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Reading & Language Arts Links

Welcome to the Authors and Illustrators main page. Here you can find all sorts of information about your favorite authors and illustrators who appear in Houghton Mifflin Reading.

Interactive books and word games, including Zac the Rat and other tales.

Discovery School's Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your own word lists.

Author Robert Munsch's (Love You Forever) web site with virtual story room, books and poems, photos, and a biography.

Online mysteries for kids to read and solve. Includes magic tricks and and a mystery-writing contest, as well.

An online collection of quoations, proverbs, etc. Searchable by individual, subject, or word.

Visit the home page of children's author, Jan Brett. Activities, book summaries, postcards, and the opportunity to e-mail and communicate with a published author.

Visit the home page of children's author, Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Catterpillar). Includes new books, an idea exchange for teachers and parents, a guestbook, and a biography of the author.

A wealth of sites related to folklore, myth, and legend.

Leading research center in the field of children's literature. Contains manuscripts, illustrations, and complete children's selections. Very complete. 

Sponsored by the University of Michigan. Like visiting the library online.

A list of links where students can learn about various authors. Quite extensive. Part of the Internet Public Library.

Find out what kids from around the world are reading and what they think of the books they've read! Part of the Internet Public Library.

Page through a selection of picture books. Completely illustrated. Part of the Internet Public Library.

Exactly what the title implies. For young to intermediate readers.

A definition guessing game. Students choose the level. Changes quite often.

Illustrates how books are made, from getting the idea to printing and production.

Selection of literature and art by kids of various ages and full length time travel novel.

Three mythological creatures guide you through myths and legends from various cultures. Includes coloring pages, word search games and crossword puzzles. Visitors may submit their own legends, as well.

Create your own stories using this interactive creative writing web site.

Links to helpful literacy web sites.

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