Print Award Recommended Reading
The following web-sites contain lists of children's book awards nominees and winners:
The Monarch Award nominee list for Illinois students in grades K-3
The Caudill Award nominee list for Illinois students in grades 4-8
The 2008 Caldecott Medal winners for best children's picture books
The 2008 Newbery Medal winners for best children's literature
Online Recommended Reading
The following sites are great resources for students to practice and enchance their reading skills.
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/litt.htm#an (fiction)
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/nursery/index.html (nursery rhymes) http://www.ezwebsite.org/Page.asp?PID=4898 (nonfiction)
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids (online version of TIme for Kids)
http://videocat10.tripod.com/stories/id1.html (fiction)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/ (National Geographic Kids Magazine)
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/ (fiction and nonfiction online stories)
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/crr/index.htm (fantasy and sci fi)
http://www.cannylink.com/kidsonlinestories.htm#Animals%20and%20Insects (directory of lots of story sites with different genres)
http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/storiesontheweb/storiesontheweb.html (fiction K-3)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ (interactive Clifford stories in both English and Spanish)
http://www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html (primary fiction)
http://web.bsu.edu/00smtancock/EDRDG430/430stories.html (directory of different online stories)
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm (Beatrix Potter, Wizard of Oz, and Gift of the Magi)
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp (reading sites for K-1)
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/reading.html (directory of K-1 reading sites)
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/litt.htm (animated and interactive kids stories and nursery rhymes)
