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Authors and Illustrators

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

C.S. Adler
Sarah Albee
Louisa May Alcott
Anna Alter
Hans Christian Andersen
Mitsumasa Anno
Kathi Appelt
Katherine Applegate
Tedd Arnold
Jim Arnosky
The Art of Children's Picture Books
Frank Asch
The Author Village
Avi
Mary Azarian
Laura Backman
Keith Baker
Ken Baker
Gabrielle Balkan
Blue Balliett
Lynne Reid Banks
Cicely Mary Barker
Bob Barner
Mac Barnett
Byron Barton
Chris Barton
Susan Wise Bauer
L. Frank Baum
Karen Beaumont
Aaron Becker
Cece Bell
Ludwig Bemelmans
John Bianchi
Nic Bishop
Sophie Blackall
Judy Blume
Bookology
Paulette Bourgeois
Sandra Boynton
Georgia Bragg
Jan Brett
Norman Bridwell
Jeff Brown
Marc Brown
Peter Brown
Joseph Bruchac
Deborah Bruss
Eve Bunting
Rob Buyea
Toni Buzzeo
Betsy Byars
Canadian Authors and Illustrators
Janell Cannon
Eric Carle
Nancy Carlson
Patrick Carman
Lewis Carroll
Marsha Wilson Chall
Lynne Cherry
Eileen Christelow
Matt Christopher
Beverly Cleary
Andrew Clements
Vicki Cobb
Joanna Cole
Eoin Colfer
Bryan Collier
Suzanne Collins
Jen Corace
Bill Cotter
Lucy Cousins
Bruce Coville
Joy Cowley
Sharon Creech
Doreen Cronin
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Karen Cushman
Margery Cuyler
Tabatha Jean D'Agata
Roald Dahl
Paula Danziger
Katie Davis
Alexandra Day
James Dean
Dear America Books
Carmen Agra Deedy
Anika Denise
Matt de la Peña
Christopher Denise
Harry and Wende Devlin
Kate DiCamillo
Charles Dickens
Tony DiTerlizzi
Moira Rose Donohue
Jeanne DuPrau
Frank B. Edwards
Pamela Duncan Edwards
Lois Ehlert
Lois Ehlert Interview
Carson Ellis
Susan Middleton Elya
Michael Emberley
Ian Falconer
Cathryn Falwell
Nancy Yi Fan
Kate Feiffer
Anne Fine
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Candace Fleming
Mem Fox
Debra Frasier
Jackie French
Catherine Friend
Natasha Friend
Jean Fritz
Cornelia Funke
Kimberly Newton Fusco
Wanda Gág
Jack Gantos
Jean Craighead George
Mordicai Gerstein
Gail Gibbons
Gail Gibbons Interview
Edward Gibbs
Adam Gidwitz
Diane Goode
Barbara Gowan
Chris Grabenstein
Keith Graves
Kate Greenaway
Judith Greenburg
James Gurney
Dan Gutman
Donna Guthrie
Berta and Elmer Hader
Michael Hague
Bruce Hale
Martin Handford
Gary Harbo
Keith Haring
Bill Harley
Jenny B. Harris
Rachel Hartman
Kevin Henkes
Marguerite Henry
Linda Oatman High
Tad Hills
Anna Grossnickle Hines
Will Hobbs
Mary Ann Hoberman
Jennifer Holm
Joan Holub
Deborah Hopkinson
Paul Hoppe
Ellen Howard
Woodleigh Marx Hubbard
Patricia Hubbell
Erin Hunter
Hazel Hutchins
Pat Hutchins
Internet Public Library Author Page A-K
Internet Public Library Author Page L-Z
Ellen Jackson
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Simon James
Oliver Jeffers
Susan Jeffers
Steve Jenkins
Crockett Johnson
Sandi Johnson
Ann Jonas
William Joyce
Norton Juster
Tracy Kane
Ezra Jack Keats
Laurie Keller
Steven Kellogg
Barbara Kerley
Liz Kessler
Kazu Kibuishi
Kid Shannon
Dick King-Smith
Jeff Kinney
Daniel Kirk
David Kirk
Jon Klassen
Kate Klimo
Michelle Knudsen
Gordon Korman
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Mitch Krpata
