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ADA Accessibility

TeachingBooks.net is committed to ensuring that our service is accessible to all users, including persons with disabilities. From the outset of designing this website, special care has been taken to make every screen and major function on our site accessible to persons utilizing assistive technologies, such as special screen-reading hardware and software.

We have consulted the provisions and standards of Section 508 (requiring that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities) and the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative. Compliance is tested utilizing standard evaluation tools including the WAI checklist and the Bobby validator.

If you encounter TeachingBooks material that you cannot use, please contact us at support@TeachingBooks.net. Your comments and interest in our site help us to identify areas for future development.
 

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Author Programs

TeachingBooks provides unprecedented access to the best children's book creators so that anytime, anywhere, you can experience personalized glimpses into their lives and work.

TeachingBooks was founded upon the premise that educators find enjoyment and professional value in seeing and hearing authors and illustrators talk about their books. It reveals a special spirit and personalizes the connection educators can make when thinking about and teaching specific books. TeachingBooks maximizes the Internet's amazing ability to equalize resources to give everyone, at their own convenience, that very opportunity for connection.

Types of Author Study Programs Available from TeachingBooks.net

1: TeachingBooks Original Author Programs

TeachingBooks produces one-of-a-kind, virtual author programs. Our movies, filmed in the studios of nationally renowned children's book creators, feature interviews, illustrator demonstrations, book readings and much more.

With a click of the mouse, you can access:

• Original, in-studio, 5-minute movies,
• Reproducible movie transcripts,
• In-depth interviews,
• Creative discussion and book guides,
• Comprehensive bibliographies,
• Pertinent, reliable links.

2: Other Insightful Author Interviews

TeachingBooks continually identifies, catalogs and maintains reliable links to multimedia interviews with children's book creators. While TeachingBooks does not create these programs, we believe that you'll enjoy them.

Many of these sites might have their own software requirements. (For example, some of these interviews require Real Media Player.) You should be able to find links to download this necessary software on their host sites. As a reminder about TeachingBooks Linking Policy, such sites are not under the control of TeachingBooks and TeachingBooks is not responsible for the availability, accuracy or any information, content, products or services accessible from such sites.

To Find Author Programs:

1: Use the Sortable Table. TeachingBooks tables are re-sortable to make it convenient to browse and to help you identify materials and resources. Click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Author, Featured Title, Subject, Grade and Created By. If you re-sort the table, and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

• Sorting on Author and Credits puts the TeachingBooks Authors Up-close programs at the front of the list.
   
• Created By credits the creator of this author program. TeachingBooks produces comprehensive programs with authors, and clicking on our logo within the Created By column takes you to our credits and permissions for that particular program. Clicking on the Created By for non-TeachingBooks programs takes you to the home page of the creator of that particular program.
   
• Clicking on Author takes you to the introductory page for that particular program — be it a TeachingBooks original Authors Up-close program or one that we've selected to link to from this database.

TeachingBooks tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.

2: Use the Search Box. If you want to know if TeachingBooks has a program with a specific author or illustrator, the Search Box will be your most direct way to identify it. The search box finds matches by looking at all components of the information entered into the database (name, description, web address, etc.). Enter the key word in the Search Box and either hit Return/Enter on your keyboard or click Go in the Search Box.

If you want to limit your character search, you can type your phrase within quotation marks, and the system will search only for a match of that particular string of characters, case insensitive. For example, "dahl, roald" or "chapter books".

• Using Consistent Terms. To help with searching, TeachingBooks uses consistent language. For example, book titles are entered to sort alphabetically, and titles that begin with articles such as "the," "a" and "an" are alphabetized by the subsequent word. "A Wrinkle in Time" is listed as "Wrinkle in Time, A." Similarly, all author names are entered last name, first name. For example, "L'Engle, Madeleine."
   
• Using URLs. You can type a site name or part of a URL into the Search Box, and if they're listed in our database, they will come up on the Search Results page. This is a way to find guides on a certain web page or by a certain publisher. For example, type "npr" and you'll find the complete listing of all our links to interviews created by National Public Radio.

If any Authors Up-close programs match your search criteria, they will be accessible from the Search Results page in the Authors Up-close section.

Summary Example: Let's say you're reading books by novelist Christopher Paul Curtis ("The Watsons Go to Birmingham" and "Bud, Not Buddy"). You could go to the Author Programs table, sort it by Author, and then jump pages until you find Curtis. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to type "Curtis" into the Search Box.

To Access Author Programs:

Once you've identified an author program or resource you would like to see, click on the author's name. This will take you to the specific TeachingBooks Author Programs page if we produced the program (you can tell by looking in the Created By column). If we did not produce the program, a new window of your Internet browser opens as close to the resource as possible.

 

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TeachingBooks Original and Comprehensive Author Study Programs

 

Watching TeachingBooks Original Movies

TeachingBooks movies, filmed in the studios of nationally renowned children's book creators, instantly show you interviews, illustrator demonstrations, book readings and much more.

To maximize your ability to view these movies, we make them available on four distinct technologies. To open the movie, you must select the configuration of your computer and the software you wish to use. Once you do so, a new page opens with a screen centered on the page. There is a bar under the screen, and as it fills with a colored bar, that indicates that the movie is downloading onto your system. As soon as the software calculates that it can show the complete movie without interruption, it starts playing automatically. TeachingBooks.net original movies, designed with the educator in mind and organized to give you insightful glimpses into the author's life and work, are all no more than 5 minutes long. The broadband versions are clear enough to project from your computer to a group.

