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Story maker where children can draw pictures and record corresponding text for their story. They can also add pictures or stickers. Completed books can be added to a class library and shared with the whole class or with families.

Great for ordering affordable books for children. It even had a teachers blog within the site.

Interactive, (fairly) educational website aimed at preschool and elementary students. Includes online storybooks, online activities, printable worksheets and book recommendations. Topics include music, shapes, colors, animals, etc.

This is another great, open-ended app for children to create their own books. Easy to use!

Great resource for teacher's with Latino students or want to provide an accurate "window" into some aspects of Latino culture.

A children's literature blog, with reviews and recordings of books.

Games, facts, activities, teacher resources, books for sale, all relating to the popular stories by Mo Willems. Kids go crazy for his books.

Provides online and print resources to help young thinkers tackle big questions.

Teachers who work with English language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3 and 4-8 students learn to read. Información sobre la adquisición del inglés como segundo idioma. Para que padres, familias y maestros de niños latinos ayuden a sus hijos a leer, escribir y triunfar.

Great resource for teachers supporting dual language learners and their families

"Aurasma is one of the most popular and cutting-edge technologies being used in schools around the world today. Enabling teachers to connect digital content such as video to images in books and classroom walls, Aurasma offers a uniquely inventive, fun, and holistic way of engaging students of all ages.  This post is designed for school teachers and covers all the relevant issues around using Aurasma in your school."

phonics practice

New York Public Library's Kids website. Books lists, ebook resources, kid-friendly websites, parent and teacher resources.

Amazing children's bookstore in NYC. Great for teachers and students alike. Great website with book reviews, classroom ideas and videos. 

An amazing New York bookstore with a vast collection of children's literature. The staff is extremely knowledgeable!

Great resource for teachers - theme based ideas in areas such as songs, science, books, etc

Children can create stories with dictation.  App records their voice, and then they can make accompanying pictures.  Stories can be emailed to parents, grandparents, etc.

Love love love the NYPL! The online reservation system is super easy to use, my students take extra special care of library books, and it's a way to utilize community resources without spending too much money.

Awesome activities and ideas to support the books by Kevin Henkes.

This is a child friendly and child appropriate way to search for images. My students used this to find images for the animal research books

This an easy to read and easy to navigate resource for children to do independent research. My students used this when writing their animal research books.