online Humanities Resources for Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including resources for literature and language arts, searchable by grade level.
• Children's Literature Activities Index
• A Collection of Web Sites and Online Resources for Teachers
• Children's Literature and Language Arts Resources from the Internet School Media Library Center
• A Selective Guide to Reference Books in Children's Literature
• The Newbery Classroom Homepage
• PBS TeacherSource: ideas for teachers from Public Television, includes resources for high school literature and humanities
• K-12 Resources from Random House
• Teachers' Guides from Penguin
• K-12 Teachers' Guides from HarperCollins

CHILDREN"S BOOK AWARDS

• The Newbery Award Homepage.
• The Caldecott Medal Homepage.
• The Coretta Scott King Award Homepage.
• A list of other awards administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
• The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.
• Database of Award-winning Children's Literature:  Lisa M. Bartle, reference/user education librarian at the Lima Regional Campus of Ohio State University, compiled and indexed this database of award-winning children's literature. Parents, teachers, and older children can access high quality book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements.  Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children to the Coretta Scott King Award, to name a few. Honorable mentions are also included (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

ILLUSTRATION AND PICTURE BOOKS

• Thinking About Picture Books: A Checklist of Questions, from Dr. Karen RogenKamp at Texas A&M University.
• Picturing Books: A Web site about Picture Books offers background on styles, authors and media as well as a searchable database.
• The Children's Picture Book Database from Miami University can help you locate books on particular subjects.
• The International Children's Digital Library: Sponsored by the University of Maryland, this online library of 325 picture books in Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Farsi, French, English, and Russian, enables viewers to select and read picture books online.
• Notes on how to visually analyze a picture book, as well as a collection of sample visual analyses of picture books from a class taught by Professor Kay Vandergrift at Rutgers University.
• A collection of online resources on Visual Literacy and Picture Books from the Internet School Library Media Center.
• Professor Susan Steffen's Online Art Journey: an overview of picture-book terms, methods, techniques, and styles.
• Early Illustrators of Children's Books: Background and resources on nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century illustrators of children's books.
• The Hans Christian Andersen Exhibit: Known as the Little Nobel Prize, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal is presented to one author and one illustrator whose body of work has made a lasting contribution to children's literature. The award consists of a gold medal and a diploma, and is presented by the International Board of Books for Young People. The good people at the Northwestern University's Library have created this lovely online exhibit to highlight all of the 27 Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees, and to complement their ongoing in situ exhibit at their own Main Library. On the site, visitors can read biographical sketches of each nominee, watch interviews with the magnificent Maurice Sendak and Quentin Blake, and view samples of each individual's work. The site concludes with an excellent section of related links for each illustrator, including links to official artist websites, interviews, and articles (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book: From the National Library of Canada, this entertaining site takes the user page-by-page through the creation of a picture book, Zoom Upstream, written by Tim Wynne-Jones and illustrated by Eric Beddows. Zoom Upstream is the third book chronicling the adventures of Zoom the cat; in this one he visits Egypt. The eight main sections of the site, in either French or English, trace the book's progress from idea through finding the illustrator and pictures, to printing, selling the book, and afterwards. The section on pictures, appropriately, is the most extensive, showing how the illustrator gets every detail exactly right, beginning with analyzing the text for words and concepts that need to be represented in the pictures. To get the characters to look right, Beddows made a cat model and photographed human models in scenes from the book. For backgrounds, the illustrator studied books on Egyptian architecture, and made a research trip to Egypt. Wynne-Jones, the author, does admit that writing the first Zoom book (Zoom at Sea) only took 20 minutes, but that "usually writing a story is a lot harder" (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
• Color Theory Tutorial: Color theory has been worked on by a number of individuals over the years, and those with an interest in the field include artists, scientists, and of course, interior designers. Janet Ford, a web designer in Minneapolis, has been interested in this field for over a decade, and her website explores some of the issues surrounding color theory in a way that is both accessible and interesting. On the site, visitors can learn about the basics of color, complementary colors, and concepts such as contrast, dominance, proportion, and intensity. The site is rounded out by a very good “Resources” area,which contains a bibliography of recommended works drawn from the past several decades (Copyright 1994-2006 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).

MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE

• Multicultural resources for children from the Internet School Library Media Center.

• A site devoted to teaching cultural diversity through children's books.
• "How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books" from the Scholastic Instructor Web site.
• The Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents.