The movies may not be saved on your computer, but may be viewed as often as you like.
 

Configuring Your Computer to Watch Movies

• View Movie on Dial-up with QuickTime — This is for people on dial-up modems who have QuickTime software installed on their computer. Most Apple computers have QuickTime, but people with PCs can freely download QuickTime from our Download Software links.
   
• View Movie on Dial-up with Windows Media Player — This is for people on dial-up modems who have Windows Media Player software installed on their computer. Most new versions of Internet Explorer have Windows Media Player bundled within, but people using PCs or Apple computers may freely download Media Player from our Download Software links.
   
• View Movie on Broadband with QuickTime — This is for people on computers with high-speed Internet connection (that is, not dial-up) and who have QuickTime software installed on their computer. Most Apple computers have QuickTime, but people with PCs can freely download QuickTime from our Download Software links.
   
• View Movie on Broadband with Windows Media Player — This is for people on computers with high-speed Internet connection (that is, not dial-up) and who have Windows Media Player software installed on their computer. Most new versions of Internet Explorer have Windows Media Player bundled within, but people using PCs or Apple computers may freely download Media Player from our Download Software links.
   

• Note: Test Your Computer to ensure that you have the proper software for viewing movies or go to Download Software to receive the latest, free software to view them.

Original Movie Transcript

Downloads quickly and reproduces well in an attractive, print-friendly version. Transcripts are provided for two reasons. First, we want to ensure that users with visual and auditory disabilities can access the materials. Second, it is a very quick way for you to see what is in the movie. All transcripts are formatted as a PDF file. Go to Technical Requirements to ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat or to download the latest, free version.

In-depth Interview

More insights beyond the movie in an attractive, print-friendly version. In-depth Interviews are formatted as a PDF file. Go to Technical Requirements to ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat or to download the latest, free version.

Discussion / Book Guide

TeachingBooks has created discussion questions and suggested activities for a few of our Author Programs. Discussion / Book Guides are formatted as a PDF file. Go to Technical Requirements to ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat or to download the latest, free version.

Comprehensive Bibliography

These author-provided bibliographies are unique, often containing out-of-print listings and forthcoming titles from the date of the interview.

Credits & Permissions

TeachingBooks provides thanks to the publishers and the author for permission to include their material in our original Author Programs.

Pertinent, Reliable Links for Further Information

The sites that are listed on the left side of the author screen provide additional insight into TeachingBooks featured author. We try to include links to the publisher's pages; interviews we can find online; the author's own home page, if one exists and specific awards. We end the list with a resource for you to purchase books.

 

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Book Awards

Hundreds of professional organizations recognize distinguished children's books. To make it easy for you to learn about these juried book awards, TeachingBooks continually identifies, catalogs and maintains reliable links to these awards, making it easy for you to identify and access them.

In order for you to have the latest and most accurate information about a specific award or distinction, we identify and maintain reliable links to the official pages of these sites. If you find a link that doesn't go to the official site, we'd like to know. Please email us at: awards@TeachingBooks.net
 

Defining "Award" vs. "Distinction"

TeachingBooks consciously distinguishes between book awards and has noted whether a given recognition is one or the other by listing it after each record description in the Book Awards table. See http://www.teachingbooks.net/awards.cgi for our complete listing.

Our definitions of "award" and "distinction" are as follows, clarified with the help of the Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison:

An award is given to a single book. An award can include honor books. Some awards are divided into several categories, such as the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, which give an award to one book in each of three categories: "Fiction and Poetry," "Nonfiction" and "Picture Book."

There are many children's and young adult literature awards given by many organizations. Each award has its own criteria and purpose. Examples of other awards include the Jane Addams, the Americas, the Batchelder, the Caldecott, the Coretta Scott King, the Newbery, the Michael L. Printz, the Tomas Rivera and the Charlotte Zolotow.

A distinction is on one of the many "best of the year" rosters containing a number of recommended books. These lists can be as short as five or 10 titles, or run well over 100. Examples of annual children's and young adult literature distinctions include the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults," the National Council for the Social Studies' "Notable Children's Trade Books" the International Reading Association and Children's Book Council's "Children's Choices," Horn Book Magazine's "Fanfare" list, Parenting Magazine's "Reading Magic" list, Riverbank Review's annual "Books of Distinction" and the Cooperative Children's Book Center's "CCBC Choices."

We believe that all book awards (hereafter called "awards" in this tutorial) are relevant and assist with your knowledge of the children's literature world.

To Find Award Information:

1: Use the Sortable Table. TeachingBooks tables are re-sortable to make it convenient to browse and to help you identify resources from different perspectives. Click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Award Name or Sponsor. If you re-sort the table, and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

TeachingBooks' tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.

2: Use the Search Box. The easiest way for you to identify a specific award or sponsor is to use the Search Box. The search box finds matches by looking at all components of the information entered into the database (name, description, web address, etc.). Enter the key word in the Search Box and either hit Return/Enter on your keyboard or click Go in the Search Box.

If you want to limit your character search, you can type your phrase within quotation marks, and the system will search only for a match of that particular string of characters, case insensitive. For example, "riverbank review".

• Using Abbreviations. To help with searching, TeachingBooks includes common abbreviations and acronyms in our database. For example, if you want to know about awards sponsored by the American Library Association, you can enter "ALA" into the search box. Similarly, we've entered all two-letter state postal codes for state awards, so if you want to know about awards from Wisconsin, you can either enter "Wisconsin" or "WI".
   
