Literature

Adventures of Beowulf. The Adventures of Beowulf is a serialized adaptation of the old English version by Dr. David Breeden. This online version helps high school students better understand the original Beowulf.

Adventures of Mira. The Adventures of Mira feature online stories for girls in grades K-4. As the girls read along, they can listen to the Mira's stories on RealAudio if it is downloaded and installled as well as hear Mira sing. In addition, they can write Mira via email.

Aesop & Me. Aesop & Me features a collection of over 300 fables from the Gutenburg Project for grades 4-12. The site includes biographical information on Aesop and a random fable-generator.

Aesop Fables. Aesop Fables is the creative efforts of Professor Giloth's computer-art students at the UMass Amherst. The table of contents contains 20 tales which the students presented with illustrations in a traditional version and also in a contemporary version. Visit also Original Fables to read student versions of twelve Aesop's fables. These sites are suitable for grades 4-12.

Aesop's Fables. Aesop's Fables, created by John R. Long, contains an alphabetically arranged collection of over online 654 fables for grades 4-12. Each tale includes the moral of the story and many are presented on RealAudio. The site also offers online the 127 fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

African American Women Writers of the 19th-Century. African American Women Writers of the 19th-Century, provided by the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center, contains an online collection of their works including fiction, poetry, biography/autobigraphy, and essays. The site, suitable for grades 8-12, features a pull-down menu for choosing a literary work.

African Myths and Fables. African Myths and Fables, from the Kids Zone of the Afro-American Newspaper Company of Baltimore Web site, features a collection of tales from around the world. for elementary school children.

Alt.bookstore. Alt.bookstore offers online a vast collection of free books indexed by author for grades K-12. Among the authors are Hans Christian Andersen, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Samuel Clemens, Stephen Crane, John Keates,Jack London, Oscar Wilde. You can also find selected tales by the brothers Grimm.

American Literary Classics - A Chapter A Day. American Literary Classics - A Chapter A Day contains an online collection of texts in big print to over 20 classic American novels for students in grades 5-12. Some of the books you can read online are Jack London's The Call of the Wild, L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans , Mark Tawin's The Prince and The Pauper, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. The site also offers a classic quote of the day and a vocabulary word of the day.

Animals, Myths & Legends. Animals, Myths & Legends contains a collection of legends for grades 3-7 where students can learn about the relationship between animals and the world's indigenous peoples. The site also provides a playroom filled with learning activities to accompany the legends. The printable activities include coloring pages, crosswords, and word searches.

Atlantic Unbond. Atlantic Unbond, maintained by The Atlantic Monthly, contains multimedia poetry pages for both classic and contemporary poems. You can read poems, read essays about them, listen to them on RealAudio, or browse other poetry sites on the Web. The site, suitable for grades 8-12, is updated regularly with new poems.

Aaron's Book Reviews. Aaron's Book Reviews is a collection of over 40 book reviews written by Aaron, a student at the Nathaniel Asher School. These book reviews, from 1995 through 1998, are well written and spark the reading interests of the intermediate age reader in grades 4-6. The reviews are short and written from a child's point of view. Aaron invites you to write to him at this email address.

Arabian Nights. Arabian Nights contain stories like the famous Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin translated into English by Richard Francis Burton. Some of the stories include a description and a commentary. The site is suitable for grades 3-8.

Authors & Illustrators. Authors & Illustrators, from Simon and Shuster's Kidzone for grades K-6, features biographical sketches with photos for many authors, arranged alphabetically.

Authors and Illustrators Page. Authors and Illustrators Page, maintained by the Bridge Elementary School Library in Lexington, Massachusetts, features an alphabetical list of sites of children authors for grades K-6. Each site includes biographical information on the author.

Authors (English Language). Authors (English Language) from James Madison University's Carrier Library contains a collection of sites for American authors, British authors, and authors from other areas of the world. Each category is divided into novelists, poets, and playwrights.

Authors from the Mining Company. Authors from the Mining Company is a comprehensive guide to author sites featuring a library of hundreds of links divided into specific categories for easy searching, weekly columns on specific authors, book reviews, and more. The site, suitable for high school, is updated weekly, and includes bulletin boards, chats, and author interviews.

Authors on the Web. Authors on the Web, from Gretchen Whitney's The Literary Web, features an alphabetical collection of author biographical sketches for grades K-12.

Author Pages on the WWW. Author Pages on the WWW provides a comprehensive collection of author sites, compiled by Inez Ramsey, for grades 6-12. Categories consist of general resources, general poet pages, women authors, young adult authors, individual author pages, and women authors from Mexico.

Author Webliography. Author Webliography, prepared by LSU Libraries, is a literary index with pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with specific writers.

Avi's Home Page. Avi's Home Page contains a biographical sketch and a summary for each of the author's published works. To find information about a book, click on its book cover. The site is suitable for grades 5-9.

Awards & Notables. Awards & Notables, from the American Library Association (ALA) home page, provides information about a variety of children's book awards including the Newbery Medal, which is awarded yearly to the author of the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" and the Caldecott Medal, which is awarded yearly to the artist of the "most distinguished American picture book for children". The site is suitable for grades preK-6.

BAB Books: Online Stories for Kids. BAB Books provides a collection of online illustrated stories for grades K-3. Stories include A Martian Halloween, Caroline and Dad do the Alphabet Rap, and How About a Picnic?.

221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes contains contains online 48 of the 60 Arthur Conan Doyle's stories of the legendary detective and his faithful assistant. The searchable site, suitable for grades 8-12, also includes many pictures and sounds.

Baker Street Connection. The Baker Street Connection provides a collection of Sherlock Holmes related material, including the complete canon of 56 stories and 4 novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1887 and 1925. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Banph. Banph is a heroic ant who must defend his colony from attack in a fictional world where ants rule. To begin the adventures of Banph, click here, and to learn more about the characters in the story, click here. The site is suitable for students in grades 4-8.

Banned Books Online. Banned Books Online is an exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. The books featured range from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Bantam Doubleday Dell Online. Bantam Doubleday Dell Online provides weekly an author profile of a noted contemporary writer or journalist. Click on featured author for a profile of the current author which includes related sites to learn more about his/her work. In addition, to visit with other past authors, scroll below the photo on the right side and click on previously featured authors.

barnesandnoble.com. Barnesandnoble.com provides a variety of resources including a children's bookshelf with summaries of hundreds of books for grades K-12.

Bohemian Ink. Bohemian Ink contains an index of the acclaimed 20th century authors, including excerpts, essays, criticism, and links to their writings. The historical section is of interest to high school students and teachers of contemporary literature featuring a list of authors such as Arthur Miller, Truman Capote, Raymond Chandler, William Golding, George Orwell, J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Thornton Wilder, and others.

BookSpot. BookSpot, maintained by StartSpot Mediaworks, is your one-stop source for information about books for grades K-12. Among its vast resources are book reviews, children books, and electronic books. You'll find must-see book sites, great books, children's books from Alcott to Seuss, and the New York Times reviews of over 50,000 books indexed since 1980.

BookWire Reading Room. The BookWire Reading Room provides a collection of electronic fiction, non-fiction, and children's books for grades K-12. The children's section contains over 100 Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and books of your favorite authors, and the fiction section contains online books and poems by such illustrious authors as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Keats, Jack London, Henry David Thoreau, Oscar Wilde, and others. The site also includes a list of all-time great children's books in the Bestsellers section.

Brianna's Name That Book. Brianna's Name That Book provides passages from books to test your knowledge of juvenile literature in a game-like format. To find the collection of passages, scroll to "Categories from which to choose", and to get the answer of the name and author of the book for the passage you've read, click on the book icon. The site also offers short book descriptions and recommended book lists for students in grades K-8.

Camelot Project Project. The Camelot Project Project, sponsored by the University of Rochester, contains an electronic database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information for high school English classes. The site also includes Robin Hood resources.

Canadian Teacher-Librarian's Resource Pages. Canadian Teacher-Librarian's Resource Pages, maintained by teacher-librarian Alan L Brown, provides a variety of children's literature sites for grades K-8. Categories include authors, titles, awards, libraries, booklists, and reviews.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site. Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site contains a collection of book reviews and related activities for using books in various curricular areas in grades K-8. For an overview of the site, scroll to "Getting Around Our Site", click on Expanded Table of Contents. Teachers can also subscribe to a free quarterly newsletter via email.

