Amberly Media Center

Detailed reviews coming soon…

Links to other lists….

• 100 Best Books
• Carol Hurst’s Literature Site
• Common Sense Media: Best Read Alouds
• Jim Trelease’s Home Page
• RIF Reading Planet

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 and Illustrator A-Z
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/authora.html
—-find links to author web sites.

Meet The Author USA
http://www.meettheauthor.com/
—-video podcasts of authors introducing their latest books, most are adult authors, but some children’s and young adult authors (especially those that write fantasy and scifi) are included.

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Additional Author Sites

Andrew Clements
http://www.andrewclements.com/

Eoin Colfer
http://www.eoincolfer.com/

Kate DiCamillo
http://www.katedicamillo.com/

Neil Gaiman
http://www.neilgaiman.com/

Anthony Horowitz
http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/

Erin Hunter
http://www.warriorcats.com/

Kevin Kammeraad
http://www.tomatocollection.com

Jeff Kinney
http://www.wimpykid.com/

Ann M. Martin
http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/

Mercer Mayer
http://www.littlecritter.com/

Megan McDonald
http://www.meganmcdonald.net/

Stephanie Meyers
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

Jonanthan Rand
http://www.americanchillers.com/

Rick Riordan
http://www.rickriordan.com/

J. K. Rowling
http://www.jkrowling.com

Gertrude Chandler Warner
http://www.boxcarchildren.com/index.cfm?CategoryID=2

Betty Ren Wright
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3143

Can’t Find Your Favorite Author?
Click on the Comments link above to suggest an author to add to the additional list.

• D’Amico. Ella the Elegant Elephant.

Kindergarten

• Kasza. My Lucky Day.
• Kasza. The Pig’s Picnic.

First Grade

• Sanders-Wells. Maggie’s Monkeys.
• Watt. Scaredy Squirrel at Night.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizi. The Field Guide.

Kindergarten

• Bunting. Flower Garden.
• Stevens. Tops and Bottoms.

First Grade

• Davidson. Princess Justina Albertina.
• Wilsdorf. Princess.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizi. The Field Guide.

First Grade/Kindergarten

• Barrett. Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing.
• Goode. Dinosaur’s New Clothes.
• Willems. Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.

Kindergarten/First Grade

• Cronin. Diary of a Worm.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizzi & Black. The Field Guide.

Third Grade/ Fourth Grade

• Mortenson. Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea.

One of the first steps in the research process is coming up with good questions. After using a Jeopardy game to practice searching the New Book of Knowledge online encyclopedia, second graders have taken on a huge higher order thinking challenge: they are helping me write new questions. Here’s our process:

1. Pick a SUBJECT
2. Search SUBJECT
3. Find an interesting FACT
4. Write the question using: WHO? WHERE? WHAT? WHEN? WHY? or HOW MANY…?
5. Write the ANSWER
6. REVIEW–”Does the question  lead me to the correct SUBJECT?” “Does the question lead me to the correct FACT?”

Kindergarten

• Florian. Dinothesaurus.
• Thomas. Rhyming Dust Bunnies.

First Grade

• Yee. Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizzi & Black. The Field Guide.

Kindergarten

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

First Grade

• Brett. The Umbrella.
• David. The Magic Raincoat.

Second Grade

• Yolen. Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy.

Third Grade

• Bayrock. Bubble Homes and Fish Farts.