• Using Consistent Terms. To help with searching, TeachingBooks uses consistent language. For example, if you're looking for student choice awards, you can enter the word "student" in the Search Box. If you're interested in all distinctions, enter "distinction" into the Search Box.
   
• Using URLs. You can enter a site name or URL into the Search Box, and if they're listed in our database, they will come up on the Search Results page.

If any award or sponsor matches your search criteria, it will be accessible from the Search Results page in the Book Awards section.

Summary Example: Let's say you're looking for the official page for the Newbery Award. You can go to the Sortable Table, sort it alphabetically by Award Name, and jump pages until you find Newbery. You also can sort it by Sponsor, and look among the American Library Association listings for the Newbery Award. But the fastest way is to type "Newbery" in the Search Box, and look for it in the Book Awards section of the Search Results page.

To Open Award Sites:
Once you've identified an award you would like to learn more about, click on the award name. A new window of your Internet browser opens on the official page of the award. You may have to select the awards section or browse a bit, but we will get you as close to the award home page as possible.
 

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Book Guides

There are thousands of free, professionally written and well-researched teaching guides available on the Internet. TeachingBooks continually identifies, catalogs and maintains reliable links to these guides, making it easy for you to identify and access them.

Each guide, written by either teachers or educational consultants, gives you an excellent starting point for sharing books with children.

To Find Guides:

1: Use the Sortable Table. TeachingBooks tables are re-sortable to make it convenient to browse and to help you identify resources from different perspectives. Click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Author, Featured Title, Subject, Grade or Created By. If you re-sort the table, and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

TeachingBooks tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.

2: Use the Search Box. If you are looking for a guide to a specific title or for guides on books by a specific author, the Search Box will be your most direct way to identify them. The search box finds matches by looking at all components of the information entered into the database (name, description, web address, etc.). Enter the key word in the Search Box and either hit Return/Enter on your keyboard or click Go in the Search Box.

If you want to limit your character search, you can type your phrase within quotation marks, and the system will search only for a match of that particular string of characters, case insensitive. For example, "wrinkle in time".

• Using Consistent Terms. To help with searching, TeachingBooks uses consistent language. For example, book titles are entered to sort alphabetically, and titles that begin with articles "the," "a" and "an" are alphabetized by the subsequent word. "A Wrinkle in Time" is listed as "Wrinkle in Time, A." Similarly, all author names are entered last name, first name. For example, "L'Engle, Madeleine."
   
• Using URLs. You can type a site name or part of a URL into the Search Box, and if it's listed in our database, it will come up on the Search Results page. This is a way to find guides on a certain web page or by a certain publisher. For example, type "Scholastic" and you'll find the complete listing of all guides on Scholastic's website in the Search Results page.

If any Teacher Guides match your search criteria, they will be accessible from the Search Results page in the Book Guide section.

Summary Example: Let's say you're doing an author study on illustrator David Wiesner. You could go to Book Guides, sort the table by Author, and then jump pages until you find Wiesner. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to type "Wiesner" into the Search Box.

To Open Guides:

Once you've identified a Book Guide you would like to see, click on the book title. A new window of your Internet browser opens as close to the guide as possible. You may need to select the book title from an index, or it may open directly on the guide itself.

Some guides are PDF files. They require Adobe Acrobat, which automatically opens on your computer. Go to Technical Requirements to ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat or to download the latest, free version.

 

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Book Readings

Everyone loves to hear favorite books read aloud. Young children and teens alike gain a better understanding of the book and can experience it in a different way when they hear it read to them. TeachingBooks has compiled hundreds of audio excerpts of books being read by their authors, professional actors and others for the enjoyment of readers of all ages.

To Find Readings:

1: Use the Sortable Table. TeachingBooks tables are re-sortable to make it convenient to browse and to help you identify resources from different perspectives. Click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Author, Title, Narrator, Subject, Grade or Created By. If you re-sort the table, and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

TeachingBooks tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.

2: Use the Search Box. If you are looking for a reading of a specific title or for readings of books by a specific author, the Search Box will be your most direct way to identify them. The search box finds matches by looking at all components of the information entered into the database (name, description, web address, etc.). Enter the key word in the Search Box and either hit Return/Enter on your keyboard or click Go in the Search Box.

If you want to limit your character search, you can type your phrase within quotation marks, and the system will search only for a match of that particular string of characters, case insensitive. For example, "poke in the i".

• Using Consistent Terms. To help with searching, TeachingBooks uses consistent language. For example, book titles are entered to sort alphabetically, and titles that begin with articles "the," "a" and "an" are alphabetized by the subsequent word. "A Poke in the I" is listed as "Poke in the I, A." Similarly, all author names are entered last name, first name. For example, "Raschka, Chris."
   
• Using URLs. You can type a site name or part of a URL into the Search Box, and if it's listed in our database, it will come up on the Search Results page. This is a way to find readings on a certain web page or for books by a certain publisher. For example, type "Books on Tape" and you'll find the complete listing of all readings on the Books on Tape website in the Search Results page.

If any Book Readings match your search criteria, they will be accessible from the Search Results page in the Book Readings section.

Summary Example: Let's say you're doing an author study on Kimberly Willis Holt. You could go to Book Readings, sort the table by Author, and then jump pages until you find Holt. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to type "Holt" into the Search Box.

To Open Readings:

Once you've identified a Book Reading you would like to hear, click on the book title. A new window of your Internet browser opens on the introductory page for that program, as close to the reading as possible.

