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AUTHORS | THEMES & TITLES | READING & RESPONDING TO FICTION

Authors
Australian Books and Writers Database
http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/
This site provides an opportunity to search for information on Australian authors and their writings. It also has an on-line second hand bookshop which might be very useful.

Author awards
http://www.asauthors.org/award/index.html

American Library Organisation
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb/
Booklists and links to reading guides

http://novelist.carl.org
Some free book info.

HarperCollins
http://www.harpercollins.com/readers/index.htm
Text guides

Amy Tan (Joy Luck Club)
 http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/amytan/
 http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~sbowen/314fall/novels/
 http://us.imdb.com/Title?Joy+Luck+Club,+The+(1993

http://www.home.gil.com.au/~cbcqld/authors.htm

Graeme Base http://www.penguin.com/usa/childrens/bios/base/base.html
Colin Thompson http://www.ozemail.com.au/~colinet
Mem Fox http://www.memfox.net/

Australa's Cultural Network
http://www.acn.net.au/resources/pathfinders/lit_path.htm
I found Robyn Klein by searching robyn and klein on  with the Literature pathfinder: http://www.penguin.com.au:80/puffin/authors/f_authors.cfm

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil

Themes & Titles

Highly Recommended Secondary Titles
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/stu55.htm
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/fiction
reviews taken from Fiction Focus which is put out by the Ed. Dept of W.A. There is a list of 20 themes, with Romance having a further 5 sub-themes.  Click on a selected theme and it will give you a list of recommended books.  Click on the coloured book title and it will take you to a review of the particular book (both positive and negative reviews may be included).  It includes ISBN number and suitable age group (eg 12+, lower secondary).

Heroes
Australian Heroes www.abc.net.au/btn/austs.htm
John Glenn  www.discovery.com/stories/science/glenn/live.html
www.alltogethernow.org/sc/22spec.htm
Antartic Journey www.iridium-icetrek.org
Space flight http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-95
US Space flights www.unitedspaacealliance.com/live/video.htm

Books for reluctant readers
http://www.beyondbasals.com

http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/rundlett/booktalks/
brief book reviews, watch spelling, middle school good site and links on heroes

Looking for Alibrandi http://www.ozemail.com.au/~d8566hn1/alibrandi.html

SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES
http://www.sadako.com/http://www.sadako.org/sadakostory.htmhttp://rosella.apana.org.au/~mlb/cranes/reslink1.htmhttp://www.eskimo.com/~marmonk/sadako.htmhttp://www.he.net/~sparker/sharon2.htmlhttp://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/smith158.htmlhttp://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/sadako.htmhttp://fly.hiwaay.net/~ejcranks/sadako.htmlhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/crane/cranetg.htmlhttp://www.fascinating-folds.com/origamiland/sadako.html
Other Hiroshima books to link with Sadako are:
Christobel Mattingley - The miracle tree
T. Maruki                  - The Hiroshima story
Junko Morimoto        - My Hiroshima

Reading & Responding to fiction

Webtime Stories http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webtime/
Replacing the "Kiddie Lit on the Net" site, Webtime Stories is an annotated hotlist of exceptional online stories, book and author resources, and online activites for people who love children's literature.

KidBibs.comhttp://www.kidbibs.com
This site provides teachers and parents with strategies to help children become good readers, writers, and learners. KidBibs includes learning tips updated weekly, age-appropriate book lists, links, a simple tool to create
a personalized bookmark, and more.   Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School

Handbook for Storytellers http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/storyhandbook.htm
This handbook is filled with practical advice for storytellers on choosing, learning, and telling a story. The site also includes background information and a list of references.
Part of the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Children's Literature and Language Arts page at http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm by Inez Ramsey of James Madison University.

Literature Circles.
Articles in:
* Access, March, 1997 (by Yvonne Jenkins)
* Scan, August, 1997 (by Lee Fitzgerald)
* Orana, first issue, 1998 (by Lee Fitzgerald)

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