Reading/Literacy & ELL Web Sites

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  CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

  • BookHive Watch video of noted storytellers spinning their favorite tales. From the Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Libraries.
  • Center for Children's Books, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Book reviews from The Bulletin, news, and feature articles about the best in children's literature.
  • Cooperative Children’s Book Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Booklists on topics from multicultural literature to intellectual freedom, the CCBC features new and classic children's literature reviews and news.
  • Kay Vandergrift's Children’s Literature Pages, Rutgers University - A noted professor of children's literature, Kay Vandergrift focuses on fairy tales and historic children's literature.
  • TeachingBooks.net - A new resource getting strong reviews; features popular author interviews in streaming video, along with book-based activities.  Registration is free, but schools and libraries will need to subscribe for full access.

READING LITERACY

  • Letter P.A.L.S. - Provides personalized letters for children to read that are developmentally appropriate, grades 3-5.  The school-to-home letters reinforce and motivate maturing reading skills.
  • Reading Online, International Reading Association: Early Childhood - Resources, booklists, and strategies for early literacy with a focus on young children.
  • Reading Online, International Reading Association - Adolescent resources, booklists, and strategies for developing literacy with a focus on teens.
  • Read, Write, Think - Lessons and curriculum developed by the International Reading Association, Thinkfinity, and the National Council for the Teachers of Education.

  ELL/ESL (English as a Learned Language/English as a Second Language)