 

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Contact Us

There is contact information on every page of the TeachingBooks website because we want to be accountable and make it easy for you to reach us.

To Contact Us:

1: Use our Email Address. At the bottom of each page on TeachingBooks.net is a hotlink containing our email address. Click on comments@TeachingBooks.net and your email software will open with this address already filled in.

2: Use the Contact Us Page. There is a Contact Us link located on the top and bottom of each page on TeachingBooks.net. Clicking on it will take you to the Contact Us page.

Using the Contact Us Page:

1: Electronically. On the Contact Us page, you will be asked to select one subject from this list to direct your email correspondence:

• General comments
• Suggested improvements
• Technical concerns
• Awards we should include
• Links we should include
• Authors we should interview

Then, type your message in the box entitled, "Write your comments here."

Your email address will appear in the Email Address box if you are signed on to the site as a subscriber. This enables us know who wrote and to contact you if we have follow-up questions or comments. If you would like to remain anonymous, you may leave this box empty and we will still receive your comments.

If you would like to receive a copy of the email you are sending us, check the box under your email address and you will automatically receive a copy of your comments.

2: By Postal Mail. Write to us at:

TeachingBooks.net LLC
313 West Beltline Highway
Suite 204
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3: By Email. info@TeachingBooks.net

4: By Phone. (608) 257-2919 or (800) 596-0710

5: By Fax. (608) 327-8010

 

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Educator Area: Comprehensive Resources and Services for Educators

The TeachingBooks Educator Area offers additional K-12 book resources as part of your TeachingBooks license. Specifically, you can freely receive...

• Hundreds of thematic, authoritative K-12 booklists,
• Information on virtually all English-language children's and young adult book awards and distinctions,
• Thousands of valuable links organized into 25 relevant categories, and
• Customized "Eye-on-the-Web" reports identifying and instantly connecting you to book and author materials that meet your specific grade level and subject areas of interest.

Registration is required to use TeachingBooks' Educator Area. To register,

1: Be sure you're signed in to TeachngBooks. You know that you are successfully signed in if you see "Sign Out" in the upper right corner, and "Your Access Provided by ..." on the lower left portion of the page. If you see "Sign In" in the upper right (it would be in red), then please sign in by entering your work email address or password in the provided boxes.

2: Once signed in, click on the teal "Educator Area" box on the lower half of the screen.

3: Click on the red "Register for this Educator Area" box on the lower right corner.

4: Fill out Your Educator Area Profile and click "Submit" when complete.

5: You know that you have successfully completed this when you see a "thank you for registering" note on your screen and you can successfully access all resources in the Educator Area.

Enjoy your comprehensive connections to authors and K-12 book resources. Let us know if we can be of any assistance.

 

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Email Address Issues

If you forget the email address you used when subscribing, you can send a note to info@teachingbooks.net. Include all information you can about the account, including any parts of the email address that you recall, and we will try to help. You also received this information in your "Welcome/Subscription Confirmation" email that was sent to you upon subscribing.
 

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"Eye-on-the-Web" Customized Reports and Newsletters

TeachingBooks has created "Eye-on-the-Web" emails to save you time and automatically keep you informed about teaching materials on the Web that match your needs. Never before has finding quality teacher guides, author interviews or information about the children's book world been so easy.

As a subscriber, you become eligible to receive our "Eye-on-the-Web" emails that keep you updated on valuable curricular materials that match your specific grade level and subject areas of interest! We cross-reference your interests with our extensive database and personally tailor an email for you filled with hotlinks that take you directly to relevant resources.

Types of Emails

1: "Eye-on-the-Web" Email

These reports are tailored to save you time and automatically keep you informed about teaching materials that match your needs. Based on the information you provided in your TeachingBooks profile, we have cross-referenced your grade levels and subject areas of interest with our database and identified new, relevant materials.

"Eye-on-the-Web" emails are only sent to you if TeachingBooks has new information to share with you that match your interests. For example, if you've registered your interests as Social Studies and grades 7-A, you will only receive notices when new materials that match these criteria are available. You will not receive emails if we don't have materials that match your criteria.

2: TeachingBooks Spirit Newsletter

This seasonal email sends you highlights of TeachingBooks content from each area of the site and features an author or illustrator in the news. All include links that take you directly to the featured resource or program.

3: Conduit: The Newsletter for Coordinators of TeachingBooks Licenses

These concise, monthly newsletters alert License Coordinators to relevant items that will help the subscribers within their license get the most out of TeachingBooks. The newsletters also allow TeachingBooks to learn what your suggestions are to guide our support of you in the future.

 

Canceling Your Email Subscriptions

If you're signed up to receive "Eye-on-the-Web" customized emails and /or the "TeachingBooks Spirit" newsletter, and you no longer want to receive them, you can cancel your subscriptions. (These are controlled within your TeachingBooks.net profile, and for your security, TeachingBooks staff cannot access your profile nor cancel subscriptions for you.) To cancel your subscription, enter your profile by either selecting Change Your Profile from the navigational area at the very bottom of your screen or by clicking on the pale yellow "Eye-on-the-Web" box that appears on the right side of your screen when you're signed in. Then, uncheck the subscription that you want to cancel.
 

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IT Support

TeachingBooks offers numerous IT Support and Dissemination materials to make it easy for you to train your colleagues on how to maximize their use and enjoyment of TeachingBooks.  

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Matching Materials to Your Needs

TeachingBooks uses technologies to make it as convenient as possible for you to stay informed about materials that match your interests and needs on the Web. So we created and constantly maintain a database of thousands of Internet resources categorized by grade level and subject area.

