coolinks.gif (4398 bytes)

The following are links to other sites on the Internet that are of educational interest to students and teachers.  This site is updated often.  If any link doesn't work, has content that you feel is inappropriate, or if you have suggestions for other educational links, please email the webmaster.  Thank you!

Books and Authors

Aesop's Fables Online
http://www.aesopfables.com/
A collection of over 650 of Aesop's famous fables.

Bailey School Kids
http://www.baileykids.com/

Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey are the authors of this popular series.

Berenstain Bears webpage
http://www.berenstainbears.com

Beverly Cleary
http://www.beverlycleary.com/

Find out about the author of the Ramona series.

Captain Underpants
http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm
Lots of "fun stuff"--Professor Poopypants' Name Change-o-Chart, Make Your Own Comic, Click-o-Rama--plus information about the author and characters.

Children’s Authors and Illustrators on the web
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.

Chris Van Allsburg
www.chrisvanallsburg.com
The Polar Express and Jumanji are two works by this amazing author/illustrator.  Activities, videos, and lots of information are at this website.

Clifford the Big Red Dog

http://pbskids.org/clifford/

Dav Pilkey’s Website o’ fun
http://www.pilkey.com/
Visit this site for activities from the author of The adventures of Captain Underpants.

Eoin Colfer's website
www.eoincolfer.com
Do you like the Artemis Fowl books?  This website is really cool!

Eric Carle’s Homepage
http://www.eric-carle.com/
The official website for the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Contains a biography and activities for kids.

Gail Gibbons
www.gailgibbons.com
Great non-fiction author

Harry Potter
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm
This Scholastic site keeps you up to date on Harry.

Harry Potter
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/web/home.jsp
This is the official Harry Potter site from Warner Brothers.

Harry Potter
http://www.mugglenet.com/
The largest and most visited fan-run Harry Potter website.  

Jan Brett’s Homepage
http://www.janbrett.com/
Hear Jan Brett’s monthly message, send her email, or send someone else a postcard with Jan’s beautiful artwork.

Jean Craighead George
www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com
For students who love the nature-rich books of this author, whose books include Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountain.

Katherine Paterson website
http://www.terabithia.com/
This award-winning author wrote Bridge to Terabithia among others.

Kids @ Random
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids
Learn about hot new books put out by Random House publishers, visit the new Junie B. Jones website, play Thomas the tank engine games, visit Seussville University (math, reasoning, science and reading games).

Laura Ingalls Wilder, frontier girl
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/frames.html
Find out more about the author of the Little House   series.

Lemony Snickett
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/
"You, the unwary computer user, are only a click away from learning more about A Series Of Unfortunate Events, a terrible collection of books concerning the lives of the three Baudelaire children, and if I were you, I would visit any other website in the world rather than participate in the gloom that this particular site offers."

The Magic School Bus
http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/

Magic Tree House series
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/

Matt Christopher website
www.mattchristopher.com
Do you like sports?  This author has written over 100 sports books for young readers.

Mem Fox’s Homepage

http://www.memfox.net/
The author of Koala Lou and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Narnia
http://www.narnia.com
Are you a fan of the Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis?  This site has information about the books, the creatures, and the people of Narnia.

Patricia Polacco’s Website

http://www.patriciapolacco.com
This popular author writes many multicultural picture books

Picturing Books
http://www.geocities.com/dimatulka
A website about picture books.  Describes the various styles and media that children's illustrators use, showing  jackets of books that exemplify those styles.

Redwall/Brian Jacques website
http://www.redwall.org/
If you're a fan of Brian Jacque's Redwall series, this site is for you.

Seussville
http://randomhouse.com/seussville/
Play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, and more.

Tony DiTerlizzi
www.diterlizzi.com
Creator of the 2003 Caldecott Honor book The Spider and the Fly and the Spiderwick Chronicles.

The Wild World of Wonka
http://www.wonka.com
You don't need a golden ticket to get into Willy Wonka's Candy Factory.  It's just a click away!

Northside Home