Celebration of Women Writers The Celebration provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Censorship, the Internet, Intellectual Freedom, and Youth. Censorship, the Internet, Intellectual Freedom, and Youth contains information and a collection of sites compiled by Kay E. Vandergrift about critical censorhip issues. The site is suitable for K-12 teachers.

19th-Century German Stories.19th-Century German Stories features five illustrated fairy tales for elementary school children including the brothers Grimm's The Frog King, Rumpelstilzchen, and The Turnip.

Children's Author Directory. Children's Author Directory, for grades K-8, provides a wealth of information about well-known children's authors/illustrators who maintain Web sites.

Children's Book Awards. Children's Book Awards is a comprehensive guide to English-language children's book awards on the Internet including the complete list of U.S. Children's Book Awards.

Children's Literature. Children's Literature from ParentsPlace.com is an online newsletter with hundreds of reviews of children's books for parents and K-8 teachers. Topics includes award-winning books and list of the top 150 books for 1996 and 1997. To find book reviews from past newsletters, click on Our On-Line Archive.

Children's Literature Authors & Illustrators. Children's Literature Authors & Illustrators features an alphabetical listing of sites to your favorite children's authors. The site is suitable for grades K-8.

Children's Literature Nook. Children's Literature Nook contains a wide variety of literature sites for grades K-8. Categories include fairy tales, Mother Goose, Hans Christian Andersen, poetry of Robert Frost, A. A. Milne and Winnie the Pooh. For a list of holiday activities, scroll to "In the Classroom Index" and choose a holiday.

Children's Literature Web Guide. Children's Literature Web Guide, maintained by David K. Brown, is a premier and comprehensive resource for teaching children's literature in the elementary school. The site provides online chidren's stories, general children's literature resources in the Web-Traveller's Toolkit section, teacher resources, links to individual author sites, and much, much more.

Children's Picture Book Database. The Children's Picture Book Database, created by Miami University in Ohio, is an online electronic catalog of over 3,600 children's picture books for grades PreK-3. Teachers can search the database by topics, concepts, and skills to find books to enhance their curriculum. Each book contains a brief description, the author, and the publisher. Many of the titles are available at your local public library.

Children's Storybook Online. Children's Storybook Online, maintained by Carol Moore, contains a collection of original, short illustrated stories for young children, for older children, and for young adult. Among the stories are Buzzy Bee , Round Bird Can't Fly, Grow Your Own Gargoyle, The Littlest Knight, A Tale of Friendship, The Wumpalump, and Who Did Patrick's Homework?. The site also includes Carol Moore's animated story of the alphabet, some riddles, and coloring pages.

Children's Literature Ring. Children's Literature Ring, suitable for grades K-12, contains a collection of annotated sites for children's literature.

Chosen for Children. Chosen for Children, suitable for grades K-12, contains an online catalog of over 400 children's books listed in the following categories: Characters, Times, Places, Stories, and Miscellaneous. To find these lists, click here and scroll to "Our Pre-Selected Searches".

Classics for Young People. Classics for Young People, suitable for grades K-12, contains online the complete texts for more than 60 stories including The Wizard of Oz series, The Wind in the Willows, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and The Little Princess.

Classic Short Stories. Classic Short Stories, suitable for grades 8-12, contains an online anthology of short stories collected by Gary Lindquist, a short story chat forum for you to participate, and links to related sites. Stories include Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams, A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker, The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, stories by many other well-known authors.

Classics at the Online Literature Library. Classics at the Online Literature Library, for grades 7-12, contains the electronic versions by famous authors such as Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, John Milton, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary Shelley, and H. G. Wells

Colin Thompson: Author & Illustrator. Colin Thompson: Author & Illustrator features cover art and summaries from Colin Thompson's books, updates on works in progress, and a glimpse at his working methods and how a picture book is made. The site is suitable for grades K-6.

Concertina. Concertina presents online illustrated picture books that young children can enjoy reading online. Sharon Katz's book, Waking In Jerusalem is about a child who gets up before his parents and watches the city of Jerusalem wake up.

CyberSaunter. CyberSaunter, created by students at Salisbury State University in Maryland, is a comprehensive collection of online images of Thoreau and the people and places associated with him. Another excellent Thoreau resource is the University of California's (Santa Barbara) site The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. These sites are suitable for grades 9-12.

Cyber-Seuss. Cyber-Seuss contains a wide variety of resources for grades K- 12 including early Seuss writings, a game zone with JavaScript games and printable cross-word searches, the online Grinch quiz, the Grolier Book club's online trivia quiz, and information about the author's life.

de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi focuses on American and British children's literature, historical and contemporary. The Author and Illustrator Index contains finding aids for over 100 of the full list of 1,200 plus authors and illustrators that are represented in the de Grummond Collection, with biographical sketches on most. You'll also find the following special illustrated projects in the "Related Sites" section: the Cinderella Project with12 versions of the tale, the Little Red Riding Hood Project with16 versions, and the Jack and the Beanstalk Project with 9 versions. In addition, there are links to useful children's literature Web sites for grades K-8.

Cyber Library for Kids. The Cyber Library for Kids, suitable for grades K-8, contains online bookcases of children's stories, classics, collections, first readers, holiday stories, interactive stories, poems, and publish yourself.

Danny Yee's Book Reviews. Danny Yee provides over 500 short reviews of books, indexed by author, subject, title, and publisher for grades 8-12. You can also search by keyword for a particular book or author.

Dickens Page. The Dickens Page, maintained by Mitsuharu Matsuoka, contains a vast collection of sites devoted to Charles Dickens. The site includes photos, biographical information, electronic texts, recreational and film resources, and much more.

Digital Dante Project. The Digital Dante Project contains a multimedia translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy. Click on Net Resources to find the various translations as well as a study guide, lessons, a research guide, project ideas, and an interactive quiz in the classroom section. The site, suitable for AP English classes, also includes a list of student papers.

Digital Librarian: Children's Literature. Digital Librarian: Children's Literature The Digital Librarian, maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, contains an annotated list of the chlidren's literature sites for grades K-8.

Disney Books - Read a Story! Disney Books contains a library of illustrated Disney storybooks that primary grade children can read online. The library includes The Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, The Lion King, Aladdin, Bambi, and other Disney classics.

Doucette Index to K-12 Teaching Ideas for Literature. Doucette Index lets you search by author or title for links to sites related to books for children and young adults. For example, to find sites for Shakespeare, enter Shakespeare in the author box, select Show Websites Only, and click on Begin Search. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Edward Bonver's Poetry Lovers' Page. Edward Bonver's Poetry Lovers' Page provides the complete poem collections of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Rudyard Kipling, as well as the selected poems of Aleksandr Pushkin, Aleksandr Blok, and Anna Akhmatova. The site, suitable for grades 6-12, also contains poems submitted by the readers and features links to a poem of the day and a random poem.

Edward Lear's Nonsense Poetry and Art. Edward Lear's Nonsense Poetry and Art contains selected examples of the author's work including an online copy of his Book of Nonsense, which is accompanied by 60 original illustrated limericks. The site also provides biographical information and other Lear pages, limerick sites and related materials.

Edmund Spenser Home Page. Edmund Spenser Home Page, created by Richard Bear at the University of Oregon, contains biograhical information on this great English writer, online texts of his works such as the The Faerie Queene, and related links to Spencerian resources. The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe contains over 120 of his short-stories and poems as well as collections of his articles and criticism for grades 8-12. The site also includes biographical information and related Poe links.

Eldritch Press. Eldritch Press provides a wonderful collection of online illustrated children's classics suitable for grades 3-8. Scroll to "Read aloud to a child" to find online edited versions of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, and Charles Lamb's The Adventures of Ulysses.

Electronic Children's Resources. Electronic Children's Resources Gopher Menu features the full text of many popular and classic books for children, such as Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. The site is suitable for grades 4-12.

