Green's Farms Elementary School-Student WEblinks

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Green's Farms Elementary School
OUR Growing E-Library
for Students, Teachers and Parents

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Students

Teachers

Parents

A	Almanacs	M	Museums
A	Animals/Zoos	N	Newspapers
A	Atlases/Maps	N	News Programs
A	Authors and Illustrators	P	Potter, Harry
C	Children's Literature	P	Primary Sources
C	Citing Sources	S	Search Engines
D	Dictionaries and Thesauruses	S	Subject Directories
E	Encyclopedias	W	Websites for Kids
H	Holidays/Celebrations	W	Westport
M	Magazines	W	Westport Learning Network-DESKTOP

PTA: a PowerPoint
The Library Media Program and Reading and Information Literacy
Presented at Oct 20th PTA Meeting

ALMANACS

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ANIMALS/ZOOS

Alaska Zoo: http://www. alaskazoo.com
Animaland from the ASPA: http://www.animaland.org
Bats, Bats Everywhere: http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/
Bronx Zoo: http://www.bronxzoo.com
Cats - Wild to Mild: http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/cats/
Cincinnati Zoo: http://www.cincyzoo.org/
Dogs-- How to Love Your Dog- A Kid's Guide to Dog Care:
http://www.kidsanddogs.bravepages.com/
National Geographic For Kids - Creature Features: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/archive/
San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.com
St. Louis Zoo: http://www.stlzoo.org/
Wild Wolves: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/

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ATLASES

Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Atlas from INFOPLEASE
Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Maps of the World from geographic.org
http://www.geographic.org/maps/maps.html
Maps of the World from maps.com
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
National Geographic Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/index.html
Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
U.SA. State Map/Quiz Printouts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/

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AUTHORS and Illustrators

Connecticut Children's Book Authors - from the Connecticut State Library:
http://www.cslib.org/childbkauth.htm
Aaron Shepard's Home Page -- Stories, Scripts, Author Visits
Caroline Arnold: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1264/ (Visited GFS as part of the GFS PTA Guest Author Committee ON May 11, 2005)
Mike Artell: http://www.mikeartell.com
Author Index from Scholastic: http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml and Illustrators on the Web: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Avi: http://www.avi-writer.com/
Stan and Jan Berenstain: http://www.berenstainbears.com/index.html
Judy Blume: http://www.judyblume.com/
Jan Brett: http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
Marc Brown: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/
Jean and Laurent De Brunoff:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/babar.htm
Eric Carle: http://www.eric-carle.com/
Beverly Cleary: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cleary.htm
ANDREW CLEMENTS - (Visited GFS ON OCT. 23, 2002 - GFS Guest Author Committee)
From Houghton Mifflin- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/clements.html
Bruce Coville: http://www.brucecoville.com/
Doug Cushman: http://www.doug-cushman.com/
Roald Dahl: http://www.roalddahl.com/
Tomie dePaola: Tomie dePaola Teacher Resource File and http://www.tomie.com/about_tomie/index.html
Leo and Diane Dillon: http://www.bpib.com/l&dillon.htm
Leonard Everett Fisher
Mem Fox: http://www.memfox.net/intro.html
Gail Gibbons: http://www.gailgibbons.com/index.htm
Patricia Reilly Giff - (Visited GFS in DEC. 2001 - PTA GUEST AUTHOR)
From the Baltimore Public Library: http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_pgiff.html
Shelley Gill- (Visited GFS on March 23, 2004 as part of the GFS PTA Guest Author Committee)
http://www.shelleygill.com
Dan Gutman - (Visited GFS on Dec. 8, 2004-PTA GUEST AUTHOR COMMITTEE!!!!)
http://www.dangutman.com
Virginia Hamilton: http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
Kevin Henkes: http://www.kevinhenkes.com/default.asp and Carol Hurst's Webpage --
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/khenkes.html
Kathy Jakobsen: (Visited GFS on March 31, 2006 as part of PTA Guest Author Committee and the Rabbit Hill Festival) http://gfs.westport.k12.ct.us/lmc/authorvisits/jakobsen/kathyjakobsenvisit.htm
Ezra Jack Keats: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/main.html
Holly Keller - (Visited GFS on Dec 14, 2004= PTA GUEST AUTHOR COMMITTEE!!)
Steven Kellogg: http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/kelloggsteven/index.html
(Visited GFS on December 16, 2005 - PTA GUEST AUTHOR)
Kate Klise: http://www.kateandsarahklise.com/
(Visited GFS on May 23, 2006 - grades 3-5 PTA BUEST AUTHOR)
Madeline L'Engle: http://www.madeleinelengle.com/
Betsy and Ted Lewin (Visited GFS in March, 2001 - Rabbit Hill Festival) http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/picture_books.jsp
Mary Pope Osborne: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse
Katherine Paterson: http://www.terabithia.com/
Dav Pilkey: http://www.pilkey.com/
Jerry Pinkney:(Visitied GFS- March 28, 2003 - Rabbit Hill Festival)
Gloria Pinkney: (Visited GFS with Jerry Pinkney as part of the PTA Author Committee)
http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_pinkney.html
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/jpinkney.htm
Patricia Polacco: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/ :(Visitied GFS- Nov.6, 2003 - PTA GUEST AUTHOR COMMITTEE)
Robert Quackenbush: http://www.rquackenbush.com
Faith Ringgold: http://www.faithringgold.com/
J.K.Rowling: http://www.jkrowling.com/
Maurice Sendak: http://www.barclayagency.com/sendak.html
Dr. Seuss: http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
Shel Silverstein: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/silverstein.htm
Lemony Snicket: http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm
William Steig: http://www.williamsteig.com/
R. L. Stine: http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/
Janet Stevens, Illustrator: http://www.janetstevens.com/
Chris Van Allsburg: http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html
Walter Wick (Visited GFS on Nov. 23, 2003 -- )
http://www.walterwick.com/
Jane Yolen: http://www.janeyolen.com/