David LaRochelle
Loreen Leedy
Karen LeFrak
Helen Lester
Gail Carson Levine
Cynthia Levinson
Betsy Lewin
C.S. Lewis
Tom Lichtenheld
Brian Lies
Grace Lin
Leo Lionni
Janet Taylor Lisle
Eric Litwin
Mary Logue
Ethan Long
Peter Lourie
David Macaulay
Jeff Mack
Patricia MacLachlan
Scott Magoon
Ann M. Martin
Bill Martin, Jr.
Jean Marzollo
Christie Matheson
Salley Mavor
Mercer Mayer
Meghan McCarthy
Robert McCloskey
Emily Arnold McCully
Matthew McElligott
Phee McFaddell
Barbara McGrath
Angela Shelf Medearis
Kate Messner
Stephenie Meyer
Else Minarik
Judith Moffatt
Gregory Mone
Lucy Maude Montgomery
Pat Mora
Bernard Most
Robert Munsch
Stuart J. Murphy
T.M. Murphy
Walter Dean Myers
Lensey Namioka
Donna Jo Napoli
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
Native American Authors
Kadir Nelson
Jenny Nimmo
Northlands
Laura Numeroff
Liam O'Donnell
Mary Pope Osborne
Charlie O'Shields
Robin Page
Margie Palatini
Jerry Pallotta
Herman Parish
Peggy Parish
Barbara Park
Linda Sue Park
Laurie Parker
Todd Parr
Ann Whitford Paul
Gary Paulsen
Bill Peet
Lincoln Peirce
Mark Penta
Sara Pennypacker
Jan Pieńkowski
Tamora Pierce
Dav Pilkey
Jerry Pinkney
Edgar Allan Poe
Patricia Polacco
Antoinette Portis
Beatrix Potter
Laurence Pringle
Natalie Jane Prior
Robert Quackenbush
Doreen Rappaport
Peggy Rathmann
Aaron Reynolds
Faith Ringgold
Rick Riordan
Bethany Roberts
Mara Rockliff
Kristina Rodanas
Eric Rohmann
Wendy Rouillard
J.K.Rowling
Ron Roy
Julian T. Rubin
Elizabeth Rusch
Sergio Ruzzier
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Cynthia Rylant
Carol Sabbeth
Louis Sachar
Angie Sage
Ruth Sanderson
Robert D. San Souci
Dan Santat
Stephen Savage
Allen Say
Richard Scarry
Judy Schachner
Laura Amy Schlitz
Karen Lee Schmidt
Scholastic Books and Authors
Pat Schories
Roni Schotter
Jon Scieszka
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Maurice Sendak
Dr. Seuss
David Shannon
Marjorie Sharmat
Andrea Shavick
Nancy Shaw
Bob Shea
Steve Sheinkin
Judy Sierra
Anita Silvey
Seymour Simon
Marc Simont
David Small
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Lemony Snicket
Donald J. Sobol
Jerry Spinelli
Diane Stanley
Erin Stead
Philip C. Stead
William Steig
Heidi Stemple
Janet Stevens
Trenton Lee Stewart
Margaret Stohl
Bridget Strevens
Mike Sullivan
Steve Swinburne
Christine Sykes
Greg Tang
Jeremy Tankard
Matt Tavares
Mark Teague
Britta Teckentrup
Mike Thaler
Bill Thomson
Kay Thompson
J.R.R. Tolkien
Topipittori
Leslie Tryon
Hervé Tullet
SheilaTurnage
Deborah Underwood
Chris Van Allsburg
Wendelin Van Draanen
Padma Venkatraman
Video Interviews with Children's Book Authors and Illustrators
Judith Viorst
Bernard Waber
Richard Wainwright
Donna Washington
Rowboat Watkins
Elizabeth Wein
Rosemary Wells
E.B. White
Walter Wick
David Wiesner
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum
Deborah Wiles
Hans Wilhelm
Mo Willems
Karen Lynn Williams
Rita Williams-Garcia
Henry Winkler
Janet S. Wong
Jacqueline Woodson
Tammy Yee
Jane Yolen
Mary O'Keefe Young
Pamela Zagarenski
Jane Breskin Zalben
Charlotte Zolotow
Martha Day Zschock