Electronic Resources for Youth Services. Electronic Resources for Youth Services provides a collection of annotated sites dealing mainly with children's literature. Topics include award winning books, book reviews, online books sources, reading and storytelling, writing skills resources, publishers, authors, listservs, and newsgroups. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Emily Dickinson. The Emily Dickinson page contains over 460 of her poems online, information about her life, and related poet and poetry links. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Enchanted Page. An Enchanted Page, created by David H. Sherrod for grades K-6, provides a wealth of resources about A. A. Milne's classic children's books. The site also offers trivia quizzes and answers on Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. For a comprehensive list of related sites ranging from pictures to bigraphical information to other Pooh pages , click on Now We Are Linked.

Enchanted Tulips and Other Verses for Children. Enchanted Tulips and Other Verses for Children, an online version of a book by the same name, contains a collection of poems for students in grades 3-6. To find the poetry, scroll to "Contents".

English 110, Literary Interpretation. English 110, Literary Interpretation contains Seamus Cooney's online course material including poems, writing papers, and assignments suitable for advanced high school English classes. To refresh your understanding of metaphors, similes, and imagery, use Professor Cooney's excellent page.

English Literature Page! English Literature Page covers the seven major periods of English literature from medieval times to the twentieth century featuring historical backgrounds, original sources online, and profiles of popular authors. The site is suitable for advanced high school English classes.

English Teachers' Links for Literature. English Teachers' Links for Literature, created by Mark Dobbins, contains an alphabetical list of useful sites for middle and high school teachers.

Ernest M. Hemingway Home Page. David V. Gagne's Ernest M. Hemingway Home Page contains a listing of Hemingway sites as well as a collection of essays on his works. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Ever The Twain Shall Meet: Mark Twain on the Web. Joseph Waterkotte's Ever the Twain Shall Meet site presents online versions of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, and What is Man and Other Essays separated into chapters so that you can read them one chapter a day if you like. The site, suitable for grades 7-12, also includes other links to Mark Twain in HTML format.

Faeries. Faeries, created by Allen Garvin, provides a collection of online folklore literature for grades 5-12. The site includes Lady Wilde's Ancient Legends of Ireland, Crofton Croke's Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland, Fairy Stories and Anecdotes from all over the world, W. B. Yeats' Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Faery Poems of English tradition, and Faery Poems through the ages.

Fairy Tale Resource Page. The Fairy Tale Resource Page provides a list of annotated, fairy tale resources for elementary school teachers including online texts of hundreds of tales by Aesop, Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Anderson.

Fairy Tales: Origins and Evolution. Fairy Tales, created by Christine Daae, provides information on their origins and evolution for grades 5-12. The site includes other fairy tale resources around the Web.

Fairrosa Cyber Library. Fairrosa Cyber Library features an online reading room with book shelves of classics, fairy and folk tales, and stories and rhymes for students in grades K-8. The site also contains a Lewis Carroll collection, an annotated list of dragon stories, an index to popular children's authors and illustrators, and related links to children's literature.

Favorite Authors. Favorite Authors, for grades 6-12, contains links to author sites, including many links to C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton.

Five Minute Irish Stories. Five Minute Irish Stories is a collection of 121 short traditional Irish tales for grades 5-12.

Flower Children. Flower Children is an online beautifully illustrated German picturebook with garden, meadow, forest, and field scences for primary grade children. To view the verses that accompany the picture, click on the it.

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts. Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts, compiled by Professor D. L. Ashliman of the University of Pittsburgh for grades 7-12, features an index of about 200 online tales, mostly little-known oriental and Nordic. Be sure to read the ten stories about people and animals who try their luck away from home in the the "Folktales for Travelers" section. To find them, click on the letter T in the index. The site is also an excellent source for comparing the classic tales, such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood.

Frances E. W. Harper's Poems. The Humanities Text Initiative provides a large collection of poems by the African American poet, F. E. W.Harper for grades 6-12. To find them, scroll to "Table of Contents".

F. Scott Fitzgerald. F. Scott Fitzgerald Web site celebrates his writings, his life, and his relationship with other writers of the twentieth century. The site draws extensively on books, photographs, and related materials from the Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina.

George Fyler Townsend's Translations of Aesop's Fables. George Fyler Townsend's Translations of Aesop's Fables Web site contains 315 of the Aesop's fables as well as information about the author's life. The site is suitable for grades 4-12.

Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, for high school, contains plot summary, character sketches, images, literary criticism, Scence VII online with a glossary, and more.

Global Access to Educational Sources: Literature and Writing. Global Access to Educational Resources contains a collection of literature and fairy tale sites for grades 4-12.

Great Books Index. Great Books Index contains an online library of the works by authors such as Aristotle, Dante, Machiavelli, Plato, Rousseau, Shaw, and Tocqueville suitable for honors English students. For a list of titles in the library, click here. The site also includes a cafe with an online discussion area for posting message and related great books sites.

Great Writers and Poets. Great Writers and Poets, part of the Book Lovers home page offers an alphabetized collection of prize winning author sites as well as other author sites for high school English. Each author site includes a brief biography, short reviews of the major works, sample writings, a photo, and related links.

Greek World of Mary Renault. Greek World of Mary Renault provides short synopses of the author's eight historical novels about ancient Greece including a biogarphy of Alexander the Great, Funeral Games. Each synopsis also includes links to the Perseus Project for explanations of Greek terms and people. The site, suitable for high school English, contains biograpical information and a tour of ancient Greece.

Greek Literature. Greek Literature, created by Portland State University student Angela DeHaven, contains information on the eight most famous Greek authors in history and their works. For a rewritten online version of Plato's Republic for high school students, click here.

Grimm's Fairy Tales. Grimm's Fairy Tales, for grades K-5, provides online the complete collection of the 209 fairy tales written by the brothers Grimm and based on the translation by Margaret Hunt.

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a great starting point for those high school teachers and students interested in more information about Dr. Lemuel Gulliver and his amazing travels. The site contains an online edited version, sources for studying and teaching, biographical information, noteworthy quotes, and illustrations.

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories, compiled by Zvi Har'El for grades K-5, contains the complete list of Andersen's 168 stories in the chronological order of their original publication.

Harper Collins Publishers Audio Excerpts. Harper Collins Publishers provides background information and rebroadcast excerpts of famous works from its audio library. Among the excerpts that you can listen to on your computer via RealAudio 3.0 are Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, James Mason reading of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities", Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, Peter Ustinov's readings of the fables of humorist James Thurber, and J.R.R. Tolkien reading excerpts from his mythical saga The Lord of the Rings. To find the complete list of audio excerpts, click on HarperAudio.

Hatzi's Hot Links. Hatzi's Hot Links features a list of annotated literature sites for Arthurian legends and medieval life, Charles Dickens' life and times, and related author links for grades 7-12.

Henrik Ibsen. The Henrik Ibsen Web site, for grades 9-12, features information about one of the greatest playwriters in history.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow contains the collected online poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The site, suitable for grades 5-12, also includes biographical information. For other sites with Longfellow's poetry, click here or here.

Hercules, Greece's Greatest Hero. Hercules, Greece's Greatest Hero, from Tuft's Perseus Project for grades 5-8, is one of the most popular of the Greek myths. The site contains all about the life and times of Hercules, stories that Ancient Greeks told about him, and the famous12 labors of Hercules. You can also learn about where he traveled in the ancient world and the women, both goddesses and mortals, in his life. For a selective bibliography of children's books on the ancient world including mythology collections, click here.

Heroes. Heroes, from the Mythweb for grades 4-8, contains online illustrated versions of Hercules and the Labors of Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts, and The Odyssey from Greek mythology. Each story includes teaching tips.

Holmes' Place. Holmes' Place, a tribute to the great mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, contains online texts of all his stories and novels, biographical information, Sherlock Holmes pictures, a dicussion forum, and related links. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

The House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Peter Forrest's House of Usher contains a wide variety of Edgar Allan Poe resources suitable for grades 8-12. The site includes an alphabetical list of online texts, essays and criticisms, and biographical information. For the site's table of contents, click on Poe's Virtual Library.

How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers. How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers by Robert William Wood, published in 1907, was David Newman's favorite childhood book of poems. He has published text and pictures of this quirky and unique little volume on the Web. The site is suitable for grades 3-7.

