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276 Great literacy lesson plans for all grades. Also student activities, books and authors, and strategies and tools.

California Dept of Ed recommended literature list--search for books by author, grade level, subject, and language.

Award winning book lists:  Newberry, Caldecott, Batchelder, "Best of" lists 

Searchable online literature. Books by famous authors. Author Biography's. Literature Quotes

A variety of strategies to use to analyze author choices. Strategies examined include close reading, interrupted reading and collaboration. QPA is also discussed in the high school ELA lesson.

Funny kids poems guaranteed to make you giggle by author Kenn Nesbitt! The most popular children's poetry website on the net. Kids try our online rhyming dictionary and publish your poems online here!

Author site and home of Children and YA Lit Resources. This site also features substantive teacher / librarian / researcher resources related to multicultural literature, represented communities, Native American literature, and books related to war and peace.

Sometimes when doing a retell of a narrative or expository text, , a student will make errors. These errors can lend insight to their reading behaviors. This article discusses this.

List of ten tools and classroom strategies to improve fluency from a teacher and resource author.

This site has an updated list of popular nonfiction that teachers or students could browse by category. You can also search the site for nonfiction books by title or author.

This website contains sources for teachers as well as podcasts about teaching reading. Sources include information about authors, experts and effective strategies that teachers could use.

Children's Literature Network connects, informs, and educates those who have an interest in children's and teen books, authors, and illustrators. Our community includes people who are passionate about encouraging young people to read.

Find great books for your children or the children you teach. The #1 bestselling author James Pattersons site guides you through titles, reviews, and exclusive content on the books children will love, and readies you when they ask for more.

Latest Audio Stories Children's Stories that Adults Can Enjoy Too Storynory has published a free audio story every week since November 2005. All our stories are beautifully read by professional actors. We have books and poems by classic authors. We have fairytales from around the world. We have myths and legends. This is a great home resource for kids that are struggling at school.