Prairie Dawn interviews Big Bad Wolf. Through the interview, we find out that his Social Studies were hurt because Little Red was making fun of him. Prairie Dawn offers some good advice and gets Big Bad Wolf to tell Little Red how she...

A five-minute video showcases the children's tale, Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. While the narrator reads rhymes, an animated Gulliver sets sail to visit several new destinations—each with a fantastic adventure....

Paranormal teen romances may currently dominate the young adult fiction shelves, but that's not the only change to the genre during the past few years. The evolution of YA lit is the topic of an informational video that follows the teen...

This website is full of interactive student activities and lesson plans for Patricia Reilly Giff's book, "Nory Ryan's Song."

An excellent interview with Judith Viorst. She talks about her background, her education, and the changes she saw when she returned to Rutgers University as an adult. She then discusses her life as a writer, how she became a published...

All of Alice's fantastic adventures are available at this resource for chapter-by-chapter streaming audio in RealAudio format or as MP3 files.

An audio book reading of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" read by the author, Jon Scieszka. Students will love listening to these silly tales and can improve listening skills if paired with activities. You can search...

This video previews the Rumble Roar Dinosaurs and A Princess Like Me pop-up books, written and designed by Matthew Reinhart. [1:06]

This Outside the Book video episode features an interview with George Ella Lyon, an adult and children's book author. She expresses her approaches to writing and gives a brief overview of The Pirate of Kindergarten, one of her most...

Watch while the illustrator of the popular Magic School Bus books talks about his love of art since childhood, how he and the series' author Joanna Cole work together and what's coming next for Ms. Frizzle's class.

Watch while this author and illustrator of the "No, David!" books talks about how he creates his books. Consider where he gets story ideas and his advice to teachers as a former student troublemaker.

Watch while this author and illustrator of many classic children's books like "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" talks about his art career, why some books take longer to make than others and why he opened a picture book museum.

Watch while this author/illustrator talks about his lifelong love of storytelling, how illustrating is like acting and how he likes to find humor in the everyday events of childhood.