Fun LinksKahoot!
Shelver! (library practice) NetSmartz (internet safety) Brainpop, Jr. (variety) Telescopic Text (creative writing) National Geographic for Kids (nature) NASA Kids (space) iCivics (government) Smithsonian Kids (variety) Poetry4Kids Digital Passport Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay |
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Award Winners
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The Show Me Reader Award
(grades 1 -3) The Mark Twain Award (grades 4 -6)
The Caldecott Medal
(illustrations in a picture book) The Newbery Medal (outstanding children's literature) |
Fun Book and Author Sites
Mike Lupica (sports fiction) *
Mo Willems (Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie) Shel Silverstein (poetry) Peter Reynolds (The Ish, The Dot) Katherine Applegate (The One and Only Ivan) * Eric Carle (Brown Bear, Brown Bear) James Patterson (Middle School series) * Jack Prelutzsky (poetry) Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants) Will Hobbs (adventure writer) * Peg Kehret (thrillers, adventure) * Avi (Poppy, Crispin) * Judy Blume * |
Kevin Henkes *
Sharon Creech (Love That Dog) * Beverly Cleary (Ramona books) * Dan Gutman (My Weird School, sports fiction) * Fancy Nancy Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) * Gordon Korman (Swindle) * Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie) Lemony Snicket Jon Scieszka (Spaceheadz) * The Harry Potter Lexicon Andrew Clements * Gary Paulsen * * good authors for an author study |