When you sign up for a subscription to TeachingBooks.net, you tell us what grade levels and subject areas interest you, and we'll send you periodic "Eye-on-the-Web" emails to keep you informed of what we have to offer and what's available on the Internet that will be useful in sharing books with children.

We also developed sortable database tables on TeachingBooks.net that enable you to browse and identify resources by sorting the different columns. Click on the table headings to re-sort the table. If you re-sort and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

TeachingBooks tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.
 

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Navigating the Site

1: Site Map. To help you better understand TeachingBooks.net, we've included a Site Map that shows one listing of all pages on the site. From here you can click on the list and go to any of the pages.
2: Navigational Tools. You can also navigate the site by using the navigational tools at the top and bottom of each page. The most utilized sections of the site have icons at the top of every page: Author Programs, Book Guides, Book Readings, Thematic Booklists, Book Awards and Valuable Links.

You can always return to the Home Page by clicking on the TeachingBooks.net logo at the upper left or lower left of each page.

 

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Reliable Links

There are thousands of authoritative children's literature resources freely available on the Internet. TeachingBooks.net, as a hub of these resources, is continually identifying, cataloging and maintaining reliable links to these host websites and specific curricular materials.

Our system regularly and automatically checks our links, and if they repeatedly fail, they are pulled from the system. So, when you click on a link from TeachingBooks.net, you can count on it being reliable to a degree of about 94% to 98%.

If you find a link that isn't working, or says links to one resource but actually goes to a different one, please let us know at links@TeachingBooks.net.
 

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Returning to Home Page

There are a couple of ways to return to the TeachingBooks.net home page. The easiest is to click on the TeachingBooks.net logo at either the top or bottom of any page on the site. Additionally, if you are on the Site Map page, you can click on the "Home Page" link there.
 

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Searching the Site

TeachingBooks is designed with different types of search tools to make it easy for you to find materials on our site that match your interests.
 

The Search Box

The Search Box performs as quick and easy a search as we could make it.

Author Button: Clicking on the Author button limits the search only to the "author" field. You can enter an author's name in either first name last name sequence ("Kevin Henkes" example) or last name, first name ("Henkes, Kevin" example). Quotation marks are not necessary, but they do function to keep a character string together. You also don't need to enter the complete name, but then you will possibly get more matches because the system is looking for that character string within the Author field. ("Kevin" for example, displays all authors with the name Kevin, not just Kevin Henkes.) You also can use the Boolean AND Search Command to connect multiple names in one search. For example, if you wanted to find anyone with the names "Davis" and "Kevin", but not necessarily "Kevin Davis" you would type "davis AND kevin" into the search box and the results would yield anyone with the name "davis" and anyone with the name "kevin".

Title Button: Clicking on the Title button limits the search only to the "title" field. Enter the title exactly ("A Wrinkle in Time"), enter part of a title ("wrinkle") to yield the result. You also can use the Boolean AND Search Command to combine two words in a title even if they don't run together ("time" AND "wrinkle"). This last example yields any results that have the words "time" and "wrinkle" found in their title.

Keyword Button: Clicking on the Keyword button performs an open-ended search that's as general as we could make it. If you type in any word or phrase, whether it's an author's name, a name that you might think is in a book's title, a publisher name or even part of a URL, the system will bring up all resources that contain this information.

Keyword Button examples: If you type in ".ca" you'll bring up resources that have a web address using the Canadian country code ".ca". If you type in "random" you'll get any book with the word "random" in its database record, including materials with "Random House" listed as publisher.

Boolean AND Search Command example using the Keyword Button: You can search across the author and title fields with the Keyword Button selected. Using the Boolean AND Search command helps control your query. For example, if you want to find an author / title search (example: what does TeachingBooks have for Kevin Henkes' novel Olive's Ocean), type in "henkes AND ocean" and you'll find results that have both the word "Henkes" and "ocean" in it. Note: An author/title search works as a Keyword search only — you cannot click on both the Author button and the Title button to perform this search.

Note: Putting a word or phrase in quotation marks will tell the search engine to look for the whole word or phrase with the character string as you've defined, rather than individual characters. This is particularly useful in Keyword button searches. Example: "Wrinkle in Time" will bring up resources for the specific title, "A Wrinkle in Time" and not all matches that have "wrinkle" "in" or "time" in it. You also can do this search using the Boolean AND Search Command instead of the quotations: wrinkle AND time. Here, the phrase isn't strung together as defined by the quotation marks, but still find two different character strings in the same record.

Also note that the Search box is NOT case sensitive.

After you type your word or phrase in the Search Box, click on Go or hit Return/Enter on your keyboard to begin the search. You will then be taken to the Search Results page.

 

The Advanced Search

The Advanced Search lets you search by specific grade levels and subject areas. You also can enter an author's name, title or keyword.

This is an inclusive search: the more details you include, the more specific the search results. For example, if you just wanted to know about picture books that were also biographies, you click picture books and biography, and then you hit Go.

Another example would be if you wanted to find information for teaching the chapter books by Mary Pope Osborne. (She writes both chapter books for young readers and middle grade fiction.) Enter "Osborne" in the box for the author's name, and then mark "Chapter Books" for subject. Hit Go and your results will not include materials on her middle grade fiction.

The more criteria that are selected, the more specific the results.

 

Search Results

The Search Results page organizes its findings by the six different categories of the site: Author Programs, Book Guides, Book Readings, Thematic Booklists, Book Awards and Valuable Links.

