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Blog About Books Presented by National Geographic for Kids, DogEared is a blog about books-good books, funny books, adventure books; books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places . . . every kind of book that kids enjoy. Why is the site called "DogEared"? You know when you read a book and you turn the top edge of a page over to mark your place? That's called a "dog-ear"! Students mark ("dog-ear") the Web page so they can return to it often in order to read real kids' reviews and recommendations. They also share their own opinions and create their own reading wish list-as if it were their own online book club.

Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.

An on-line streaming video program featuring Screen Actors Guild members reading childrens books aloud. Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas.

The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.

Tikatok is a free creative community for kids under 13 where they can write, illustrate, and share their original stories, and have them printed out into real hardcover and paperback books. It was developed by two mothers to encourage the imagination and creativity of their children and children everywhere.

The Big Deal Book for Educators of English Language Learners Fall 2008

free electronic books (ebooks).

Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.

Categories of resources: Authors and Illustrators Books and Literature Dolch Word List Fairy Tales Intermediate Literature Listening and Speaking Poetry Primary Reading & Language Arts Rhymes Writing

From one place, you can search for literacy-related content across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

an online collection of K-12 multimedia author and book resources.

Bring authors into your classroom. Online. Anytime.

Research-based Reading Resources For Differential Instruction. Costs $59.95 per year.