Hypertexts. Hypertexts, part of the University of Virginia's American Studies project, include online texts of the works by Crevecoeur, Twain, Poe, Henry Adams, Melville, Joel Chandler Harris, de Tocqueville, Stephen Crane, Cooper, Dickens, Poe, Jefferson, Walt Whitman, Charles Brockden Brown, Harriet Wilson, Harriet Jacobs, Thorstein Veblen, D.H. Lawrence, James Fenimore Cooper, and Francis Parkman. Scroll below the table to find other sources of online texts. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Idea Box: Online Stories. Idea Box provides a collection of online stories for primary grade children. In addition, site includes childrens literature resources for elementary school teachers.

Ika's Stories. Ika Bremer has put over a dozen of her illustrated fairy tales online for kids in grades preK-3. She's also got a page of riddles.

Ika's Stories. Ika Bremer has put over a dozen of her illustrated fairy tales online for kids in grades preK-3. She's also got a page of riddles.

Index of /contemporary/. Anniina Jokinen has created home pages for the famous contemporary authors IAlice Walker, Amy Tan, and Toni Morrison. Each page features a biography, excerpts from their works, commentary, and links to other sites.

Index of Poets in Representative Poetry Online. An Index of Poets in Representative Poetry Online is an online anthology of about 2,000 poems by nearly 300 poets from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century. For another resource with American, British, and world poetry sites, click here. These sites are suitable for grades 7-12.

Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators. The Internet School Library Media Center's A-Z index to over 100 author and illustrator sites provides online curriculum resources for K-12 teachers. Each author site includes a brief biography, short reviews of the major works, sample writings, a photo, and related links.

Infoseek: Authors. Infoseek provides an alphabetical list to over 50 author topics for grades 6-12. Topics include Ernest Hemingway, Bronte sisters, Michael Crichton, Walt Whitman, C. S. Lewis, Emily Dickinson, William Faulkner, and much more.

Internet Academic Resources Center. George J. Lamont's Internet Academic Resources Center offers superb study guides for George Orwell's 1984 and his Animal Farm, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. You'll also find useful study guides in the novels and the Shakespeare's plays sections. In addition, the site provides curriculum materials and sample essays for a variety of short stories, as well as writing and poetry resources for middle and high school English.

Internet Classics Archive. Internet Classics Archive, maintained by MIT student Dan Stevenson, a contains searchable English-language translations with commentary of more than 440 classical Greek and Roman works by over 55 authors. The archive includes English translations of Plato's Republic, Plutarch's Roman Lives, Virgil's Aeneid, and Homer's Odyssey, classics that have shaped Western thought, literature, politics, and society. The site is suitable for students in AP classes.

Internet Poetry Archive. The Internet Poetry Archive, sponored by the University of North Carolina Press, features online selected poems from contemporary poets such as Czeslaw Milosz, Seamus Heaney, Philip Levine, and Robert Pinsky. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Into the Wardrobe. Into the Wardrobe is comprehensive online resource about C. S. Lewis and his work for grades 7-12.

Irene's Winnie the Pooh Page. Irene's Winnie the Pooh Page, contains contains a collection of Pooh pages and an amazing set of over 250 downloadable graphics created by Deborah Burton for her daughter Irene. To find the Pooh pages, scroll to "Irene's Other Pooh Pages".

ISLMC Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources. The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) provides a vast collection of children's literature and language arts resources for grades K-12 compiled by Inez Ramsey. The site includes general children's literature resources, book awards, curriculum activites, literary enrichment activities, and the genres such as traditional literature and nonfiction.

ISLMC Poetry for Children. The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) provides a wide variety of poetry resources for grades K-12 compiled by Inez Ramsey. Categories include forms of poetry, poetry in the classroom, and selected electronic poetry texts.To find a list of over 35 classic poems, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on poetry for upper elementary students. You'll also find a link to poetry resources for secondary students at the top of the page.

Jack London Collection. The Jack London Collection from the SunSite Network is a tribute to famous American author and adventurer Jack London. This gallery of London memorabilia includes a large searchable database of photos, letters, postcards, online literary works, and research and instructional aids. The site is suitable for high school English classes.

Jane Austen Information Page. Jane Austen Information Page, created by Henry Churchyard, is the premiere Austen Web site on the Internet. It contains six full-text, annotated versions of her novels including an illustrated version of Pride and Prejudice. The site, suitable for high school English classes, also includes articles on and by Jane Austen, chapter-by-chapter commentary on Pride and Prejudice in Barron's Booknotes, numerous photos, the life and times of this celebrated author, online discussions on film and TV versions of her novels, and other related Jane Austen pages.

John Steinbeck: The California Novels. John Steinbeck Web site, created by Ed Stephen, offers a variety of online resources about this Nobel Prize author and his life including illustrated, chapter-by-chapter summaries for each of his eleven California novels.The site, suitable for high school English classes, includes biograhical information, articles about Steinbeck's writing, the Internet Movie Database's film resources, Bancroft Library's photos, Salinas Valley links, and other related resources. For an extensive collection of Steinbeck sites, click on Yahoo's Directory.

Joyce Carol Thomas Home Page. The Home Page of Joyce Carol Thomas, an author of poetry and novels for children and young adults, contains excerpts from her nationally-acclaimed books published by HarperCollins, Avon Books, and Scholastic.

J.R.R. Tolkien Information Page. J.R.R. Tolkien Information Page provides one-stop-shopping for all of the Tolkien information available on the Internet including online texts for grades 5-12.

Judy Blume's Home Base. Judy Blume's Home Base, her official Web site for grades 4-12, includes a personal note from Judy Blume, plus biography, photos, writing tips, and information about Judy's new book for adults, Summer Sisters.

Just For Kids Who Love Books. Just For Kids Who Love Books Web site, created by teacher-librarian Alan L Brown for grades K-6, is where you can find out about your favorite authors like Roald Dahl, Beverly Cleary, and Maurice Sendak by clicking on their names in the frame on the left. To find out about books or series such as Animorphs, Baby-sitters Club, Goosebumps, scroll near the bottom in the frame on the left. The site also provides a simple form for you to fill out about your favorite books.

Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page. Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page contains a wealth of resources about youth literature, genre fiction, women's studies, and related topics for grades K-12. To quickly find the following pages: Children's Literature, Young Adult literature, and Snow White, scroll to "Quick Start", use the pull-down menu to select an item, and click on Jump to this Page.

Kiddie Lit on the Net. Kiddie Lit on the Net features annotated links to stories, interactive stories, games & activities, resources, read better, recommended reading, and reviews for grades K-8.

Kids' Authors. Kids' Authors from the Seminole County Public Library System Services (SCPLS) contains author sites for picture books, fiction (stories), and factual books for students in grades K-8.

Kimmy Smith's Literature. Kimmy Smith's Literature page contains a wealth of online resources for teaching literary works in high school, such as Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Animal Farm, and A Christmas Carol.

King Steven's Land of Fables. King Steven's Land of Fables contains adorable animated children's stories for the primary grades.

Kurt Vonnegut Web. The Kurt Vonnegut Web from Duke University includes pages on all Vonnegut's works as well as biography, links, and critical resources.

L. M. Montgomery: The Dreamer of Dreams. L. M. Montgomery: The Dreamer of Dreams is devoted to the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of such literary classics as Anne of Green Gables and Chronicles of Avonlea. The site is suitable for grades 6-12.

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Frontier Girl. Laura Ingalls Wilder: Frontier Girl, for grades 3-8, is about her life of Laura and her family, and what visitors to Laura's homesites can find today. Scroll an A-Z index to find brief descriptions of Laura's nine Little House books and the Log Cabin in the Big Woods where kids will enjoy story behind her books.

Learning about the author and Illustrator Pages. The author and Illustrator Pages, compliled by Kay E. Vandergrift, contains over 500 links to author/illustrator sites for children's and young adult literature, grades K-12. To find the alphabetical index of sites, scroll to "List of Author/Illustrator Pages".

Les Miserables Home Page. Les Miserables Home Page provides the book and the musical, covered in-depth, for the reader, writer, or playwright.The site offers great graphics, sound clips. and information pertaining directly to Les Miserables and Victor Hugo.

Lewis Carroll Home Page Illustrated. Lewis Carroll Home Page Illustrated contains online versions of three of Carroll's classics, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Through The Looking-Glass, and Hunting of the Snark. Check out Albright Images Only Album where you will find beautiful illustrations for Through The Looking-Glass.