We initially only show you a maximum of five matches per category for the Search Results page. This enables you to quickly learn if there are matches for your search in all sections of the TeachingBooks website. If there are six or more matches for a given category, there is a button below that says "Show All." Selecting this gives you complete results for your search within that particular category.

If you don't see any results within a particular category, that means that there weren't any matches.

You can confirm your search criteria by looking at the top of the Search Results page, where the specifics of your request are clearly written.

Summary Example: Let's say you were looking for material on Caldecott Medalist David Wiesner, so you typed "wiesner" into the Search Box. On the Search Results page, you would find that there are interviews with him in the Authors Up-close section, that there are teacher guides, and you would see a link called "Wiesner, David" in the Valuable Links section. This last entry might take you to his website. We hope that organizing the search results by category will help you save time and locate the materials that you're after.

Summary of Searching

There are two different types of search engines. One is the open Search Box, the box where you type in any term. If it finds it anywhere in the database, it will pull it up and put it into the search results for you. If you use the Advanced Search tool, this is an inclusive search, and the more details you select, the more specific results you'll get.

Search Examples

Author / Title Keyword Summary Example: Most subscribers like to search on both the Author and Title of a book at the same time. Doing so will produce very specific results. For example, let's say you're looking for resources on Sharon Creech's book, Walk Two Moons and you don't want to wade through other titles containing the word "moon." Type "creech AND moon" into the Search box and hit Go. Your results will be on this book only.

Author Program Summary Example: Let's say you're reading books by novelist Christopher Paul Curtis (The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Bud, Not Buddy). You could go to the Author Programs table, sort it by Author, and then jump pages until you find Curtis. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to type "Curtis" into the Search Box.

Book Guide Summary Example: Let's say you're doing an author study on Virginia Hamilton. You could go to Book Guides, sort the table by Author, and then jump pages until you find Hamilton. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to type "Hamilton" into the Search Box and look for it in the Book Guide section of your search results.

Book Readings Summary Example: Let's say you're reading Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White and you want to know if there's an audio excerpt of the book being read aloud. You could go to Book Readings, sort the table by Title or Author, and then jump pages until you find E.B. White or Trumpet of the Swan. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to do a Title search on "Trumpet" and look for it in the Book Readings section of your search results.

Thematic Booklists Summary Example: Let's say you're doing a unit on the Civil War and you want to find a booklist of Civil War-related titles. You could go to Thematic Booklists, sort the table by Subject and then scroll through Historical Fiction, History, Social Science, etc. to find a Civil War booklist. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to do a keyword search on "Civil" and look for it in the Thematic Booklist section of your search results.

Book Awards Summary Example: Let's say you're looking for the official page for the Newbery Award. You can go to the Sortable Table, sort it alphabetically by name, and jump pages until you find Newbery. You also can sort it by sponsor, and look among the American Library Association listings for the Newbery Award. But the fastest way is to type "Newbery" in the Search Box, and look for it in the Book Awards section of the Search Results page.

Valuable Links Summary Example: Let's say you want to know if author Denise Fleming has her own website. You can go into the Valuable Links < Author & Illustrator Personal Sites and the scroll down to "Fleming, Denise," or you can enter "Fleming" in the Search Box, and look for it in the Valuable Links section of the Search Results page.

 

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Customized Emails

The registration page also tells you about the different ways we communicate with you. TeachingBooks has created "Eye-on-the-Web" emails to save you time and automatically keep you informed about teaching materials that match your needs. Never before has finding quality teacher guides, author interviews or information about the children's book world been so easy.

We cross-reference your interests with our extensive database and personally tailor an email for you filled with hotlinks that take you directly to relevant resources, such as author interviews, book guides, award announcements, etc.

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You know when you're successfully signed in when you see "Sign Out" in red at the top of your screen and you see "Your Access Provided by..." in the lower left portion of your screen.

 

Sign In Problems

Sometimes a valid subscriber tries signing in to TeachingBooks, but the system doesn't recognize their sign in information and it fails to grant access.

When you believe you have entered your email address and password correctly but still aren't signed in, here is the most common way to solve this problem:

1: Check your cookies. You might have all your cookies turned off. What this means is that your computer needs to know if you are registered or not — and to do that it supplies your computer for about an hour with a tag called a "cookie" so that it allows you onto the site. Some people have their cookies turned off. Go into the "Edit > Preferences" of your browser and look for "Cookies." Make sure that it accepts them.

2: Email Address and / or Password might not be entered properly. If you still have your "Welcome/Subscription Confirmation" email that you received after signing up, it lists your email address and password. Please check not only the characters, but how they are capitalized. The system is not case-sensitive.

3: Contact TeachingBooks. While we can't look up your password (for security and privacy reasons), we do have the capability of confirming if you're registered and guiding you through more problem solving. We can be reached at: support@TeachingBooks.net.

 

Canceling Your Subscription

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TeachingBooks staff cannot cancel accounts for you, because due to security and privacy reasons, we can't access your subscription profile or records.

 

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Passwords

Forgot your password? From the Sign In page, click on the Forgot Password link, and TeachingBooks will email you the password for your account.

Passwords must contain between four and 16 alphanumeric characters and are case sensitive. They are encrypted by TeachingBooks and are kept private, even to the TeachingBooks.net webmasters.

