Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

Literature

• Based on a Book (books to movies)

• Booklist

• Children's Literature Web Guide

• Education Place (Houghton-Mifflin)

• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

 

Some Favorite Author/Book Sites

 

• Joan Bauer

• Caroline Cooney

• Karen Cushman

• Will Hobbs

• Ben Mikaelsen

• Brian Jacques

• Kenneth Oppel

• Gary Paulsen

• Harry Potter

• Alex Rider (Horowitz)

• Lord of the Rings

• Louis Sachar

• Jon Scieszka (Guys Read)

News

• ABC News

• Chicago Tribune

• CNN

• Daily Herald

• ESPN

• National Public Radio

• New York Times

• USA Today

• Washington Post

Organizations

 

• American Library Association

• American Assoc. of School Librarians

• Illinois School Library Media Association

• Illinois State Library

• Library of Congress

• U.S. Department of Education

References & Resource Help

General:

• Bartleby.com (a collection of literature and reference sources)
• Big6 Kids (research strategies)
• Carol Stream Public Library
• Class Brain (homework help & research)
• Community High School District 94 (West Chicago)
• DiscoverySchool.com (homework help)
• Internet Public Library
• Marco Polo ( a quality portal of educational resources for teachers and students)
• Multnomah County Library (Homework Center)
• Scholastic Network
• Virtual Reference Desk
• West Chicago Public Library
• Wheaton Public Library
• 21st Century Information Fluency Project

 

Search Engines:

• AltaVista

• A9

• IMSA Internet Search Wizard

• Google

• Teoma

 

Web Site Evaluation Activities

• http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html

• www.stanford.edu/group/King/

• http://ross.pvt.k12.ny.us/boston/tea.htm

• www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/bat/

• http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

• http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/chesbay.html

• www.dnr.state.md.us/baylinks/ecosystem.html

• http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html

• http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm

• www.rci.rutgers.edu/~au/owl.htm

• www.thinker.org

• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

• www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

• www.dhmo.org/

 

 

 

Travel sites:

• Expedia 

• Fodors

• Lonely Planet

• Mapquest

• Milage Chart (between selected U.S. cities)

• Orbitz 

• Travel.com

• Travelocity

Teacher Plans/Projects

• Ask ERIC
• Global Schoolhouse
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Annenberg/CPB Projects (interactive learning exhibits)

Veteran's Day Project

• U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/index.asp#note
• History of Veteran's Day
  http://www.history.com/minisites/veteransday
• Veteran's Day: Library of Congress
  http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov11.html
• Veterans History Project: Library of Congress (audio/video segments) (link to "All Stories")
  http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories