Children's Literature: English/Language Arts

Sites are recommended by librarians for use by educators, parents and children.
According to the website, these sites “share meaningful and useful content that educates, informs, or entertains”.

Website for the popular PBS series Between the Lions.

Created by librarian Lisa Bartle, DAWCL has over 8,700 records from 102 awards across six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland).

This website, sponsored by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, provides resources for students, parents and teachers. There are links to lesson plans, student interactives, printouts and professional development. Search by theme, keyword or grade level.

Literary Resources section has activities, booklists, articles and includes multicultural resources.

Search by grade level or curriculum area for over 16,000 book discussion guides.

"The NWP is a network of sites anchored at colleges and universities and serving teachers across disciplines and at all levels, early childhood through university. We provide professional development, develop resources, generate research, and act on knowledge to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities".

Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, videos, e-texts, technology integration, criticism, and classroom activities.

The Resources by Topic link on the web page provides resources by topic areas such as assessment, common core standards, history of reading and response to intervention.

Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers focusing on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing.

Research-bases classroom strategies along with teaching resources.

Get up-to-date research and best practices to help you build students' literacy skills and create a love of reading.