Fables

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Aesop
Aesop and His Fables
The Aesop for Children
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables Coloring Pages
Aesop's Fables Crafts and Coloring
Aesop's Fables from Harvard Classics
Aesop's Fables from Whispering Books
Anansi and Turtle's Feast
Animals, Myths, and Legends
Children's Fables Booklist
Fables
Fables and Fairytales
KidsFables
Myth, Legend, Fable
StoryTymes' Aesop's Fables
Tales with Morals
Traditional and Modern Fables
World of Tales


Favorite Characters

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Anne of Green Gables
Arthur
Babymouse
Berenstain Bears
Between the Lions
Blue's Clues
Bob the Builder
Caillou
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
The Cat in the Hat Read by Justin Bieber
CBeebies
Clifford
Curious George
Curious George on PBS Kids
Cyberchase
Deltora Quest
Dinosaur Train
Dora the Explorer
Nancy Drew
Elephant and Piggie Paper Lanterns
Five Little Monkeys
Flower Fairies
Fun with Spot
Garfield
Hairy Maclary
Harry Potter
Hello Kitty's Tea Party
I Sea Horses
Junie B. Jones
Kids' Movies
Lalaloopsy
Little Critter
Little House Books
The Little Prince
The Lorax Project
Madeline
Maisy's Fun Club
Martha Speaks
Max and Ruby
Molly Moccasins
My Little Pony
Olivia the Piglet
Paddington Bear
Peanuts
Peep and the Big Wide World
Pigeon Presents
Sesame Street
Dr. Seuss Character Messages
Skippyjon Jones
The Snowman
Strawberry Shortcake
Thomas the Tank Engine
Timothy Goes to School
Treehouse
Where the Wild Things Are
Winnie the Pooh


Grammar

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2 Bee or Nottoobee
500 Sentence Diagrams--English Grammar and Usage
Acronyms and Other Onyms
Bitesize Spelling and Grammar
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Common Errors in English
Confusing Words--To, Too, and Two
Daily Grammar
Diagramming Sentences
Elements of Style
English Grammar
Eye on Idioms
Figurative Language
Fun-With-Words
Game Zone
Grammar
Grammar and Spelling
Grammar Bytes
Grammar Lessons and Exercises
GrammarNOW!
Grammaropolis
Grammar Slammer
Grammar Songs
Homophones
Homophones Quiz
The Idiom Connection
Mad Takes
MES Games
Mr. Nussbaum's Language Arts Activities
Online Language Arts Games
Prefixes and Suffixes
Punctuation
Reed-Kellogg Sentence Diagramming
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar Jr.
Sentence Monkey
Verb Viper
Words to Watch Out For


Languages

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American Sign Language Fingerspelling
babLa Games
Braille Alphabet
Chillola
Chinese Numbers 1-10
Digital Dialects
Do You Speak American?
ESL Games
Euroclub Schools
Family French
Foreign Language Activities
French Games
French Grammar
French in a Click
From Language to Language
German Language Games
Google Translate
Happy Birthday Around the World
Hello World
How to Say Peace in Many Languages
"I Love You!" in Many Languages
Internet Picture Dictionary of English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Japanese for Kids
Japanese Language
Jennifer's Language Page
Korean Language Practice
Language Games
Latin Words and Phrases
Learn an Asian Language
Learn the Aleph-Bet
Learn Chinese for Kids
Learn Hebrew Signs
Learn Hebrew Verbs
Logos Multilingual Dictionary
Mother in Different Languages
My English Hebrew Dictionary
My Spanish Dictionary
Nglish
NoComprendo
Picture Dictionary for English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish
Portuguese-English Translation Games
Read Today
Say Hello to the World
Say Peace in All Languages!
See and Hear the Hebrew Alphabet
Semanda
Signing Savvy
Signing Time! Kids
Spanish Games
Study Spanish
A Taste of Scottish Gaelic for Beginners
Ventures
Ways to Say Happy Birthday
Web Verbix
World Translations


