Amberly Media Center

Children’s Literature Web Guide : Authors and Illustrators
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
–find links to author web sites.
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literaure
http://www.dawcl.com/
–search the winners of dozens of awards by location, setting, historical period, and other keywords.
Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com
–search by author, subject, or books like your favorite book. (titles tend to be middle school and above)
KidsReads
http://www.kidsreads.com/
–reviews, features, author info.
Learning About the Author [...]

This is an ever growing list of children’s book authors who write web logs. Some posts are about their books, some maybe about other topics that interest them. I have a long list of others that I will be adding as I have time. Send me a comment if you know of any others I [...]

Kindergarten

Harper. When Randolph Turned Rotten. 
Howe. Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores. 

First Grade

Bush. Benjamin McFadden and Robot Babysitter.
James. Baby Brains and Robomom.

Second Grade

DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.

National Poetry Month
http://www.poets.org/

To subscribe to Poem-A-Day Email
http://www.poets.org/poemADay.php

Poetry Teachers
http://www.poetryteachers.com

Poetry4Kids
http://www.poetry4kids.com/

Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magpo.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm

Shel Silverstein.com
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/

Jack Prelutsky.com
http://www.jackprelutsky.com/

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia written by volunteers who work together to revise and edit the articles. If you register and log in, you can contribute information to Wikipedia. That’s both good and bad! 
Accuracy/Reliability: Recent studies suggest that Wikipedia has a percentage of misinformation similar to other encyclopedias (20% is a common estimate). 
Bias: All authors [...]

BOOK
Rule: Author last name, First name. Title (underlined or italics). City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. pages used if only part of book.

Best source of information is the book’s title page or use InfoCentre.
Example: Wallner, Alexandra. Abigail Adams. New York: Holiday House, 2001.
  
NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Rule: Author last name, First name. “Title of Article [...]

Kindergarten

Beaumont. Move Over, Rover!
Steen. Car Wash. 

First Grade

Amato. The Chicken of the Family.

Second Grade

DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.

Kindergarten/First Grade

Brown. Arthur’s April Fool.
Denim. The Dumb Bunnies.
LeSieg. Wacky Wednesday.

Second Grade

DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.