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Join an E-Mail list for Children's WritersCheck out the NEW sites that have been added to the History area!
Fun Stuff
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
* 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
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
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.
Note: Charles has a new URL
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
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