Author Links & Storytime Activities

Pratt's Educational Resources

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Flannel Board/Wall Activity- pdf
Story and Theme Bag Ideas
H.C. Andersen: Story Writer from Denmark
Eric Carle
Laura Numeroff
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling New 7/28/06
Dr.  Seuss
Rainbow Fish

Bill Martin Books @ Amazon.com

There are more book ideas located at Themes (ABC Activities (Letters), Apples, Animals, Colors, Foods, Insects & Bugs, Numbers, Shapes, and much more).

You can find more activities and other sites located at Children's Literature and Magazine.






Misc. Links
Bilingual Programs for Children Clip Art - Texas State Library New 5/13/06
BookPALS - Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools
DLTK's Crafts for Kids Children's Book Breaks
First Books Preschool Activities and Crafts: Different books.
ISLMC Index to Children's Book Authors & Illustrators
Piggybacks for Teachers and Librarians @ Jan Brett
Reading Rainbow
Booklist by author, title, or illustrador, Teacher Resources for the Classroom: Some guides include: teacher, science, social studies, ESL, integrated curriculum, etc.; math activities, family activities, etc.
Story a Month Patterns to go with 36 popular Children's books. New 8/8/05
Story Patterns @ Kizclub.com These are in color and black & white: From Head to Toe; Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed; Go Away, Big Green Monster; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; and The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Author Links
A Celebration of Women Writers
These are authors from lots of different countries.

These sites include fun pages, activities, coloring pages, lesson plans, free book offer and more.


Author Studies @ Scholastic Including author web sites, information about the author, etc.
Author Websites
ClassicReader.com - Read, search, and annotate classic literature Fiction, Non-fiction, Children, Poetry, Shakespeare, Short Stories, and Drama
CLWG: Childen's Authors & Illustrators on the Web
Links to Related Web Sites @ Eileen Christelow
Curious George: H.A. Rey
Teacher Guide (Activities), Games and Fun, and more.

Kidsread.com Authors

Jim Arnosky (He also has coloring pages of various animals.  The carp page doesn't work, so click here to find the coloring page.)
Jim Aylesworth Including activities to go with the books he wrote. 
Sherry Baldwin - Beecher Bear Plays Here and There Including coloring pages.
Jan Brett Lots of great things to print.
Books by Virginia Lee Burton @ Houghton Mifflin Books Including facts about the author, activities, etc.
Alyssa Satin Capucilli Including online activities, printables, and more.
Eric Carle Web Site
Learn more about his books and find activities to do with children under "Caterpillar Exchange"
Eric Carle: Teacher Resource Unit
Eileen Christelow, Author and Illustrator Find activities at Monkeys in the Classroom and other under Classroom Connections
Mem Fox Including these books read by her online: Koala Lou, Sleepy Bears, and Tough Boris.
Fun Activities from Bright Ring Books, Inc. Lots of great ideas for cooking, arts, math, and science for preschool and up
Geoffrey-Hayes: Puttyville Silly Stuff Lady Viniver paper doll and some other silly things to print
Kevin Henkes Books There is Fun & Games (dot-to-dots, mazes, coloring pages, recipes, etc.)
Joan Holub: Classroom Activities There are different reproducibles; especially for science (body, animals, etc.) and other areas
William Joyce Coloring pages for: "Bently & Egg" and "The Leaf Men".
Susie MacDonald fun activities for kids. Catfish Kite, Coloring Pages, Lion Puppet, Sea Shapes Maze, Alphabatics Word Search, Paper Dolls, and Birds Out of Letters
Jean Marzollo - Puzzle Page
Fay McCracken This site is the home page for my new book about children pioneers which will be released soon by American Book Publishing.  Jud's Journey is historical fiction written from the viewpoint of the children as they crossed the plains with their families.  Although fiction, all historical facts are well researched. CBS TV News Anchor, Mark Holyoak says," It is excellent reading for adventurous hearts of all ages."
Bernard Most on the Web Including coloring pages of dinosaurs; books he has written (He has published lots of dinosaur books.  Also, The Cow That Went Oink was rejected 42 times before it was published.  It is also in Spanish: La Vaca que Decía Oink.  He has other books listed on his site.); about him and the books he wrote; etc.
Robert Munsch Website Including Storytime with Robert Munsch
Laura Numeroff Including coloring pages
Tracey Campbell  Pearson
Including "Fun Stuff"
Nicole Rubel Free book offer for "Pirate Jupiter and the Moondogs", bookmark, and bookplate
Rosemary Wells Fun (coloring pages, concentration games, and play money), and For Teachers & Parents (including posters online)
Candance Whitman and Pre-School Activities that include: "Tear into" Collages and Color and Movement
Ashley Wolff
Don and Audrey Wood's Online Clubhouse! Including printables, and more
Featured Children Books
HarperCollins Kids
Houghton Mifflin Company - Kids Place
Kids@Random: Activities, games, and books
AuthorChats.com features Live Chats with Authors of Children's Books and click here to take their survey about an online book fair. *

Author Storytime Activities
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz

A Guide for Using Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in the Classroom (pdf)

This is what is a free sample in the book:
Journal and Creative Writing Ideas
Get the Scoop! (Order the events taking place in the story using an ice cream activity sheet.)

Charlotte's Web

Rat-a-tat-tat

Gingerbread Boy or Gingerbread Man

The Three Bill Goats Gruff (A Norwegian Folktale)

Search for The Three Billy Goats Gruff Books at Amazon.com

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Three Billy Goats Gruff

Three Billy Goats Gruff - Readers Theater

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak


Lesson Plans for Where the Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are Activities

Read and talk about the book.  Frost the cookies and have the children decorate them to look like monsters using jelly beans licorice, sprinkles, candy corns, etc.

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