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Read, Write, Think: Word Wizard: contains 4 word puzzle Flash games. Each game takes words from a book and scrambles them; students are also given clues to help unscramble the words. Four books are: Franklin in the Dark, The Hungry Little Caterpillar, Chrysanthemum, and Corduroy.

J. K. Rowling Official Site is graphic intensive but a nice place for the Harry Potter fan to visit. Mostly contains info about her Harry Potter and her writing.

Louis Sachar: Holes is used by Read, Write,Think to create an online Shockwave Word Mover activity in which students are given a passage and allowed to manipulate the text in order to create a found poem which can then be printed.

Olivier Charbonneau's Graphic Novles List is a list of 100 graphic novels (PDF) by author and publisher that was created for the Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec. The list is of English graphic novels and there also several award-winning lists. This list is free for use and download by nonprofit libraries and if you send a thank-you later (the address is on the site).

Scholastic: Harry Potter contains lots of info on the books including a pronunciation guide, a discussion chamber, quiz, printable poster, polls, and a screen-saver. Fun little sites that kids should enjoy.

Jan Thornhill is an author and illustrator of various nature books. Her site contains a bio, list of her books with cover illustrations, Illustration Questions and Answers, information on how a couple of her books were put together, contact and visit information, as well as some links to children's book sites and sites related to the content of her books.

Teaching Point of View with Two Bad Ants is a lesson for grades 3-5 that comes from Read, Write, Think. The lesson includes printable resources as well as assessment rubrics and related links.

Teacher Librarian: The Journal for School Library Professionals is the professional journal for the BC Teacher Librarians Association and is now available online for free.