Stories, Books and Authors
| Books lists from HPL Staff | Favorite Books and Characters | Interactive Stories | Harry Potter | Book Reviews | Authors | Poetry |
Book lists compiled by HPL Staff
Favorite Books and Characters
- Write For Fright Rules and Winners!
- Alice in Wonderland
- American Girl
- Arthur by Marc Brown
- Between the Lions from PBS.
- Brian Jacques and Redwall
- But that wasn't the best part! a story about a banana parade
- Caillou [Shockwave, RealPlayer] Based on the PBS show
- Chronicles of Narnia "Contains information about Lewis and the illustrators of the
books; the birds, beasts, mythological creatures, and people of Narnia; and a brief
description of each book, with one full-text chapter." (LII)
- David Brown's page of Children's Literature
- Clifford the Big Red Dog Based on the books and the PBS show [RealPlayer, QuickTime]
- Official Flat Stanley Project"the Flat Stanley Project allows student to "make a paper Flat Stanley and mail it, along with a blank journal, to someone on the List of Participants"
- International Reading Association: Choices Booklists best books chosen by kids, teachers, and young adults.
- Junie B. Jones
- Kennedy Center Storytime Online "The Kennedy Center transforms three picture books into three videos in RealPlayer format."
- Magic Tree House
- Peter Rabbit Homepage [Shockwave, QuickTime] This web site is based on Beatrix Potter's most famous bunny.
- Dav Pilkey's Web Site o' Fun
- Reading Rainbow
- Series of Unfortunate Events
- Stories on the Web Stories and activities to go with them. Lots of fun stuff.
- The Story Place a kid's digital library.
- Robin Hood Project texts and information about the Robin Hood stories.
- Books available on-line
- Stories from the Web
- 75 Years of Pooh
- Just Pooh
- The Page at Pooh Corner
Harry Potter Sites
- Harry Potter Fan Site
- Adventures to Read All Through the Summer Books to read while waiting for the next Harry Potter book. From NPR...a list of books recommmended by Nancy Pearl. (LII)
- Harry Potter "This site lists the seven Harry Potter books, suggests other books for children and young adults who enjoyed reading them, and includes links to official and fan Harry Potter sites. From the Baltimore County Public Library. (LII)
- JK Rowling and Harry Potter "Collection of dozens of news articles and analysis about the Harry Potter books and their author, J.K. Rowling. Includes material back to 2000, such as reviews, sales and profits figures, and articles about new books Rowling is working on. From the website for the Scotsman newspaper." (LII)
Children's Literature and Book Reviews
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Interactive Stories
Poems
- Poetry Zone "Welcome Poets! If you're between four and eighteen years old, we'll publish your poem in The Poetry Zone."
- Writer's Window "This marvelous site (with a yummy color scheme) accepts not just poetry, but also reviews, research papers, and short stories."