Mysteries


The Amazing Food Detective
Art Detective
Boxcar Mysteries
Chet Gecko, Private Eye
Cyber.kdz
Detective Fiction on Stamps
Nancy Drew
The Edgar Awards
Encyclopedia Brown
Everyday Mysteries
Exploring Ancient Egyptian Mysteries
FBI Kids' Pages
Fiction: Mysteries
The Fin, Fur, and Feather Bureau of Investigation
Fingerprinting
The Great Mouse Detective
Here are all 56 Original Nancy Drew Books, Ranked Worst to Best
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Cam Jansen
Junior Secret Service
Mary Celeste
The McGurk Mystery Series
Medical Mysteries
Museum of Unnatural Mystery
Mysteries of Deep Space
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Read Aloud
Mysteries of the Deep Sea
Mysteries of the Nile
Mystery Book Report
Mystery Book Report Form
Mystery Books for 8-13-Year-Olds
Mystery Class
Mystery Reading List
The Mystery Spot
Nate the Great
ND Sleuths Jr. Detective Squad
The Reconstructors
Spy Kids
Total Darkness
Who Dunnit?


Mythology

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Classical Mythology
Flood Stories from Around the World
Folklore and Mythology
Greek Mythology
Greek Mythology Today
Hawaiian Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and Fables
Hawaiian Folk Tales
Hawaiian Legends
Inuit Myths and Legends
Myth, Legend, and Folklore
Myth, Legend, Fable
Mythology
Mythology Fact Monster
The Mythology of the Constellations
Myths about the Sky, Constellations, and Stars
Myth Web
Percy Jackson
Star Myths
What's Your Story?
Winged Sandals
World Mythology
World Myths and Legends in Art
Zeus the Mighty


Poetry

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Acrostic Poems
Barking Spiders Poetry
Children's Poetry Archive
Cinquain
Cinquain Form
Kalli Dakos
Diamante Poems
Favorite Poem Project
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
Giggle, Giggle, Snicker, Laugh
Steven Herrick
Holiday Poem Generator
How to Write a Haiku
How to Write an Acrostic Poem
Inkless Poetry
It's Fun to Read Poetry
Jump Rope Rhymes
Just A Box Of Crayons
Kids' Poetry Club
KidZone Poetry Projects
Edward Lear
Limericks
Limericks for and by Children
Magnetic Poetry
Magnetic Poetry Kids' Poetry Page
Magnetic Rhymes
Make a Theme Poem
Mama Lisa's Eugene Field Page
Mr. R.'s Library
Nursery Rhymes
Kristine O'Connell George
Eric Ode
A Pocketful of Rhymes
Poetic Devices
Poetry
Poetry 4 Kids
Poetry Express
Poetry for Everyone, But Especially Children
Poetry for Kids
Poetry Handbook
Poetry Idea Engine
Poetry Online
Poetry Scavenger Hunt
Poetry Terms
Poetry Word Play
Poetry Writing Tips
Potato Hill Poetry
Rhyme Zone
Ted Scheu--That Poetry Guy!
William Shakespeery Poetry
Andrea Shavick's Poetry
Shel Silverstein
Songs and Poems
Sonnet Central
Thanksgiving Turkey Personification Poem Generator
Types of Poetry
The Walt Whitman Archive
Writing Haiku Poetry
Writing Poetry


