Harold D. Underdown
The Purple Crayon: A Guide to Writing Children's Lit.
A great resource for writing, illustrating, and publishing children's literature. Includes articles, guides, and helpful tips to being successful in one or more ventures in children's literature.
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Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
This is the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators homepage. A great starting point for new writers interested in exploring this genre.
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Dan Gutman, Children's Book Author
The children's author Dan Gutman hosts this website devoted to his baseball stories. It even includes rejection letters, an original poem, and some book excerpts, and some puzzles and games.
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Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Children's Book Titles to Teach Traits [Pdf]
A list of children's book titles and authors that offer good examples for students to follow when learning to write both narrative and expository texts. Being arranged according to the six traits of good writing makes it easy to find the...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Any Pet Will Do Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This is a teacher's guide for Any Pet Will Do, a novel written by Nancy Shouse. The novel looks at a child's quest to find the right kind of pet. It includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the book.
Harold D. Underdown
Getting Out of the Art File: Tips for Book Illustrators
An excellent resource for illustrators to format their work in order to get the attention of a publisher. Intended for children's literature, but may also apply to other genres.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Integrating Language Arts: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
This lesson integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking to boost students' comprehension skills. Students explore Laura Joffe Numeroff 's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie using a variety of techniques, beginning with a picture walk...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Improving Fluency Through Group Literary Performance
Students participate in shared reading, choral reading, and readers theater, using books by Bill Martin, Jr. Repeated readings and literary performances help students with their reading accuracy, expression, and rate.
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Orca Book Publishers: 'Jeffrey and Sloth' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide for Jeffrey and Sloth, a story written by Kari-Lynn Winters, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. The book is about the experience of writer's block and how to overcome it. The...
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Barbara Greenwood's Guide to Writing for Children [Pdf]
Barbara Greenwood, a Canadian author of numerous historical fiction books for children, has written this thirty-page writing guide where she explains the process she goes through in constructing a story. She covers such key topics as...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 4: Writing and Spelling
Hosted by Vivica A. Fox, Writing and Spelling examines the connection between reading and writing and between spelling and composition. The program features successful methods for encouraging children to write and build their...
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Maurice Sendak: Imagination and Art
This PBS site contains two lesson plans. In grades K-2, read books written/illustrated by Maurice Sendak, find out what elementary school was like for Mr. Sendak, and write a class book based on one of his stories. In grades 6-8, learn...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Trust in God or Three Days in the Life of Gellert Robert Carter
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Trust in God, or, Three Days in the Life of Gellert by Robert Carter (1861). This is a description from three days in the life of Gellert taken from his writings.
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The Official Gordon Korman Web Site
Lots of information about Gordon Korman, who writes children's and young adults' novels, and his work.
Crayola
Crayola: Big as Life Book Report (Lesson Plan)
This is a fun idea to display your students' book reports, and encourage reading at the same time! In this online lesson, children use special markers to actually draw their book report on the windows of the library or classroom. Also...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Milly and the Macy's Parade
Resource guides the reader through this great book. Choose from different categories in before, during, and after you read. Take a quiz, create a story map, and write a book report.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Murphy and Mousetrap Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Murphy and Mousetrap, a novel by Sylvia Olsen, is about a First Nations boy's adjustment to living on a reserve in British Columbia. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the...
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Orca Book Publishers: Catching Spring Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Catching Spring, a novel written by Sylvia Olsen, looks at a First Nations boy who wants to participate in a fishing derby on Vancouver Island in 1957. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Max and Ellie Books Teaching Guide [Pdf]
The Ellie and Max books by Becky Citra take place in pioneer times and follow the experiences of a brother and sister in Upper Canada. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing...
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Orca Book Publishers: Chance and the Butterfly Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Chance and the Butterfly, a novel written by Maggie deVries, looks at a foster child's struggles to fit in at school. He becomes fascinated by the caterpillars being studied in his classroom and takes one home. This teacher's guide...
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Orca Book Publishers: Casey Little Yo Yo Queen Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Casey Little - Yo-Yo Queen, a novel written by Nancy Belgue, looks at a girl's longing for a horse and what she does to try to buy one. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing...
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Orca Book Publishers: Dinosaurs on the Beach Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Dinosaurs on the Beach, a novel written by Marilyn Helmer, looks at a child's search for fossils on a beach in Nova Scotia. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the book.
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Orca Book Publishers: Five Stars for Emily Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Five Stars for Emily, a novel written by Kathleen Cook Waldron, looks at a young girl's experience of leaving modern comforts behind and going to live in a log cabin without electricity. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
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Orca Book Publishers: Tj Books Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Hazel Hutchins has written the TJ series of novels. This teaching guide for TJ and the Cats and TJ and the Haunted House includes book summaries, teaching ideas and the author's reflections about writing the books.