 

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Your TeachingBooks Profile

Registering for the Educator Area allows you access to thousands more children's and YA literature resources — in addition to our author programs and our database of thousands of quality book guides, book readings and author websites available on the basic site — you also get access to hundreds of thematic, authoritative K–12 booklists, information on virtually all English-language children's and young adult book awards and distinctions, thousands of valuable links organized into 25 relevant categories, and are eligible to receive our "Eye-on-the-Web" emails that keep you updated on valuable curricular materials that match your specific grade level and subject areas of interest! Our personally tailored emails are filled with hotlinks that take you directly there.

Changing Your Profile

If you ever want to change your Educator Area profile, click on "My Profile" in the black bar at the top of your screen. Then, click on "Change Your Personal Subscription Profile". Or click on the Change Your Profile link on the bottom of any page. It takes you back to your original registration form and you can go through and change anything you'd like. Make sure, though, that when you're done changing the grade levels, or subject areas, or which emails you'd like to receive, you hit Submit. That way, your changes will be saved.

You can empty your form to start again by scrolling all the way down to the bottom and clicking Clear Form.

 

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Sortable Tables

TeachingBooks' tables are re-sortable to make it convenient to browse and to help you identify materials and resources from different perspectives.

• Within "Author Programs," click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Author, Featured Title, Subject, Grade and Created By. Sorting on "Author" and "Created By" puts TeachingBooks original Authors Up-close programs at the top of the list.
  
  
• Within "Book Guides," click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Author, Featured Title, Subject, Grade or Created By.
  
  
• Within "Book Awards," click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Award Name or Sponsor.
  
  
• Within "Book Readings," click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Author, Title, Narrator, Subject, Grade or Created By.
  
  
• Within "Thematic Booklists," click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Booklist, Subject, Grade or Created By.

If you re-sort the table, and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

TeachingBooks tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.
 

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TeachingBooks.net is designed and tested to function properly with the following software. Supported versions of each product are available for free from our Test Your Computer page.

TeachingBooks.net supports each of the following:

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• Mac OS 9.1 and higher
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Multimedia Software:

• Flash 7.0 and higher to watch the TeachingBooks original Author Program movies and slideshows
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 and higher to view any PDF documents

Additional Software:

TeachingBooks.net contains links to thousands of relevant websites and resources, each of which control their own software requirements. (For example, some external links within Author Programs require Windows Media Player, while others require QuickTime.) You should be able to find links to download such additional software on these sites. As a reminder about TeachingBooks Linking Policy, such sites are not under the control of TeachingBooks and TeachingBooks is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or any information, content, products or services accessible from such sites.

 

Test Your Computer

Not sure if your computer has the necessary technologies? Run a quick test here. Simply click on the software name below to check if you can see TeachingBooks images. All test files except Acrobat Reader have sound and motion. Acrobat Reader shows text files that are formatted for attractive copying. If these test files don't work, then download and install the necessary software.

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Download Software

Get free copies of each necessary technology by selecting its name below. A copy of your Internet browser will open and take you to the manufacturer's website. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen to download and properly install the software.

When you are done, return to our Test Your Computer feature (above) and make sure the software is working. The companies that created these technologies can help you with questions or problems you have while installing them on your computer. Please send any technical questions and problems you may have directly to them.

Downloads may take a while to receive and set up, depending on the speed of your Internet connection, but we think the results are worth it. Once you are done, you don't have to do it again!

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Thematic Booklists

Educators create fabulous booklists on hundreds of themes, and TeachingBooks is proud to host, catalog and make them available to you.

To Find Thematic Booklists:

1: Use the Sortable Table. TeachingBooks tables are re-sortable to make it convenient to browse and to help you identify resources from different perspectives. Click on the table headings to re-sort the table by Booklist, Subject, Grade or Created By. If you re-sort the table, and your browser screen does NOT have the top of the table at the top of your screen, then re-click the table heading that you sorted on, and it will re-align at the top of the screen.

TeachingBooks tables show a maximum of 50 items per page. The upper right corner of the table identifies which entries are currently displayed and the total quantity of entries in the entire table.

Above each sortable table is an alpha-sort tool that allows you to click on a letter and jump to that page in the table. Note that listings beginning with the letter you clicked may not appear at the top of the table, so you may need to scroll down to find your letter.

You can jump pages by clicking on the page numbers found at the bottom of the table. The current page number is shown without an underline and is not hot. You can also use the buttons to jump to the Beginning of List, Previous Page, Next Page and End of List.

2: Use the Search Box. If you are looking for booklists on a specific topic or from a specific source, the Search Box will be your most direct way to identify them. The search box finds matches by looking at all components of the information entered into the database (name, description, web address, etc.). Enter the key word in the Search Box and either hit Return/Enter on your keyboard or click Go in the Search Box.

If you want to limit your character search, you can type your phrase within quotation marks, and the system will search only for a match of that particular string of characters, case insensitive. For example, "picture books for young adults".

• Using Consistent Terms. To help with searching, TeachingBooks uses consistent language. For example, book titles are entered to sort alphabetically, and titles that begin with articles "the," "a" and "an" are alphabetized by the subsequent word.
  
  
• Using URLs. You can type a site name or part of a URL into the Search Box, and if it's listed in our database, it will come up on the Search Results page. This is a way to find booklists created by a certain individual or organization. For example, type "Keane" and you'll find the complete listing of all the thematic booklists created by Nancy Keane in the Search Results page.

If any booklists match your search criteria, they will be accessible from the Search Results page in the Thematic Booklists section.

