Use a series of extension activities to enhance your class reading of Chris Van Allsburg's holiday classic, The Polar Express. From a biography of the author to filmed book reviews and research about the railroad, kids can take...

Scholars analyze fiction and nonfiction text and fill in a worksheet detailing the text's title, genre, and reason for its classification.

This site offers a very detailed biography along with photo's and portait of Heinlein. It also has an extensive book review of many of his works. It has an extensive bibliography and a message board for questions or information.

This page provides a listing of all Caldecott-winning books, with links to reviews of each winning title and biographical information about the authors and illustrators.

Author-illustrator Dav Pilkey tells his life story in his amusing comic strip form. The biography must be downloaded and is in PDF form.

This resource is a children's literature web guide.

Site includes concise biographical information and lists significant national awards. Author's four books are highlighted with information such as origin, reviews, teacher guides, etc.

This biography of Wole Soyinka includes links to interview excerpts, reviews on his books and excerpts from his works.

The Chilean author Isabel Allende's official website--includes biographical information as well as summaries and reviews of her work. The site also contains a list of awards, a photo gallery, and other resources.

This site, presented by the University of North Carolina Press, provides a summary and reviews of this book by Daniel J. Singal. More importantly, the site offers links to a few excerpts from the book, which is a critical biography. The...