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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: A Book Review of Shiloh

For Students 6th - 8th
This site is a review of one of Phyllis Naylor's more well known books, "Shiloh."
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Richard Peck

For Students 6th - 8th
This site provides a commentary on the works of author, Richard Peck.
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Ghost Belonged to Me

For Students 6th - 8th
This site on the book "The Ghost Belonged to Me," by Richard Peck, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources."
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lectures to Children: Illustrating Important Truth by John Todd

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lectures to Children: Familiarly Illustrating Important Truth by John Todd (1866), a book of sermons for children.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lectures to Children: Second Series by John Todd

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lectures to Children: Familiarly Illustrating Important Truth: Second Series by John Todd (1866), a book of sermons for children.
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Lyddie

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What do you know about the characters and setting of "Lyddie," by Carol Hurst? Gain insight into the characters through the discussion questions found a this site.
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Virginia Hamilton

For Students 6th - 8th
This site contains a biographical description of Virginia Hamilton. There is also a list of her books with a brief description of each
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Katherine Paterson

For Students 3rd - 8th
Newbery-winning author Katherine Paterson is featured in this site that includes a biography and a list of her books with detailed descriptions.
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Orca Book Publishers: 'Queen of the Toilet Bowl' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Queen of the Toilet Bowl' by Canadian author Freida Wishinsky is about a Brazilian girl who gets a lead role in a school musical and then must learn to deal with a bully who is upset she was passed over for it. Freida Wishinsky is a...
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Orca Book Publishers: '121 Express' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
121 Express is a novel by Monique Polak for Grades 5-8. It looks at a boy's attempts to become popular by teasing other children on a bus. He then learns to question his choices when he realizes the negative consequences of his actions....
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Favourite Tales for the Nursery by Thomas Nelson & Sons

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's book Favourite Tales for the Nursery by Thomas Nelson & Sons (1888). It includes the following stories: Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Puss in Boots,...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss (1888). This is a new translation from the original by Mrs. H.B. Paull; with original colored illustrations and...
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Kit Pearson

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kit Pearson is a popular author of historical fiction for children, as well as other genres. Her site has descriptions of her books and biographical information.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Storyland of Stars by Mara L. Pratt

For Students 2nd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Storyland of Stars by Mara L. Pratt (1892). This is an illustrated, nonfiction book about astronomy and the stars from Young Folks' Library of Choice Literature.
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Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers

Canscaip: Kenneth Oppel

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of popular Canadian children's author Kenneth Oppel and a list of his published works and awards are provided.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Pictures of St. Paul Drawn in an English Home by A. L. O. E.

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Pictures of St. Paul Drawn in an English Home by A. L. O. E. (1890) a children's novel.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Bessie, the Blackberry Gatherer Society for Christian Knowledge

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bessie, the Blackberry Gatherer, or, What Trying May Do from The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [1870]. This is a children's Christian novel.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Sybil's Sacrifice and Other Choice Stories by C. E. Bowen

For Students 4th - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sybil's Sacrifice and Other Choice Stories for the Young by C. E. Bowen [1870], a collection of illustrated children's stories.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Widow's Sixpence or Go Thou and Do Likewise by J. Blackwood

For Students 4th - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Widow's Sixpence, or, Go Thou and Do Likewise by James Blackwood [1870], a children's novel about giving sacrificially.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Boy's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories by P. Cozans

For Students 4th - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Boy's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories by Philip Cozans (1861), a collection of illustrated children's stories.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library:long Evenings or Stories for My Little Friends by Emilia Marryat

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Long Evenings, or, Stories for My Little Friends by Emilia Marryat (1861), a collection of children's stories.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lost and Found or Twelve Years With Bulgarian Gypsies by Rother

For Students 4th - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lost and Found or Twelve Years with Bulgarian Gypsies by Mrs. Carl Rother (c1887), a children's novel.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: American Boy's Book of Sports and Games by White

For Students 1st - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book American Boy's Book of Sports and Games: A Repository of In-and-Out-Door Amusements for Boys and Youth by White (1864), an illustrated collection of indoor and...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Willie's Disobedience or Cottage by the Cliff by Fredrick Warne

For Students 5th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Willie's Disobedience or The Cottage by the Cliff by Fredrick Warne and Co. (1887), a children's novel.

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