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Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They're curiously fun.

There are no facts and figures about the school library on the My Schools website, yet the library and the teacher librarian play a vital role in your child's education. So are Australian children and young people getting the best deal? ASLA research shows that a strong library program that is adequately staffed, resourced and funded can lead to higher student achievement regardless of the socioeconomic or educational levels of the adults in the community This is a 10-point checklist designed for parents to investigate if their school is investing where it counts.

Book series have been around for a long time and play an important role in early reading. From the blog Literacy, families and learning

Thought Audio is a producer and provider of free audio books featuring classic titles across a variety of genres. Thought Audio audio books are professionally narrated works that you can listen to online or download to play offline. The library of audio books on Thought Audio contains some titles that are hard to find as audio files. For example you'll find titles like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Life of PT Barnum, and The Madman. You'll also find more commonly read titles like Alice in Wonderland, and Poe's The Raven.

Curriki is a community of educators working together to create quality materials. It is an online environment that enables free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. The name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible.

SUPERB! Place the numbers on the number line. Loads of levels. Negative numbers and decimals. Play against the clock for a score. My class's favourite warm up, useful throughout school from year 3 to year 6.

Naomi Bates' site for book trailer resources. It offers information about creating good book trailers as well as where you can find resources for creating your own.

Access the complete works of William Shakespeare. All his works along with a lot of interesting tools to aid in studies of them. Each of the works is completely searchable. Tthe site offers a concordance, which allows users to trace all uses Shakespeare made of any particular word. You can also view sonnets individually, or choose any two to examine side by side.