Summary Example: Let's say you're doing a unit on careers. You could go to Book Readings, sort the table by subject, and then jump pages until you find Careers booklists. But the most efficient and complete way to search for this is to type "Career" into the Search Box.

To Open Booklists:

Once you've identified a thematic booklist you would like to see, click on booklist's name. A new window of your Internet browser opens as close to the list as possible. You may need to select the booklist from an index, or it may open directly on the booklist itself.

Some booklists are PDF files. They require Adobe Acrobat, which automatically opens on your computer. Go to Technical Requirements to ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat or to download the latest, free version.

 

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Training, In-service

TeachingBooks offers numerous materials to make it easy for you to train your colleagues on how to maximize their use and enjoyment of TeachingBooks.  

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Valuable Links

There are thousands of authoritative children's literature resources freely available on the Internet. TeachingBooks continually identifies, catalogs and maintains reliable links to these websites and organizes them into categories relevant to your professional needs. We keep this area of our site FREE of charge at all times as a service to the profession.

Do you know of websites that you think we should include? Tell us, and we'll add them to our database.

To Find Links:

1: Click on Valuable Links. We catalog our links in categories that correspond with a variety of professional areas of interest. Click on any category name, and you'll be taken to the page listing those links. Some links are found in multiple categories to make it easier for you to identify them.

2: Use the Search Box. The easiest way for you to identify a specific resource on TeachingBooks is to use the Search Box. The search box finds matches by looking at all components of the information entered into the database (name, description, web address, etc.). Enter the key word in the Search Box and either hit Return/Enter on your keyboard or click Go in the Search Box.

If you want to limit your character search, you can type your phrase within quotation marks, and the system will search only for a match of that particular string of characters, case insensitive. For example, "smartie prize".

• Using Abbreviations. To help with searching, TeachingBooks includes common abbreviations and acronyms in our database. For example, if you want to find the site for the American Library Association, you can enter "ALA" into the search box. Similarly, we've entered all two-letter state postal codes, so if you want to identify a bookseller in Wisconsin, you can either enter "Wisconsin" or "WI".
  
  
• Using Consistent Terms. To help with searching, TeachingBooks uses consistent language. For example, if you're looking for children's literature journal websites, you can enter the word "journal" in the Search Box.
  
  
• Using URLs. You can enter a site name or URL into the Search Box, and if it's listed in our database, it will come up on the Search Results page.

Summary Example: Let's say you want to know if author Denise Fleming has her own website. You can go to Valuable Links, Author & Illustrator Personal Sites and then scroll down to "Fleming, Denise," or you can enter "Fleming" in the Search Box, and look for it in the Valuable Links section of the Search Results page.

To Open Links:

If any links or categories match your search criteria, they will be accessible from the Search Results page in the Valuable Links section.

Once you've identified a site you would like to see, click on the link. A new window of your Internet browser opens at that web page.

 

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Valuable Link Category Descriptions

Author & Illustrator Personal Sites. This list includes only sites maintained by the authors themselves.

Author & Illustrator Study Sites. This is a listing of websites that offer information on author visits and author studies. See Authors' Personal Sites for author's own pages and Children's Literature Umbrella Resource Sites for quality go-to sites about books.

Author & Illustrator Touring Information. These links might help you find a children's author or illustrator visiting near you. The sites include specific appearance information provided by publishers and other resources.

Book Character Costume Rental Information. This is a listing of all children's book character costumes that are available for rental and their vendor contact information.

Book Industry News. These sites report on news, developments and issues in the book industry.

Bookseller Contact Information. This chart includes contact information for booksellers who are committed to children's literature, including both on-line children's literature vendors and outstanding bricks-and-mortar bookstores.

Children's Literature Journal Sites. This is a listing of websites for children's literature print and on-line journals, including the children's book sections of general literature journal sites.

Children's Literature Products & Reading Incentive Materials. These vendors and organizations produce quality children's literature companion products and reading incentive materials.

Children's Literature Review Sites. This is a listing of quality organizations that review children's books and make these freely available online.

Children's Literature Umbrella Resource Sites. These general children's literature sites are considered "go-to" sites for comprehensive, quality children's literature information.

Classic Children's Book Character Sites. This is a list of websites devoted to popular children's book characters.

Electronic Discussion Groups. This is a listing of electronic discussion groups for those who work with and share children's books.

Intellectual Freedom Resources. Children's books are often challenged, and these quality resources can be of assistance in understanding and defending these challenges.

Learning Resource Sites. These educational resource sites are not specific to children's books, but have a children's literature component.

Library Media Resources. Quality websites that contain links and resources for school library media specialists.

Literacy Resource Sites. Listed here are initiatives, research and organizations devoted to youth literacy and reading promotion.

Organizations — Author & Illustrator. Websites of membership groups that support children's book authors and illustrators.

Organizations — Children's Book. Websites of membership groups that support children's literature.

Organizations — Library. Websites of professional membership groups and divisions for public and school libraries.

Organizations — School / Homeschool. Websites of membership groups for educators, both in formal institutions and the home.

Publisher Sites. These publishers produce trade and educational titles. Included within are imprints of major children's book lines to help you find them on the Web.

Research & Special Collection Sites. Websites of archives, special collections and historical children's literature collections.

Television & Radio Children's Literature Programming Sites. These popular children's stories are shared via television and radio programs.

Young Adult Literature Sites. This is a listing of reading and book sites aimed at teens.

Sites We Like But Couldn't Easily Categorize. TeachingBooks catalogs thousands of links. Occasionally, some quality sites that fit our scope don't easily fall into our professionally defined categories.