Life and Works of Herman Melville. The Life and Works of Herman Melville contains an enormous amount of information on Melville including the complete electronic texts of his works, biographical information, and even sections on whaling and sailing. The site is suitable for high school students.

Links For Book Lovers. Links For Book Lovers features a collection of sites for children's authors/illustrators as well as publisher's (creators) on the Web. The site is suitable for grades K-8.

LION Book Awards, Reviews, and Recommendations. Librarians Information Online Network (LION) provides comprehensive information about children's books including awards, reviews, and recommendations. The site is suitable for grades K-8.

Literature. Literature, compiled by Kenji Kitao and S. Kathleen Kitao, contains a comprehensive collection of literature resources for grades 7-12. Categories include great authors, online literature archives, poetry, children's literature, and readings for students.

Literature and English. Literature and English contains a variety of language arts resources including author sites for grades 5-12. Among the authors are William Blake, Louis L'Amour, Dylan Thomas, and Jónas Hallgrímsson.

Literature and Medicine. The Literature and Medicine Web site provides biographical data as well as summaries and commentaries on the works of hundreds of authors from around the world. For a complete list of authors, click here. The site, suitable for high school classes, also includes Annotations of Authors of Selected Ethnicity.

Literature@SunSite. The Digital Library SunSITE is a collection of digital texts that can be read online, printed, or downloaded for further study. Some of the authors included Jane Austen, Stephen Crane, Frederick Douglass, Upton Sinclair, and Henry David Thoreau. The site, suitable for high school English, also provides collection of literary medieval and classical works, from Chaucer to Icelandic sagas.

Literature for Children Ring. The Literature for Children Ring contains a collection of poetry and story sites for children, ages 7-15.

Literature Nook. The Literature Nook contains general sites on literature, and personal pages on authors, poets, playwrights, mythology, great speeches, William Shakespeare and more. Each author page includes a brief biography, a portrait where possible, links to other pages about the author, and famous quotations. The site is suitable for high school classes.

Literature Resources. Literature Resources contains an alphabetical annotated list to a variety of literature sites for K-12.

Literature Resources for the High School and College Student. Literature Resources offers a collection of hundreds of sites arranged chronologically and alphabetically for the high school and college student. Click on Index for a list of author pages and click on Literature for different categories ranging from African American to world literature.

Literary Calendar. Literary Calendar contains a monthly calendar of events allowing you to click on a date and see what important literary events have occurred. You can also search for literary information by names, short phrases, or dates. Many the events include links to related resources. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Literary Kicks. Literary Kicks provides a variety of resources for the 50/60's Beat movement associated with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. The site, suitable for high school students, contains brief biographies, an examination of Beat connections to popular music, related links, information about other important Beat authors such as Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs.

Literary Menagerie. The Literary Menagerie is an index of author-based sites on the Web. Among the sites are Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Crichton, Thomas Hardy, and Walt Whitman. For another large collection with author sites, click on authors.

Literary Resources. Literary Resources, compiled by Geoff Ring, is a compendium of English sites ranging from an index to hundreds of authors to various literary movements. The site is suitable for high school English classes.

Literary Resources on the Net. Literary Resources on the Net, maintained by Jack Lynch at the University of Pennsylvania, is a collection of sites organized by category dealing with English and American literature for grades 8-12.

The Literary Web. The Literary Web, maintained by Gretchen Whitney at the University of Tennessee, is an annotated, online guide to fiction and poetry resources for grades K-12. The site is divided into the following categories: authors, books, children's literature, journals, literary resources, poetry, and writing resources.

Little, Brown Books for Children. Little, Brown Books for Children features book summaries of Little Brown authors such as Marc Brown, Jane Dyer, and Matt Christopher. The site, suitable for grades 2-6, includes biographical information.

Little Poetry. A Little Poetry presents a wide variety of contemporary works from around the world including the traditional to the most experimental forms of poetry. Most poems are accompanied by an email address or link to the poet's home page so you can share your thoughts with the writer. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Little Women Home Page. Little Women Home Page, developed by the Univ. of Virginia for grades 4-8, contains information about Louisa May Alcott as well as her books. The site includes chapter summaries of Little Women and online the complete text of this masterpiece.

Louisa May Alcott Web. Louisa May Alcott Web is all about this famous American author containing numerous online resources for grades 7-12.

Luminarium. The Luminarium contains a selection of the major authors and their works from the Medieval English Literature period (1350-1485), the Renaissance English Literature period (1485-1603), and the Early 17th Century English Literature period (1603-1660). Each period includes an index of electronic texts, biographical information, beautiful images, bibliography, essays and articles, and related sites. The site is suitable for AP English and also provides a search engine.

Malaspina Great Books Interdisciplinary Matrix. Malaspina Great Books Interdisciplinary Matrix contains a collection of works by about 150 authors from antiquity to modern times. To find a work of an author, click on a letter in the index right under the title. The site is suitable for honors English students.

Mariam's Story Park. Mariam's Story Park is a personal collection of short folk tales from around the world for grades 2-8. For more read-aloud stories and stories from other related sites, click on Story Park-2.

Marilee's Picturebook Links. Marilee's Picturebook Links is comprehensive guide to authors/illustrators and online picture books as well as recommended book lists for the primary grades.

Mary Cavangaugh's Childrenstory.com. Mary Cavangaugh's Childrenstory.com features dozens of classic fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and holiday stories adapted for reading aloud for grades 2-5. Some are available on RealAudio so that can kids can listen to the story on their computers.

Masterworks of American Literature. Masterworks of American Literature contains student Web projects on American authors featuring Maya Angelou, James Michener, and Alice Walker. For other pages also on the American authors, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Crane, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison, click on Student Projects. Each author page includes biographical information, photos, online texts, and related links. For another resource with an alphabetical list of American author sites, click here. These sites are suitable for grades 8-12.

Mayan Folktales. Mayan Folktales are stories told to the writer, Fernando Peñalosa, by don Pedro Miguel Say, a famous Guatemalan storyteller. The site is suitable for grades 2-8.

Medieval World. Medieval World features annotated bibliographies for children and young adults including Arthurian literature, books about castles, books about crusaders and the crusades, books about dragons, books about knights, books about Robin Hood, and much more. The site is suitable for grades 4-8

Megabrands' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Megabrands' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an online multimedia presentation illustrated and accompanied by music. More stories include Little Bo-Peep and Ikintar the Giraffe. These dynamic versions take time to load because of their graphic and sound features, but any waiting is well worth your time.

Michael's Corner. Michael's Corner contains a collection of over 150 sites for 20th century Ameican poets and including Michael's own pages for modern poets. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Milton-L Home Page. The Milton-L Home Page from the University of Richmond features a variety of resources on the life, times, and literature of John Milton. The site , suitable for AP English students, includes some of Milton's shorter poems that you can listen via RealAudio, scholarly articles including biographical information, electronic texts of many of his poems, and related resources. Another excellent Milton site is Dartmouth's John Milton Reading Room.

Moonlit Road. The Moonlit Road features a collection of interesting folktales from the American South that you can read or listen to on RealAudio. The site, updated monthly, is suitable for grades 5-12.

Modern Library: 100 Best. The Modern Library, a division of Random House, presents a list of the 100 best novels published in English since 1900. The site, suitable for grades 9-12, also includes a "Readers' 100 Best" where you can recommend your choices of fiction. For online news coverage and stories about Random House's controversial selection, click on Yahoo's Best English-Language Novel.

Mother Goose Pages. Mother Goose Pages, created by P. F. "Pat" Anderson, contains an alphabetical list of printable nursery rhymes and songs that teacher's can use to increase children's vocabulary. The rhymes are also grouped by theme. The site also includes tips for reading nursery rhymes in grades K-5.

Multicultural Book Review Home Page. Multicultural Book Review Home Page, maintained by Joe Mele for grades K-12, contains information and monthly short reviews about multicultural literature organized by topic. The site also includes related links to other multicultural resources.

Mushimegane. Mushimegane, a Japanese literary magazine, provides online a history of ten haikuists and their works from the 15th century to the present, recent haiku and Tanka poetry, as well as ancient Japanese fables.

