All Things Considered Rowling Interview (Audio Clip)
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Alexlibris
"Eleven-year old Alex Weisler offers book reviews (reprinted from trade publications such as "School Library Journal") along with commentary sent in by other kids, book excerpts and author biographies. Profiled authors include Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, Louis Sachar, Shel Silverstein and (of course) J.K. Rowling. For an extra bit of fun, hit refresh on the front page to see a different featured book! Best clicks are the links to authors’ own Web sites, which you’ll find under Meet the Author."
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Aesop’s Fables
"Each year, University of Massachusetts professor Copper Giloth asks his Computers in Fine Arts students to illustrate or animate an Aesop fable, along with their own modern retelling of the story. This collection of nearly forty fables is the best of that student work dating back to 1994. This fun site is a must-see, and is a great place to start before creating your own fables. My personal favorite is ""The Jay and The Peacock."""
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AesopFables.com
"Although not as pretty or as well organized as some of the other sites, AesopFables.com does have the entire text of 655 of Aesop’s fables and 127 fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen. And creator John Long isn’t done yet: 209 Grimm brothers’ fairy tales are coming soon. Best click for students is Selected Fables which includes eighty-six Aesop fables ""selected for their ease of reading and concise moral understanding."" Look for the Real Audio logo in the lower right-hand corner of some of the story pages to hear Long’s ten year old daughter read the fable. "
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Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By
Reviewed December 14, 1999 by Elaine, a reader from Newton, Massachusetts who is affiliated with the site. Kids love to read and listen to stories written for them and about them, and by visiting Absolutely Whootie they have a way to actively participate in an online community that encourages them to think and respond to stories and fables.
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75 Years of Pooh
"Pooh’s publishers created this thoughtful and delightful site a few years ago in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of Winnie- the-Pooh in 1926. There are interactive games, Pooh recipes, and audio samples of Charles Kuralt reading from two Pooh books. But the best clicks are the Pooh Party package (seventeen printable pages including invitations and party games) and the chapter-by-chapter Winnie-the-Pooh Classroom Activities."
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123 Reading Road
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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"Welcome Back, Potter"
"This article from the online archive of Book Magazine, analyzes J.K. Rowling’s unprecedented success, opening with a few comments from the British editor that gave J.K. Rowling her first big break. Written for the book publishing industry, it has some behind-the-scenes insight that will be interesting to anyone who dreams of being a novelist. If you are doing an author’s report on Rowling, don’t miss the timeline of her life. You’ll find a link to it in a little yellow box in the middle of the article."
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"Time for Kids: Lemony Snicket, Author"
"The mysterious writer of A Series of Unfortunate Events"" confesses all to TFK kid reporterLaura Winters."" Learn about the Nickelodeon films based on the gloomy book series, what booksDaniel Handler loved as a child, and the author’s advice for would-be writers. Read theinterviewer’s bio (she’s only nine!) and her other Time for Kids articles by following the LauraWinters link at the bottom of the page."
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"Scholastic: Myths, Folktales, Fairy Tales"
"As part of their Writing with Writers series, this Scholastic project is a multi-grade resource for learning about and writing myths, folktales and fairytales. Grades one to three explore fairy tales and meet two authors who have re-written classic fairy tales: Jon Scieska (author of ""The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"") and Diane Good (author and illustrator of ""Cinderella: The Dog and her Little Glass Slipper."") Similarly, grades three to six dive into folk tales while grades five through eight learn about myths. There even is an opportunity to submit your own tales for possible publication on the Scholastic site."
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