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Visit Some Great Links 
NOTE: * Starred items are links that are also recommended elsewhere on this site.
America Writes for Kids
Just for Writers
"Pencil Sites" 
are especially recommended places for children's writers to visit...
American Library Association Website * Find out what's happening here
The Caldecott Medal Ever wonder exactly what it is? Here's your answer
Children's Book Council: Includes an extensive list of publisher names and addresses
Children's Writing Resource Center * Write4Kids...A fantastic website for children's writers
Don't! A great place for writers to find out who NOT to submit to
The Drawing Board A site of special interest to Illustrators
eBook Crosswords A site full of information about books and writing
The Eclectic Writer Another place full of wonderful information for writers
The Institute of Children's Literature: Home of the best (according to Verla Kay and many other satisfied students) correspondence course for aspiring children's writers. "They teach you not only how to write, but how to market what you write. It's well worth the money."(Quote from Verla Kay.)
International Reading Association: A great place to find out about awards and grants for teachers and writers of children's books as well as information on literacy events that are happening around the world.
Invite An Author to Your School This site is exactly what it says!
The Newbery Medal Ever wonder exactly what it is? Here's your answer
Publisher's Weekly/Bookwire A wealth of information on books
The Purple Crayon An editor's website with great resources for writers
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators aka SCBWI: A wonderful worldwide organization for writers & illustrators of children's literature
Writer's Digest: A fantastic resource of marvelous information for writers of all genres
Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource: A wealth of information for writers
Helpful Research Sites:
History
Some great history sites:
The History Net A site for historical research
American History Where you can find American history facts
A place to check out the Gold Rush!
Visit the Sacramento Railroad Museum
Help your child learn History the fun way:
Here are some great Civil War Sites shared by Marty:
Civil War Links - A huge collection of Civil War links
Civil War Communities - Two communities during the Civil War
Stratford Hall Plantation - The birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Freedmen - Links pertaining to Freed Slaves
The History Place - A Civil War history site
More Civil War History - A place to find tons of information on individual battles of the war
Literature - A sampler of Civil War literature from the pages of Harper's Weekly
Fun 
Stuff
Where you can go to send someone a cyber-card
Add a virtual bouquet to your gift from here
Zillions of Recipes are available on this incredible site. You could easily spend the rest of your life checking them out!
Viki's Mousepad A place to go to find fun graphics for your own website
Author 
Illustrator Sites
A helpful site for finding all of the books written by your favorite children's author
Also a place to find authors living in specific states across the USA.
Mid-grade, Young Adult & Series' Author
Read these stories written by LJ Singleton
Author, Illustrator & Publisher
(Michael's artwork is stunning. You will be GLAD you visited his site.)
Professional Teacher, Editor & Writer
Find lots of very valuable information on this site.
Illustrator of Children's Books
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Children's Book Writer
Get some great tips for writers from this site.
Author & Professional StoryTeller
A site full of helpful information on how to make stories come "alive" for kids.
Artist & Writer
See a sample of Sandra's incredible artwork.
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Author, Poet, Educator & Consultant
Check out this great site.
Peter Davis runs a list for illustrators. This is not strictly for illustrators of children's books, etc., though there is a strong contingent of those. You can subscribe by going to this website.
Places to Find 
Books
AddAll - a fantastic Book Search & Comparison website. Click on "Used Books" to locate out of print/rare books in numerous search engines, including ABE Books (linked below.)
Amazon Books - a place to find and order all the In-Print books you want
America Writes for Kids A helpful site for finding all of the books written by your favorite children's author. Also a place to find authors living in specific states across the USA.
Chicken Soup Press - A children's press offering "books to warm the heart."
ABE Books is the place to find an out-of-print book. The results are worth it!
Another good site for Books and Book Collecting
Visit the Putnam Books Website
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