Myths and Legends Theme Page. Myths and Legends Theme Page, created by Jim Cornish's 5th students at Gander Academy Newfoundland in Canada, features a collection myths from many cultures for grades 3-7. To view original myths written by these students, click here.

Nancy Drew. Nancy Drew, the official site of an American heroine, features a new episode every week to an illustrated story online and a new mystery every month for girls in grades 4-7. The site includes information on all Nancy Drew books, an introduction to our super sleuth, and Nancy Drew Online Adventure game requiring Shockwave, a free plug-in for Web browsers.

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne Web site contains a comprehensive collection of Hawthorne resources for high school students and teachers. The site includes electronic texts of his books and other writings, information about his life and work, and links to other famous 19th century American writers.

Native American Authors. Native American Authors of the Internet Public Library (IPL) provides extensive information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal Web sites. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Native American Lore Index Page. Native American Lore features a collection of 131 Native American stories and tales from several Tribes for grades 4-8. The site also includes a list of Native Poems.

Native American Traditional Storytelling. Native American Traditional Storytelling is a collection of Native American stories and fables for grades 3-8. For another collection of Native American stories, click on Bedtime-Story's.

Native American Indian Resources. Native American Indian Resources contains traditional stories of the Aadizookaanag and 19th century Native narratives of the Dibaajimowinan. To find these myths and stories, scroll to "AADIZOOKAANAG IDASH DIBAAJIMOWINAN: Stories Menu". The site is suitable for grades 4-8.

NativeWeb. The NativeWeb contains a Native American literature section that include online texts of Old Indian Legends, Sioux Myths and Legends, Native American poetry, and Native American short stories for both traditional and contemporary works. The site is suitable for grades 4-12.

New York Times Books. The New York Times Books is the Web version of the Sunday Book Review section from this newspaper. The site includes popular literary criticism, with current articles and book news, a searchable archive of daily book reviews dating way back to 1980, the first chapters of books you can read online, and bestseller lists.The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Nobel Prize in Literature Winners 1997-1901. Nobel Prize in Literature Winners 1997-1901 features an annotated list of all Nobel laureates in literature from 1901-1997. For each winner, there's a collection of sites providing information about the author and his/her works. The site, suitable for grades 6-12, also includes an alphabetical listing of Nobel laureates in literature.

Nursery Rhymes. Nursery Rhymes is an online collection of the traditional nursery rhymes that form a large part of western childhood experiences. You can browse an alphabetized list or select one at random. Rhymes marked with an asterisk provide information about their origins or interpretations. The site is suitable for grades K-8.

Once Upon a Time. . . A Children's Literature Web Site. Once Upon a Time. . . A Children's Literature Web Site, created by Mary Ellen Van Camp at Ball State University for grades K-8, features annotated directory of sites for authors, illustrators, libraries, and children's book awards, and more.

Ongoing Tales. Ongoing Tales, suitable for students in grades K-12, contains a collection of online serial books as well as a collection of old time favorite fairy tales, poems, and stories for the younger child. The site is updated monthly by Antelope Publishing.

Online Poetry. Online Poetry contains a collection of sites with selected poems from more than 200 authors. For another site with some of your favorite poems, click here. These sites are suitable for grades 7-12.

"On-Lion" Recommended Reading. "On-Lion" Recommended Reading from the New York Public Library provides a list of books for elementary school children including picture books, summer-time reading, books for our favorite American holidays.

Online Children's Stories. Online Children's Stories, from David K. Brown's Children's Literature Web Guide, features a variety of stories available on the Internet to read or download for grades K-8. Some of them are from well-known books, others can be found only online. Topics include story collections, folklore, myth and legend, songs and poetry, and classics and contemporary writing for young people.

Online Literary Criticism Collection. THe Online Literary Criticism Collection of the Internet Public Library (IPL) contains 1,367 critical and biographical sites about North American and British (and Irish) authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period. The site, suitable for grades 9-12, includes a guide to other literary criticism resources.

Online Poetry Resources. Online Poetry Resources contain an alphabetical list of poetry sites ranging from Maya Angelou to William Butler Yeats for grades 6-12.

Online Reading Fun. Online Reading Fun, from a Mining Co. Guide, contains a collection of over 50 sites with online stories for students in grades K-6. For story sites from O - Z, click here, and for story sites for older elementary school kids, click here.

On Testing Facts in Children's Literature. Kay E. Vandergrift provides five online interactive quizzes to test your factual knowledge of children's literature. You'll be given immediate feedback. The site is suitable for K-6 teachers.

Outline of American Literature. The Outline of American Literature, published by the United States Information Agency, is Professor's Kathryn VanSpanckeren's online eight chapter text covering American literature from colonial times to the 1980's. Each chapter (historical period) includes information about important authors. The site, suitable for high school students and teachers, also provides a glossary and key American literature resources.

Page at Pooh Corner. The Page at Pooh Corner is dedicated to the wonderful stories found in the books, Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, written by A. A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard. These books were first published in the 1920s, and star the familiar characters of Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, and Edward Bear, commonly known as Winnie-the-Pooh. The site, for grades K-6, also includes an extensive collection of other Pooh-related resources.

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature. PAL, created by Paul P. Reuben of California State University at Stanislaus, is an online research and reference guide to the major movements and authors in American literature suitable for AP English students. In addition, the site provides research topics and study questions (Appendix J) for every chapter in the guide which can be found by scrolling to the "Appendixes" in the second frame.

Papa's Poems. Papa's Poems, written by A.A.Talbert, is a collection of 48 illustrated short children's poems for preschool and kindergarten.

Papa Page. The Papa Page, devoted to Ernest Hemingway, contains a biography, 26 photographs, a listing of books by and about Hemingway, quotations, reproductions of paintings he liked, and links to related sites. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Patrick Martin's Web Page: The Poetry Resource. Patrick Martin's Web Page contains a collection over 600 annotated poets sites including links to poetry resources for grades 7-12.

Peter Salwen's Mark Twain Page. Peter Salwen's Mark Twain Page contains a collection of resources at the bottom of page including a guide to the best Twain-related Web sites (Mark Twain in Cyberspace). Another resource is John Nesbit's that includes a study guide for Huckleberry Finn.

Pioneer Picks. Pioneer Picks features critical reviews and analyses of over 50 popular young adult books written by Mr. Rinka's 9th grade Honors English students. You can view the list of reviews by author or title. The site is suitable for students in grades 7-12.

Poe Decoder. The Poe Decoder contains summaries, comments, related links, and online texts of many of Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poems. For a site with selected Poe works, click here. These sites are suitable for grades 8-12.

Poe Webliography: Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet. Poe Webliography, created by Heyward Ehrlich, is a comprehensive guide to electronic Edgar Allan Poe resources for grades 8-12. The site includes online texts, commentaries, backgrounds, literary indexes, and search engines. For another Poe collection, click on Dauphin County Library System CyberTour.

Poems 4 Kids of All Ages. Poems 4 Kids of All Ages features Shel Silverstein's poetry accompanied by Anne Gedde's baby photos. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Poems from the Planet Earth. Poems from the Planet Earth, created and maintained by Iwo Gajda, provides a wide variety of poetry resources for grades 6-12. Click on Poets where you'll find an index to hundreds of poems by such poets as Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Margaret Atwood, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, and a host of other famous and little known poets. You can also submit a new poem in the archive, read messages and biographies, post your own message, and find specific poems in the seachable database.

Poetry Archives. The Poetry Archives provides online 3,012 poems by 63 famous poets arranged in an alphabetical list. The site is suitable for grades 6-12. For a comprehensive directory of over 700 poetry sites, click here.

Poetry from across Bookwire. Poetry from across Bookwire features a collection of poetry postcards you can send a friend via email, courtesy of the Poetry in Motion project. Some of the postcards are even in RealAudio format, for a real interactive treat! The site is suitable for middle and high school students.

Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar. The Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, maintained by the Black Alumni Chronicle of the University of Dayton in Ohio, celebrates the work of this first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. The site, suitable for grades 5-12, includes photos, biographical information, a collection of Dunbar's poems that you can read or listen to online, and related resources.

Poet's Corner. The Poet's Corner contains an alphabetical list of more than 4,000poems by over 400 poets ranging from medieval English ballads to poems of the early 20th century. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Poetry. Poetry magazine offers weekly online a contemporary poem from its current issue. To read a selection from the current issue, click here, or to read entries from previous issues, click here. Featured poets include Philip Levine, Margaret Mackinnon, and Charlie Smith.

