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Literature & Authors

  • About.com  Classic Literature
  • About.com  Contemporary Literature
  • American Literature: PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide
    Information on literary movements and authors by Paul P. Reuben.
  • Andrew Clements
    Find out about Andrew Clements, author of The School Story, The Jacket, and lots of other books.
  • Anne M. Martin: The Baby-sitters Club
    What’s happening at the Baby-sitters Club?
  • Arthur
    Meet Marc Brown.  For Arthur fans everywhere!
  • Authors and Literature in the Yahoo! Directory
    Explore sites about authors and their works, including biographies, study guides, fan pages, news, excerpts, and quotes.
  • Author’s Encyclopedia
    Looking for information on your favorite author, try this website.
  • Authors 4 teens
    site about contemporary authors whose books explore all aspects of teenage life.
  • Authors On The Web
    A site dedicated to providing information about authors and author websites. Author interviews, reading lists, trivia games and fast facts about authors.
  • Avi’s Home Page
    Meet Avi, I have.
  • Bartleby Library, Columbia University
    full text of many literary classics, especially good for poetry
  • Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (1901)
    from Columbia University’s Bartleby Library
  • BookAdventure: Book Finder
    Aan easy way to develop a list of reading suggestions from this database of over 6000 titles.
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Author Sheets
    Literary criticism resources on more than 100 authors from Reference Services.
  • Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
    rated reviews, curriculum integration, and themes of how to use children’s lit in the classroom.
  • Children’s Literature Activities for the Classroom
    Links to children’s literature sites by genre and book title.
  • The Children’s Literature Web Guide
    Internet resources related to books for children and young adults  Extensive directory of official author sites and fan sites. Highly recommended sites are noted.
  • Children’s Picture Book Database
    Keyword-searchable database of over 5000 picture books; includes abstracts, subject classification, and Web links.
  • Children’s Storybooks Online
    Many wonderful free children’s books are available to read at Children’s Storybooks Online. Stories span age ranges from preschool, young children, teens.
  • CliffsNotes
    Read summaries of books for free online.
  • Deborah Hopkinson
    Find out about the author of Birdie’s Lighthouse and Lots of links to more information about which she has written.
  • Dr. Seuss
    Fun and games from the publisher of the Dr. Seuss books!
  • E.B. White
    Author of  Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little.
  • EDSITEment!: The Best of the Humanities on the Web
    EDSITEment is a constantly growing collection of online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages. Go to Literature and Language Arts for lesson plans and websites. EDSITEment is a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI Communications Corp., and the National Trust for the Humanities.
  • The Emily Rodda Web site
    Official website for the author of the Deltora Quest series, Rowan of Rin, and other books.
  • Ezra Jack Keats: A Virtual Exhibit
    Author of A Chair for Peter, and Snowy Day.  Includes his biography and more.
  • Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
    Reviews, lists, and information about all kinds of books for young people.
  • The Goosebumps Page
    Enter if you dare!
  • Great Books Foundation
    Great Books Foundation for instruction and materials to discuss literature
  • The Great Books Homepage
    From Malaspina University   This student research database is searchable alphabetically, chronologically, categorically and thematically. The database contains 1021 custom entries.
  • Great Writers and Poets
    Wonderful links to biographies and works of writers and poets.
  • Greenville Public Library Author Links
    If you do not see a link for an author here, he or she probably does not have one.
  • Gutenberg Literature
    A library of 17000 free ebooks whose copyright has expired in the USA Book listings, search engine, newsletter, articles,
  • Harry Potter 
    From Kidsreads.com.  Biography of J.K. Rowling, and information on the Harry Potter books.
  • Into the Wardrobe: A Web website C.S. Lewis
    A comprehensive CS Lewis site that includes a daily quote, photographs, illustrations, academic papers, discussion forums, audio files, complete lists of works.
  • Jan Brett’s Home Page
    Author/illustrator’s page with lots of fun activities connected to her books.
  • Janet Stevens
    Author/Illustrator Janet Stevens.
  • J.K.Rowling Official Site – Harry Potter and more
    Jump aboard the Hogwart Express to come on a fantastic adventure at the official JK Rowling Website. See what’s on my desk. Read all about me, JK Rowling.
  • Joseph Bruchac
    Meet the author of Skeleton Man and much, much more.
  • Kidsreads.com
    A site for teachers and students (ages 6-12) to find out about new book releases, read interviews with authors, play literary games, and find discussion questions for thier own book club.
  • Lloyd Alexander
    Brief biography includes photo and a listing of some of the major awards Alexander has claimed.
  • Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages
    Kay E. Vandergrift provides over 400 author information pages.
  • Looking Critically at Picture Books
    Using Picture Books in the classroom with older students. Including activities and related books from Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site.
  • Magic School Bus Fun Place
    What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now?
  • Maurice Sendak
    A biography of the famous author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen.
  • MGPL Webrary® – Web Sites for Book Lovers
    The most complete Web Sites for Book Lovers. Index. Book Reviews & Booklists: Bestsellers, book reviews, readalikes, and “what to read next.” Book Discussion Guides, etc.
  • Patricia Palacco.com
    Information  about Patricia  Polacco and her books.
  • Picture Books for Older Readers
    Picture Books for Older Readers.  Internet links to sophisticated, complex picture book resources for middle and high school teachers.
  • Official Eric Carle Web Site
    Fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books will enjoy this site.
  • The Official website of Jeanne DuPrau
    An author biography and information about The City of Ember and The People of Sparks and what is coming next.
  • The On-line Books Page
    Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web
  • Redwall Abbey: The Official Web website of British Author Brian Jacques
    All things Redwall!
  • Roald Dahl Fans.com
    Includes a bibliography with descriptions of each book or story, a biography, trivia about Dahl, and more.
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events
    More than wise readers would want to know about this great series of books, and their author Lemony Snickett.
  • SparkNotes
    A free online alternative to Cliffs Notes written by Harvard University students and alumni. Study guides to about 100 classic books and plays are online and more are being added.
  • Tintin.com
    Herg© biography and Tintin synopses, reviews, characters, criticisms, and other homepage links.
  • Treasure Island
    Absolutely everything you’d want to know about Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel!
  • Virginia Hamilton: Welcome to My World
    An award-winning author’s books, family,  and more!
  • Web Sites for Book Lovers — Pamunkey Regional Library
    It includes “Web Sites for Book Lovers”, “Thinking Out Loud” (a book discussion group) and over 120 different booklists compiled by librarians.
  • Wendelin Van Draanen
    All you need to know about Sammy Keyes, Shredderman, and author Wendelin Van Draanen!
  • The World of Beverly Cleary
    Official Web site of author Beverly Cleary.
  • Yahoo: Children’s authors
    Lots of information about authors and their books.

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