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Chateau Meddybemps

Bean Time: But That Wasn't the Best Part in Spanish

For Students 3rd - 5th
Beantime Stories offers pictures and a story in Spanish about all the parts of a parade.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Magic Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on magical realism gives information on the origins of the term, its characteristics, and compares it to conventional fictional realism. Links are provided for additional information.
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Cyberartsweb: Imagination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided by Cyberartsweb, gives a brief definition of term "imagination" with links to related concepts.
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The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Madeleine L'engle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Profile includes biographical information, works by subject, and writings about her published novels.
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David Ward

For Students 9th - 10th
David Ward is a Canadian author of novels for junior and intermediate students. In some of his novels he creates imaginary worlds, such as in his trilogy about a place called Grassland. This is his website where you will find a biography...
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Literature Learning Ladders: Laurence Yep "Dragon's Gate"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers an overview of Lawrence Yep's "Dragon's Gate." Includes resource links but only a few work in the archived version of the site.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Princess and Curdie by George Mac Donald

For Students 5th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This work, The Princess and Curdie, was written by the C.S. Lewis' mentor, George MacDonald, in the early 1900's.
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Penguin: Reading Guide: The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I

For Students 9th - 10th
This reading guide provides discussion questions, biographical information about King, and explanatory introduction to the Dark Tower novels.
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Penguin: Reading Guide: Wizard and Glass

For Students 9th - 10th
A general introduction to the series, a specific introduction to the novel, biographical information and discussion questions about the novel are all offered at this publisher's site.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Fredric Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Genre

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces genre in fiction.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Unit Six Two Bad Ants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains the target skills, comprehension skills, text structure, grammar, phonics, vocabulary, genre, and literary sources from the Scott Foresman reading series,"Two Bad Ants"..
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The Encyclopedia of Arda

For Students 9th - 10th
All things Tolkein are covered here. Includes a movie-goer's guide and entries for all characters and locations in Tolkein's works.
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Other

Goof Gallery: The Lore of the Unicorn

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the belief in the existence of unicorns.
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Princess Who Didn't Eat Eggplants [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 4th
This illustrated ebook shares the story of a fictional character named Princess Helena. As a picky eater, she has completely frustrated her parents, the king and queen. Students will enjoy reading about how she overcame her finicky...
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Magic Bookmark [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 4th
This ebook shares the story of a boy who hated school. Students will enjoy reading how a school project helped change his mind about school.
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Magical Mr. Tumblebuddy Flipet Writes Stories [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site shares a lesson plan. Teachers will use the mythical character named The Magical Mr. Tumblebuddy Flipet to help share students engage in the writing process of stories. Directions for a puppet activity related to the lesson are...
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Shoes on the Dusty Shelf [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This illustrated ebook shares the touching story of a shoemaker and the love that he has for his daughter and grandchild.
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Twinklinka [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This ebook shares the story of a doll named Twinklinka.
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Burly and Grup and the Secret City [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
Burlington Bear, Grum the groblin and Max are best friends. Burly and Grum show Max a secret city in the the middle of the forest but hunters are tracking them down. They knock out Burly, capture Max and want to turn the Secret City into...
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Burly & Grum Beyond the Forest [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
Groblins live deep in the heart of the Great Forest and very few people know they exist. Despite the fact Grum is only a young groblin his two brothers throw him out of his home and tell him he has to go away and prove that he's brave...
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Arthur Slade

For Students 9th - 10th
Arthur Slade is the author of numerous books for students from about age nine up. His books deal with mysterious happenings and uncommon creatures, villains and monsters. This is a short biography from the author's own website. Elsewhere...
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Dandi Palmer: Sorcerer's Apprentice

For Students 2nd - 5th
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a young sorcerer's apprentice who thinks she can cast spells like the sorcerer in order to get her work done more quickly, but she learns a lesson and the...
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Dandi Palmer: Possomly's Bomb

For Students 3rd - 5th
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a civilization that travels to a new planet and then destroys it with pollution and war, but a scientist and her two grandchildren escape.

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