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Familiar Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Here's the complete, unabridged ninth edition of Barlett's Familiar Quotations. In the real world, this book weighs in at more than 1100+ pages; the online version is easy to access, and very easily searched by keyword. You'll find famous quotes and sayings by dozens of famous authors, politicians, poets, and other notables. |
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Favorite
Poem Project | "Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument," says U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. His Favorite Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite poems, and invites you to send in a favorite poem with a few sentences about why it is special to you. |
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to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults'
Authors & Illustrators An alphabetical listing of authors and illustrators to help you track down information about your favorites on the world wide web.
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www.BetsyByars.com Betsy Byars has written more than 50 books for young people and won all kinds of awards for her writing, including the prestigious Newbery Award for Summer of the Swans. What is Betsy Byars like? Where does she get her ideas? What is she working on now? Find out at her official website! |
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Roald Dahl Home Page| Jean
Craighead George | Jean Craighead George has shared her love of nature with generations of young readers in over 80 books, both fiction and non-fiction. You know her as the author of My Side of the Mountain. What is the story behind this book? What else has she written? This fascinating author is always doing something interesting and exciting! Drop by her website to see what she's been doing lately! Into
the Wardrobe: The C.S. Lewis Page | The home for everything having to do with C.S. Lewis and his writings. Includes his Fiction and Poetry, Non-Fiction, Papers and Speeches, Quotes, Photographs, and Other Lewis Links on the Web. Gary
Paulsen |
Gary Paulsen's own life is as much an adventure as the exciting books he writes. He keeps in touch with his fans via his website, so you can know where he is and what he's up to right now. You'll also find a biography, information about his books, and even have an opportunity to ask a question which could be answered online. Pilkey's
Web Site O' Fun |
Based on the popularity of "Captain Underpants" in the media center, I felt I had to include this site. Learn more about the author who created this zany character and other books he's written. Enjoy some games and jokes, but watch out for that "Boring Teacher Stuff"! Individual Authors http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=authors+individual&title=Individual+Authors
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