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HOLIDAYS/CELEBRATIONS

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GREAT WEBSITES FOR KIDS

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MAGAZINES (An asterisk indicates we receive the HARD COPY of this magazine.)

*Boys' Life: http://www.boyslife.org
*Calliope: http://www.cobblestonepub.com
Consumer Reports for Kids: www.zillions.com
*Cricket: http://www.cricketmag.com (also connects to SPIDER, LADYBUG and BABYBUG.)
*Dragonfly: http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~dragonfly/index.htmlx
*Kids Science Page: http://www.nal.usda.gov/Kids
*Ladybug: http://www.cricketmag.com (also connects to SPIDER, CRICKET and BABYBUG.)
*National Geographic for Kids: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
* ODYSSEY, Adventures in Science: http://www.odysseymagazine.com/
*OWLKIDS online: http://www.owl.on.ca/
*Spider: http://www.cricketmag.com (also connects to LADYBUG, CRICKET and BABYBUG.)
*Sports Illustrated for Kids: http://www.sikids.com/index.html
*Stone Soup: www.stonesoup.com
*Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/index.html
*YES Magazine (A Canadian Children's Magazine): http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/

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MUSEUMS

American Museum of Natural History, New York
Aquarium & Exhibits - Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk CT
Barnum Museum Enter the Big Tent, Bridgeport, CT
Bridgeport Discovery Museum: http://www.discoverymuseum.org/
Bruce Museum of Arts And Sciences, Greenwich, CT
Le Louvre - the official site for this famous Museum in Paris, France
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
Mashentucket Pequot Museum and Research Center:
http://www.pequotmuseum.org
Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York
National Science and Technology Centre (Australia): http://www.questacon.edu.au/
Wadsworth Atheneum of Modern Art, Hartford, CT: http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/
Weir Farm National Historic Site (National Park Service), Ridgefield & Wilton, CT
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT: http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT: http://artgallery.yale.edu/

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NEWSPAPERS

Kids COURIER

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NEWS PROGRAMS

YAHOOLIGANS NEWS FOR KIDS

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PRIMARY SOURCES

American Memory - Historical Collections from the Library of Congress
American Memory Timeline Home Page
America's Library (Library of Congress)
Learning Page of the Library of Congress Using Primary Sources
What are primary sources?

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SEARCH ENGINES and SUBJECT DIRECTORIES

SEARCH ENGINES

America's Story from America's Library
...this site was strongly recommended by Ross Gendels in Ms. Veltri's class. You can find out "today in history,"
and you watch a movie, hear a song, or play a tune from America's past
Ask Jeeves for Kids!
"...primarily an educational Web site that kids can use for homework help and research for school projects."
Awesome Library for Kids
"organizes the Web with thousands of carefully reviewed resources for kids."
Cybersleuth for Kids
Kids Almanac
From the people at "infoplease.com" a terrific resource for homework, classrom and just general websurfing.
KidsClick!
Websearch for kids created by librarians.
KIDS SEARCH TOOLS
Super-Kids
"Super-Kids reviews each site before including it in our database."
Yahooligans!
Yahoo's search engine designed for kids.

SUBJECT DIRECTORIES

WESTPORT--

Country Living Realtors -- provide information for people interested in buying homes in Westport
Town of Westport Connecticut, Westport's Official Town Homepage
Westport Public Library

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