CENSORSHIP

• Information on censorship from Banned Books Online

• Wielding the Red Pen: An online exhibit from the University of Virginia on banned children's books.
• Author Jim Trelease on Censorship and Children's Books.
• The American Library Association's Website on banned books contains background and information on how and why books are challenged, a list of the 100 most frequently banned books, as well as advice and resources for parents, teachers and librarians on how to deal with book challenges.
• Information on the First Amendment and Censorship from Books A to Z.
• Information on Censorship, Youth and the Internet from Professor Kay Vandergrift.
• A collection of links related to the censorship battle over Nappy Hair, a picture book written by Carolivia Herron and illustrated by Joe Cepeda.

CHILDREN'S AUTHORS

• General Resources
• The Internet School Library Media Center's index to author and illustrator Internet sites.
• Information about children's authors and illustrators from Kay Vandergrift's Children's Literature site, includes hundreds of links to authors' and illustrators' own Web sites.
• A wealth of author resources from The Children's Literature Web Guide.
  
• Molly Bang
  • A Teacher Resource file from the Internet School Library Media Center
    
• Eve Bunting
  • A Teacher Resource file from the Internet School Library Media Center
    
• Christopher Paul Curtis
• A Teacher Resource file from the Internet School Library Media Center
  
• Roald Dahl
• Roald Dahl [Macromedia Flash Player]:
  With several trumpet choruses and the appearance of a few of his most beloved characters, visitors to the official Roald Dahl website are greeted in a fashion that befits one of the 20th century's most loved authors of creative and intelligent books for children. Of course, Dahl's career did not start out that way (as most know), but rather with a harrowing tale of his experiences in World War II written for the Saturday Evening Post in 1942. It would be several decades before Dahl began to write the modern children's classics that are synonymous with his name, such as James and the Giant Peach and Matilda. Created and designed in the same spirit as his writing for young people, this website contains a host of lovely features, including a photo gallery of Dahl at various moments throughout his life, a number of fine interactive features (including several games based on incidents in his writings), and some great selections from an audio interview conducted with Dahl in 1988, two years before he passed away. This site is positively delightful and those who aren't already fans of his work may find themselves making a trip to their local library to delve into his books (Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu).
  
• Fairy Tales
• Sources for the Analysis and Interpretation of Fairy Tales
• Folklore, Myth and Legend links and Resources
• "Cinderella" links and resources
• SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 27 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,000 illustrations.
• "The Little Red Riding Hood" Project at the University of Mississippi
• "Snow White" resources compiled by Kay Vandergrift at Rutgers University
• A bibliography of modern "fractured" fairy tales
• "How Feminist Are Fractured Fairy Tales?" by Dr. Hilary Crew
• Marvels & Tales: The Journal of Fairy Tale Studies
• "The Fantastic in Victorian Fairy Tales Illustration" from George Landau's Victorian Web
• A helpful bibliography of fairy-tale resources from the Connecticut State University Library.
• A helpful bibliography of fairy tale collections, revisions and criticism by A. Waller Hastings at Northern State U.
  
• Louise Fitzhugh
• "Unapologetically Harriet": Story and sound file from National Public Radio's "In Character" series.
• Purple Socks: A Louise Fitzhugh Tribute Site
• "Still Spying After All These Years"- A USA Today story on the enduring popularity of Harriet the Spy
• And here's a similar report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• A detailed overview of Fitzhugh's life and literary work from the Contemporary Authors database
  
• Paul Fleishman
• A Teacher Resource file from the Internet School Library Media Center.
  
• Paula Fox
  • A page offering a variety of resources, including bibliographies and lesson plans.
    
• Sharon Bell Mathis
  • A Teacher Resource file from the Internet School Library Media Center.
    
• Katherine Paterson
• The author's own Web site, with descriptions of her books, biographical information and more.
• Background on Paterson's life and works from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site.
• Background on Paterson and links to additional resources from the Internet School Library Media Center.
  
• J.K. Rowling
• Scholastic's Harry Potter site
• Rowling's Harry Potter Web site: features a very interesting biography written by Rowling herself as well as lots of Harry Potter news, rumors and updates.
• An article on Rowling from Salon.com
• "Harry Potter's Girl Trouble," also from Salon.com
• The most complete and comprehensive collection of Rowling and Potter links, compiled and updated regularly by Phil Nel at Kansas State University
• Visit Mr. F's Class's chapter-by-chapter review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  Great student work from a one-room-school in Granville, Vermont.
  
• Jon Scieszka
  • A Teacher Resource file from the Internet School Library Media Center.
    
• Maurice Sendak
  • A biographical overview .
    
• E.B. White
  • "Charlotte A. Cavatica: Bloodthirsty, Wise And True": Story and sound file from National Public Radio's "In Character" series.
  • A teaching guide for Charlotte's Web developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project.
  • E.B. White—Most Companionable of Writers": biography and career overview from the BBC.