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OK - this is just the coolest site - a collection of essays by authors about how they came up with their big ideas... mostly science and sicence fiction - no wonder as the blog author is a Creative Consultant on Stargate Universe.

this vintage footage from the 1930s, shows Keller in the flesh and how she learned to talk

There's no sound, and the clip only runs 20 seconds. But this is the only known footage of Anne Frank, and it's now onlin

The world according to John Irving. Times are tougher for young writers. But the book isn't going - a short interview with John Irving

This is an amazing assignment! "One of our grade 7 Humanities teachers, Dan McWilliam, just finished a project with his grade 7 students. In order to understand the concept of perspective in historical accounts, Dan had his students re-write a 'picture book' on colonialization from an alternate perspective."

The Complete National Geographic on 6 DVD-ROMs - worth replacing those many individual issues on library shelves?

We want to help book lovers choose which books to read. We want to help students understand which works were the most influential for specific figures as well as for generations as a whole. We want to help parents buy their children the same books that touched the lives of important people in the past. We want to provide young people with one more role-modeling tool, so that they can imitate, through reading, the famous people they most love.

What should I read next? Type in a title and an author and suggestions will appear from Amazon and Library Thing, etc..

"Contemporary Young Adult Dystopias and What They Can Teach Us" An exceptional list!

Just because you're online doesn't mean that you can't experience the world first-hand - or as close to first-hand as possible. Here are websites that feature virtual learning experiences, exposing online visitors to everything from history to geography, astronomy to anatomy, literature to government.

links to 21 author sites

DOGONews is an online news and web resource for elementary school children, aged 5-10 and a publishing platform for aspiring reporters ages 9-15. The website consists of three sections: News, Sites and Earth.

Another great find! I was looking through and found the Scholastic story starter website. I think my kids would really enjoy this activity!

But Hope got involved in a dangerous, all-too-typical teen game. In June, at the end of her seventh-grade year at Beth Shields Middle School, she sent a picture of her exposed breasts to a boy she liked. This post deals with the tragic consequences of the actions taken by peers, parents and the school

Wow, what a powerful post. Thanks for sharing this.

should a link be on our school library web sites?

Welcome to my workshop! Here you'll find writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help you write a book review. Once you've completed my challenges, try writing and publishing a review of your own. When you've completed your review and this workshop, you can write your own book review and publish it online.

All the titles in our BC Books for BC Schools (2008/09) (2009/10) and our Canadian Aboriginal Book for Schools (2008/09) (2009/10) catalogues have been selected from publisher submissions by teacher-librarians. The titles have been chosen for their relevance to school curricula and are annotated by professional evaluators.

I was just going to share this! Since you got to it first Donna, I'll just have to share something else :)

an incredible book/reading wiki

Some of these sound cute

Eric Carle talks about his book - charming! Synopsis This is the classic edition of the bestselling story written for the very young. A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food.  

a beautiful collection of books - even for a reader!