Useful Websites
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Links for Pupils
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Achuka
http://www.achuka.co.uk |
An excellent UK
website full of all sorts of information about children's
books. Provides author interviews, biographical
information about authors and links to their own
websites. Includes the likes of Shirley Hughes, Robert
Swindells and Philip Pullman. |
Almond, David
http://www.davidalmond.com |
Sophisticated,
friendly site containing book reviews, writing tips,
information for teaches and schools and a notice board.
Author biography includes a note from David. |
Anholt, Laurence and
Catherine
http://www.anholt.co.uk |
This is a fun site for
children to use to find out more about the authors and their
books. |
BBC Revision Website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision/
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This site has lots of
quizzes that are fun and really good for revision in Science,
Maths and English. |
Children's Laureate
http://www.childrenslaureate.org |
Information past and
present? Your chance to vote for the next one. |
Children's Literature
Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ |
A portal to access
information on the web related to children's literature.
An adult site but there are links to many sites of interest to
young readers. |
Cole, Babette
http://www.babette-cole.com |
This is a friendly
site that opens with an author biography and a smiley
photo. Pages include stories for you, questions, a
gallery of pictures, letters and reviews. |
Cooper, Helen
http://www.wormworks.com |
A brilliant child
friendly website crammed with information, author biographies,
photos and fun activities for children. Created by the
author and her illustrator husband Ted Dewan. |
Cool Reads
http://www.cool-reads.co.uk |
Books for 10 - 15 year
olds by 10 - 15 year old reviewers. |
Dahl, Roald
http://www.roalddahl.com |
Lesson plans and
classroom activities. |
Fine, Anne
http://www.annefine.co.uk |
Autobiography,
interviews, awards information and answers to frequently asked
questions. |
Jacques, Brian
http://www.redwall.org/dave/jacques.html |
The official Redwall
site with information about the author, the books and the
characters. |
Jennings, Paul
http://www.pauljennings.com.au |
Author information, a
story, letters page for fans and booklists. A site as
wacky as its author! |
Mrs Mad's Book-a-Rama
http://www.mrsmad.com |
A site with hundreds
of reviews of children's books, plus games, puzzles and
recommended reading for different age groups. You can
also send your own reviews to be posted on the site. |
Naidoo, Beverley
http://www.beverleynaidoo.com |
Information about the
award winning author, her books, reviews, news, visits to
schools and frequently asked questions. |
Open Book
http://www.kidsopenbook.co.uk |
On-line reviews of
children's books and multimedia. Easy to navigate site. |
Orme, David
http://www.magic-nation.com |
Includes poetry
activities and information about workshops provided by the
poet/ex-teacher. |
Paul, Korky
http://www.korkypaul.com |
A brilliant site for
children to find out about Korky, his books an an opportunity
to write to him on-line. |
Poetry Society
http://www.poetrysoc.com |
News, reviews,
competitions and web site links. Resources for schools
and young poets. |
Puffin Books
http://www.puffin.co.uk |
A publisher's site with
information on books and authors published by the firm
including links to their websites. |
Rayner, Shoo
http://www.shoorayner.co.uk |
A great site packed
with fun things for children - stories, information about the
author and his books and ideas for teachers. Something
for everyone! |
Rowling, JK
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm |
The official Harry
Potter and JK Rowling website produced by her American
Publisher (so some of the titles are different!). Lots
of information and activities for her fans. |
Stories from the Web
http://hosted.ukonline.ac.uk |
An interactive UK
website for children to write reviews and exchange information
or read about favourite authors. Encourages children to
join on-line reading groups. |
Treasure Island
http://www.ukonln.ac.uk/services/treasure |
Everything you could
possibly want to know about Treasure Island. Find out about
the author, the characters of the book, tropical islands,
pirates, buried treasure and lots more! |
UK Children's books
http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk |
An on-line directory of
the world of children's books including links to Authors,
Illustrators and Publishers websites. |
What's your story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/write |
A web site where
children can write a story with their favourite author. |
Young Book Trust
http://www.booktrust.org.uk |
A charity concerned
with the promotion of books and reading. Includes links
to other sites for libraries, publishers and magazines. |
Zephaniah, Benjamin
http://www.benjaminzephaniah.com |
Very cool, modern
site. Pages for Kidz, Teenz and Adultz and on the
subject of Truth (biography), Wordz, Politico and Friendz. |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/bigread |
The web site for the
BBC's major reading promotion to find the nation's favourite
books. There are sections aimed at schools and libraries
and ideas for activities with young people for Early Years to
Secondary. |
| http://readingagency.co.uk |
The web site of a
charity working to inspire and support libraries in creating
the best access to reading for everyone. Developing
pilot models, partnerships, advocacy and research. |
| http://www.readon.org.uk |
The web site for the
National Reading Campaign. Lots of ideas for reader
promotion for all ages. |
| http://www.readingisfundamental.com |
The web site has
competitions, book reviews, quizzes, anagrams etc and pages
aimed at young people called "Rifsters" and
"RifM8S". |
| http://boox.org.uk |
The web site linked to
BOOX magazine. Unfortunately, it takes a long time to
load. |
| http://carnegie |
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| http://www.booktrusted.co.uk |
Lets you search for
books by genre |
| http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org |
Interactive literacy
site for children |
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