Poetry of Walt Whitman. The Poetry of Walt Whitman, suitable for grades 8-12, presents biographical information, online texts of Whitman's poems, an online dicussion forum, and links to other poetry sites.

Pooh on the Net. The Pooh on the Net features a comprehensive collection of sites for elementary school children devoted to A. A. Milne's classic book Winnie the Pooh.

Portrait Gallery of American Authors. A Portrait Gallery of American Authors from Paul P. Reuben's Web site Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide for high school English classes, provides a collection of photos of famous American writers, selected bibliograhies, and related links. To find additional portraits, click on an author link in the table and scroll near the bottom to "New Additions". Every author link in the table includes other author sites.

Prize Winning Books Online. Prize Winning Books Online, provided by the University of Virginia Online Books Page, features the complete online texts of books that have won major literary prizes, like the Newbery Award, the Nobel Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. The site is suitable for grades 3-12.

Prose and Poetry. Prose and Poetry features a collection of classic literature and poetry by 34 authors such as Blake, Browning, Dante, Dickinson, Longfellow, Service and Whitman. The site, suitable for grades 7-12, includes online texts and also background information on the authors.

Rainbow Land. Rainbow Land, for preK-1 kids, features an online story with printable coloring pages and mazes to accompany the story.

Read A Story. Read A Story contains a collection of sites with online stories sorted by category for preschool and elementary school children. The story categories consist of early readers, parents read to child, and middle to older readers.

Read to Me. Read to Me, sponsored by Starr Seigle Communications, is an online guide to reading aloud books to children from early childhood through sixth grade. The site provides reading lists for various age groups as well as reading tips. For other read aloud lists from the Indiana Department of Education, click here.

Real Books. Real Books includes a collection of first chapters of books reviewed in Knight Ridder newspapers. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Realist Wonder Society. The Realist Wonder Society, for grades K-8, provides online illustrated fairy tales by authors such as George MacDonald, Lord Dunsany, and Hans Christian Andersen. To find this collection, click on Fables. The site also includes a film category where you can compare movie versions with the actual tales and a storyteller's art category where you can learn about the illustration work of Chris Van Allsburg.

Realm of Books & Dreams. Realm of Books & Dreams contains over 300 hundred time-favored adventure stories, nursery rhymes, fairy tales and fables, spooky tales, and poems for elementary school children.

Realms of Gold. Realms of Gold features an author index with annotated links to pages on individual writers, poets and dramatists as wll as an electronic library with annotated links to free online texts of novels, poems, plays and other literary genres. The site, for high school students, also includes online literary journals, literature mailing lists, and other literature resources.

Recommended Reading. St. Charles Public Library in Illinois provides recommended reading lists for youth, young adults, and adults.

Red Riding Hood. Red Riding Hood is all about the brothers' Grimm classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood which means in German Rotkaeppchen. The site offers many different versions of the tale and questions to be used in a classroom. The site is suitable for the primary grades.

Richard's Poetry Library. Richard's Poetry Library, compiled by Richard Darsie for grades 4-12, contains selected poems by famous poets such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. For a collectiion of poems at this site, click on index. The site also includes a poetry for and about children category and related poetry and literature links.

Rhyme and Reason. Rhyme and Reason is a site devoted to William Blake's (1757-1827) poems, "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" and includes links to the poetry of William Blake. For other literature resources from Classroom Electric, click on literary bookshelf.

Rivendell Educational Archive. Rivendell Educational Archive, for grades K-12, contains a collection of language arts sites including literature and drama resources.

Roald Dahl Index. The Roald Dahl Index is treasure house of information about the reknown author of such children's classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Robert Frost Web Page. The Robert Frost Web Page contains a biography, selected interviews, online texts of over 40 of Frosts' best-known poems, and related Frost sites.

Robert Louis Stevenson Home Page. The Robert Louis Stevenson Home Page, created by Richard Dury at the University of Bergamo in Italy, contains a wide variety of Stevenson resources for grades 7-12. The site includes biographical information, online texts, film versions, museums and library collections, images, and links to related sites.

Room 108. Room 108 provides a collection of interactive animated picture books for primary grade children. These enjoyable stories include Don't Eat Your Dinner, The Snakeman, Mac's Cats, The Living Sandcastle, and Don't Count Rhinoceroses.

Romantic Circles. Romantic Circles, suitable for AP English classes, provides electronic texts and historical information for the study of Byron, Keats, the Shelleys, and their contemporaries.

Russian Sunbirds. Russian Sunbirds provides a collection of over 25 Russian folktales for grades 3-8. For more Russian fairy tales, click here.

Series Book Central. Series Book Central contains information on many series including Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, Don Sturdy, Ted Scott, Doc Savage, Dana Girls, Rick Brant, Ken Holt, and Horatio Alger. The site also provides links to related sites and book reviews.

Shakespeare's Stratford-Upon-the Web. Shakespeare's Stratford-Upon-the Web contains a wide variety of resources for the study of Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, and historical plays in high school. The site, divided into sections, includes links to the plays, online texts, synopsis of each play, and artwork inspired by the play. In addition, you'll find Shakespeare's sonnets, background information on Elizabetian history to enrich understanding of the plays, biographical information and pictures on Shakespeare, and information on the life and times of Henry VIII.

Shel Silverstein. Shel Silverstein, created by Sely Friday for grades K-6, is a page of collected information about the works and life of this multi-talented author and illustrator. The site also contains some of Sely Friday's poems.

Sherlockian Holmepage. The Sherlockian Holmepage features a wide variety of resources about Sherlock Holmes including online texts of the original stories, biographical information on Arthur Conan Doyle, stage, Sherlock Holmes sites for stage, screen and television, and other related sites for grades 8-12.

SignWriting Children's Stories Series. The SignWriting Children's Stories Series provides online versions of Cinderella-Part One, Cinderella-Part Two, Humpty Dumpty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears written in English and American Sign Language for grades K-12.

Sites for Children: Literature and Language. Sites for Elementary School Literature and Language, compiled by the American Library Association, features an annotated list of sites for favorite children's stories, expanding the classics, and authors and illustrators.

Snap: Poets. Snap provides an alphabetical list of poetry sites for grades 7-12.

SNOW Kids Library Books. SNOW Kids Library Books contains electronic versions of hundreds of children's books and magazines for students in grades K-8.

Sonnet Central. Sonnet Central contains an archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, and related sites. Sonnets are grouped by period and can also be accessed by an alphabetical list of authors. The site is suitable for gradfes 7-12.

Stories and Fairy Tales Theme Page. Stories and Fairy Tales Theme Page, from Canada's Community Learning Network (CLN), contains an extensive collection of annotated sites with curricular resources for teaching fairy tales and other stories in grades 3-8. The site includes Eldrbarry's Folk Tales, The Campfire Stories handbook, and Storytelling & Teacher Resources. In addition, you can find tales organized by country from Australia to Sweden.

Story Brook Lane. Story Brook Lane contains illustrated interactive picture stories with different plot lines for young children. For example, in Christopher's Choices , a child has to decide whether to "go to school" or "go to the arcade" in the story and the link chosen causes different consequences.

Story Resources on the Web. Story Resources on the Web contains a comprehensive collection of online multicultural children's stories, fairy tales, folktales, and storytelling resources for grades K-8.

Storytellers Native American Authors Online. Storytellers Native American Authors Online features biographical information on a collection of modern Native American poets. For an alphabetical list of poems, compiled by Karen M. Strom, click on the index. The site is suitable fot grades 4-12.

Storytellering Resources. Storytellering Resources features a collection of annotated storytelling and puppetry sites for grades K-12. In the storyteller's sources on the Internet section, you'll find a comprehensive index to over 50 sites containing online texts to folktales and myths For an overview of the site, click on table of contents.

Sven's Poets Corner. Poets Corner contains a comprehensive collection of poetry sites on the Internet. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Tales. Tales from the Eldritch Press Web site contains a collection of seasonal, topical short stories, tales, poems, and other writings by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, O. Henry, and Willa Cather. The site is suitable for grades 4-12.