Reading

kids and books

14 Fractured Fairy Tales for Young Readers
15 Diagrams that Show How a Book is Made
33 Books Featuring Black Heroes and Characters That Every Kid Should Read
The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
ABC Avenue
Activated Story Theatre
Amazing Adventure Series
American Folklore
Andersen Fairy Tales
Animal Riddles
Animal Stories
Animated Tall Tales
Mr. Anker Tests
Arbordale
Awesome Stories
BAB Books
Beantime Stories
Best Books for Kids 2021
Bedtime Story
Bibliomania
The Big List of Children's Authors Doing Online Read-Alouds & Activities
Blue Ribbon Readers
Book Report Sandwich
The Bookworm
By Gosh
Caldecott Winners
A Celebration of Women Writers
Character Trading Cards
Children's Book Council
Children's Books Online
Children's Genres
Children's Short Stories
Children's Storybooks Online
CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards
Circle Round Podcast
Classic Fairy Tales
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Curled Up Kids
Did I Read It or Not?
Dolch Word Games
Elements of a Story
English Fairy Tales
Epic!
Eric Carle--Online Stories
FableVision Place
Fact or Opinion Literacy
Fact or Opinion Quiz
Folktales from Around the World
Free Audio Stories for Kids
Free Children Stories
Funbrain Reading
Get the Idea
Grimm Fairy Tales
Harper Collins
HarperKids Blog
HarperKids YouTube Channel
Homer
How a Book is Made
How a Book is Made Video with Lauren Oliver
How a Book Makes the Journey from the Warehouse to a Book Store
Incredible English
Inference Riddles
Inkless Tales
Interactive Reading Games
International Children's Digital Library
International Folk Tales
Into the Book
Irish Stories
Just Books Read Aloud
Coretta Scott King Awards
Kipling's Just So Stories
Leveled Books
Lit2Go
Magic Tales of Mexico
The Moonlit Road
Mrs. P.
Nancy Keane's Children's Literature
National Geographic Young Explorers
Newbery Winners
Norwegian Folk Tales
Old Picture Books
Online Books
Online Practice Reading Tests
Operation Storytime
Oxford Owl
Perrault Fairy Tales
Phonics Flashcards and Learning Games
Project Gutenberg
Read Alouds by Celebrities, Authors, and More!
Reading Bear
Reading Comprehension
Reading IQ
Reading Room
Reading Zone
Reading Zone from IPL
Ruchi's Kitchen
Scholastic Home Base
Sequence of Events
Sequencing Fun
Short Stories
Sight Word Games
Signed Stories
Skybrary
Slime Kids
Spaghetti Book Club
SqoolLibrary
Starfall
Stories from Rainbow's Edge
Stories Podcast
Stories to Grow By
Storyarts
The Story Home
Story-It
Storyline
Story Nory
The Story of the Throps and the Squallhoots
Story Soup Kids
Story Time from Space
Storytime with Ryan and Craig
Stuart Stories
Summer Reading Home Base
Themed Booklists
Today's Books
TumbleBooks
TV 411
Unite for Literacy
What Should I Read Next?
Whispering Books
Wikijunior
World of Tales


Spelling

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100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English
Amazing Spelling Fleas
Battle of the Commonly Misspelled or Misused Words Poster
Fundamental Spelling Rules for Everyone to Know
Little Bird Spelling
Miss Spelling's Spelling Center
Musical Spelling Rules
National Spelling Bee
National Spelling Bee Winning Words
Phone Spell
The Plural Girls
See 'N Spell
SpellaRoo
Spelling
Spelling City
Spelling Rules
Spelling Training
Spooky Spellings


Vocabulary

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100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English
Crossword Puzzles
Dr. Goodword's Word Wizard Club
Learn English with Pictures and Audio
Learn English with Jokes and Riddles
Massive Word Search
My Vocabulary
Palindromes
Prefixes Say Plenty
Quizlet
Student Dictionary for Kids
Tongue Twisters
TV 411 Vocabulary
Twister King
Vocabulary Challenge and Dictionary
What are Synonyms and Antonyms?
What's the Word?
Word Girl
Word Jungle
Word Origins
Word Scrambler
Word Turtle


Writing

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The 7 Types of Essays Every Student Needs to Know
11 Rules of Writing
15 Types of Essays (and What You Need To Know About Them)
Basic Steps in the Research Process
The Big 6
BoomWriter
Comic Creator
Creative Writing Prompts
Digital Community of Authors
The Five Paragraph Essay
Graphic Organizers
A Guide to the Types of Essays
Hemingway Editor
How to Write a Book Report
How to Write an Autobiography
I Need to... Learn How to Do Research
Inklewriter
Journal Buddies
Learn How to Write a Letter
Let's Write a Newspaper Story
Letter Generator
Little Bird Tales
Make Beliefs Comix
Making Books
Paragraph Punch
Paraphrase Craze
Penzu Personal Journal and Online Diary
Persuasion Map
PicLits
Point of View BrainPop Video (Log-in needed)
Point of View Video
Portent's Content Idea Generator
Similes and Metaphors at BrainPop (Log-in needed)
Storybird
Story Jumper
Story Starters at Scholastic
Think Tank
Webbing Tool
What is Figurative Language?
The What-If Question Genie
Write a Book Review
Writing Den
Writing a Newspaper Article
Writing Prompts
Writing Workshop



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