Library Links
Our students study different authors and illustrators throughout the year in
the library. Here are just a few links to websites for some outstanding
children's authors.
Jan Brett's website is just incredible! Here you will find some
fun
downloads, as well as some interactive web pages. You can even
hear Hedgie
read a story. Enjoy!
http://www.janbrett.com
Cows that type? Ducks that write? Pigs that dance? You bet! Just
ask your
first grader about the books we have read by Doreen Cronin! This
link will
take you to her web page and a quick look at all of Farmer
Brown's talented
animals.
http://www.doreencronin.com/
Many families have watched the hilarious adventures of Max and
Ruby on
t.v.,but many children are surprised to learn that Max and Ruby
were
characters in books long before they appeared on television. Here
is the
link to Rosemary Wells' website. Be sure to read her message to
parents and
teachers.
http://rosemarywells.com/stage/?page_id=30
Eric Carle's official website introduces the author and provides
a list of
all of his books.
http://www.eric-carle.com
Leo Lionni's wonderful collage-style illustrations and gentle
stories are
always popular. This web page gives a short biography of the
author and an
annotated list of his books.
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionni/
Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series is a wonderful
example of
the "chapter book" genre. Children-and their parents
too-love the
combination of fantasy and history.
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/
Second graders read Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah
Hopkinson
to honor African American History Month. Here is a link to the
author's
website.
http://www.deborahhopkinson.com/
Meet the author Jacqueline Davies, who visited our school on May
1, 2007.
http://www.jacquelinedavies.net
Kindergarten students have listened to several stories by Keiko
Kasza. Here,
you can read a little bit about the author herself.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/mtai/kasza.html
First Graders have met George and Martha, the delightful hippos
created by
the late James Marshall. He was recently awared the Laura Ingalls
Wilder
award by the American Library Association. Click on the link
below to read
his biography.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildercurrent/wildermedalcurrent.htm
Here are some fun activities for books by the late James Marshall.
http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/42enewsletters.html
Children who are not too fond of veggies can easily relate to
Jane Sutton's
book The Trouble With Cauliflower. Learn all about Ms Sutton, a
native of
Lexington Massachusetts, by clicking on the link below.
http://www.jane-sutton.com/
Kindergarten students will be reading Pumpkin Soup by Helen
Cooper. Click on
the link below to find a recipe for making your own pumpkin soup.
http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/pumpkinsoup.php
In second grade, we read Janell Cannon's Pinduli as an example of
a fiction
book containing animal facts.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=0O06KV-EiIgC&dq=Jannel+Cannon&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Ng0s6dqbiJ&sig=5LDfqMao1aWi1vzcByq-0avF2HI&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result
In first grade, we read Janell Cannon's Verdi as an example of a
fiction book
containing animal facts
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=STZYYLM2gy0C&dq=Verdi+by+Janell+Cannon&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=peRmvZA3v9&sig=wnxOJw6WSBaSmjbQ0dzuLP4LbtE&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPP1,M1
Vote For Duck! Duck For President!
http://www.duckforpresident.com/
Compare Jannell Canon's Verdi to a real green tree python
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/4570-green-tree-python-video.htm
Kindergarten students have read two fictional possum stories,
Possum's
Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter and Possum Come A Knockin by Nancy
Fan Laan.
Check out this website to see and hear a real possum.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/enlarge/opossum-peeking_image.html
D.B. Johnson has written a wonderful series of books about Henry,
a bear
based on Henry David Thoreau, and our first graders have
especially enjoyed
Henry Hikes To Fitchburg. Here is D.B. Johnson's website.
http://www.henryhikes.com
Read more about D.B. Johnson and Henry, and watch a video of a
modern day
trin trip to Fitchburg, along with some other great activities.
http://www.cyberbee.com/henryhikes/henry.html
We are learning about the Caldecott medal. This is the link to
the American
Library Association's information about all the Caldecott
winners, past and
present.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
You can learn a little more about Randolph Caldecott from the
Randolph
Caldecott society web site.
http://www.rcsamerica.com
Watch the video of Peggy Rathman's Caldecott award-winning book,
Officer
Buckle and Gloria.
http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/pfes/third%20grade/reading%20sem%201%20theme%201/officer%20buckle%20and%20gloria/officerbuckleandgloriahome.htm
Here are some photos of Thoreau's reconstructed house, as well as
photos and images of Thoreau himself.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=henry+david+thoreau+house+images&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=XuqLS6KGBpGYtgfmodSqDw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA8QsAQwAA
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