Tales from Shakespeare. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb is a collection of 20 of Shakespeare's plays adapted into illustrated stories for children in grades 4-8.

Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Tales features the complete collection the brothers Grimm's fairy tales including the well-known Aladdin, Bluebeard, and The Emperor's New Clothes. Teachers can print out each of these tales for use in their elementary school classrooms.

Tales of Wonder. Tales of Wonder, compiled by Ricard Darsie for grades 3-8, is a collection of over 80 folk and fairy tales from around the world. The stories provide insight about the traditions and feelings of many cultures. The site also includes links to other related resources.

Tales of Traditional Wisdom. Tales of Traditional Wisdom from Heinemann publishers presents a collection of folk tales featuring a creation theme from around the world. The site, suitable for grades 4-8, includes animal legends, creation stories, tales about the environment, and other stories.

Tales to Tell. Tales to Tell presents beautifully illustrated stories from around the world for kids in grades K-5. The stories include rhymes, fables, adventure stories, and folk and fairy tales.

Tam Lin Pages. Tam Lin Pages compare the Scottish ballad to other myths and folktales, such as Beauty and the Beast.

Tennessee Williams Home Page. Tennessee Williams Home Page, created by students from Michael E. DeBakey High School in New Orleans, contains comprehensive resources including visuals, biographical information, plot summaries of many of his plays, and critical analyses.

Themes in Modern Literature. The Themes in Modern Literature cover a wide range of popular culture issues by examining modern novels by authors such as James Baldwin, Ken Kesey, J. D. Salinger, and Henrik Ibsen. Each novel includes an overview, a summary, literary style, critical analysis as related to a theme, and character sketches. The site was created by AP English students from Springfield High School in Illinois.

Thoreau Home Page. The Thoreau Home Page provides online texts of Henry David Thoreau's work, background information on his life and times, and related links. For a daily Thoreau maxim, click on quotations. The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Transcendentalists. Jone Johnson's Transcendentalists contains a wealth of resources for Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Each home page includes biographical information, quotes, online texts, and essays. The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Troutworks Mystery Guide. The Troutworks Mystery Guide features reviews of hundreds of novels, sorted by author and sub-genre (thriller, private-eye, historical). Each entry includes quick facts, 1- to 5-star ratings, and links to similar works by other authors. The site is suitable for grades 8-12.

Twentieth-Century Poetry in English. Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, created by Eiichi Hishikawa at Kobe University, features information and sample poems by eleven contemporary poets such as W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, and William Carlos Williams. The site also provides links to over 150 poets and general poetry resources for grades 7-12.

University of Maryland Reading Room. University of Maryland Reading Room provides over 100 full-text electronic versions of classics such as Pride And Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Middlemarch, My Antonia , and Frankenstein in the fiction section as well as Aesop's Fables and fairy tales from various authors. The poetry section contains electronic versions of works by such authors as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, William Butler Yeats, Victor Hugo, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The site is suitable for middle and high school English classes.

UTEL Authors Index. The University of Toronto English Library (UTEL) Authors Index contains an alphabetical collection of over 250 author sites with photos, biographical information, and online editions of many of the literary works.

Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature. Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature, from Oxford University's Computing Center, features online seminars for teaching the poetry of World War1. The site is useful for honors English classes.

Voices & Visions Spotlight. Voices & Visions Spotlight, home page for the acclaimed PBS series on American poets, provides biographical information on the 13 poets featured, along with links to other poet sites. For example, you can "tour" Emily Dickinson's family home and browse through her letters and poems, or listen to Langston Hughes reading his Toast to Harlem poem. The site is suitable for middle and high school English classes.

Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive. The Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive provides a variety of Whitman resources including biographical information, online texts of his poetry, historical reviews of his works, and a Whiman photo gallery for high school English classes. Another site devoted to one of America's greatest poet is the Walt Whitman Circle Home Page.

Watershed Online. Watershed Online provides literary resources for Edgar Allan Poe and Ralph Waldo Emerson useful for grades 9-12.

WebLit. WebLit, maintained by Eric Rothfeder, contains an alphabetized collection of authors Web sites and an online texts for high school English classes. The site also includes a list of top rated four-star author sites.

William Faulkner on the Web. William Faulkner on the Web provides a wealth of resources for the in-depth study of Faulkner in high school. The site features a library with commentaries, plot synopses, and links to additional information about Faulkner's written works. In addition, you'll find maps, quotations, biographical and geographical information about the life of William Faulkner, character geneologies, interactive quizzes, a filmography, a glossary, and many other Faulkner resources.

Winnie the Pooh and Friends. Winnie the Pooh and Friends features Katie Prunka's interactive map, Winnie the Pooh and an Expotition to a Wonderful Place, based on the original works of A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. This map introduces primary grade children to Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Christopher Robin, fictional characters living in 100-Aker Wood. The site also includes printable Winnie the Pooh coloring page. For more background information on the origins of Winnie-the-Pooh, click here.

Wonderful Wizard of Oz Web Site. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Web Site, created by Eric Gjovaag, explores L. Frank Baum's incredible world of Oz for grades K-8. The site provides information about the author and his series of books, related links, and an art gallery.

Women's Cybrary. The Women's Cybrary with over 1,300 links to a wide variety of women's writing online contains authors' pages, full texts of books, book and movie reviews, resources for women's studies and research, and resources for writers. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Word Bridge. Word Bridge, created by Alan L. Pope, provides an extensive collection of poetry resources including an alphabetical listing major poet sites and online texts of their poetry. The site, suitable for grades 7-12, also contains Alan Pope's Poems.

Work in Progress: The Writings of James Joyce. Work in Progress: The Writings of James Joyce, created by Rob Callahan of Temple University, provides a wealth of resources about Joyce for AP English students The site includes a biographical and bibliographic timeline, a table documenting Joyce's schema for his novel Ulysses, an audio file of Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake, a host of Joyce discussion groups and listservs, a collection of online texts to his works, a multimedia gallery, a virtual tour of Joyce's Dublin with multiple maps of the area, and extensive links to scholarship.

World of Japanese Folktales. The World of Japanese Folktales contains hundreds of Japanese folktales for grades 4-12 organized into stories for boys, stories for girls, and ghost stories. The site also includes biographical information on Yanagita Kunio, founder of Japanese foklore studies.

World of Winne the Pooh. The World of Winne the Pooh contains a variety of topics about the "silly old bear" and all his friends from the 100 Acre Wood for children of all ages. Among its features are a Pooh's Photo Album, a Pooh's Library, and related Pooh sites.

World Wide Web Storybook Library. World Wide Web Storybook Library contains illustrated stories written by students from University Park Elementary in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Writer's Almanac. The Writer's Almanac, the Web site for the daily national radio show hosted by Garrison Keillor, features the texts of the poems that Keillor reads on the program as well as a wealth of day-specific literary facts. The site is suitable for high school students.

Writing Black. Keele University's (Staffordshire, England) Writing Black connects to sites that include electronic texts of contemporary African American writers like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Eldridge Cleaver, Ralph Ellison, Alex Haley, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King, and many others. The site is suitable for high school students.

WWW High School English Resources. WWW High School English Resources, compiled by Bellingham Schools in Washington, is a collection of sites organized into the follwing categories: Writing and Style Guides, General Literature, American Literature, and British Literature.

Yahoo's Directory of Authors. Yahoo's Directory of Authors features thousands of sites with biographical information on classic writers as well as present day. Their works are available also. Author categories include literary fiction, children's, poets, playwrights, mystery, and science fiction. The site is suitable for grades 4-12.

Young Adult Literature: Middle & Secondary English-Language Arts. Young Adult Literature, part of Internet School Library Media Center's index to Internet sites compiled by Inez Ramsey, provides a wealth of resources for teaching middle and secondary English-language arts. Topics include multiculural literature resources, literary giants, poetry, and traditional and world literature.

Your Daily Poetry Break. Your Daily Poetry Break features every weekday a work from a collection of poems from Steve Spanoudis' The Poets' Corner as well as a commentary. The site is suitable for grades 5-12.

Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource. Zuzu's Petals provides an extensive collection of over 7,000 organized links to literary resources for writers, artists, performers, and teachers. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection. Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection contains online versions of his books and a wide assortment of Verne-related resources including 18 pages with total of 67 full color stamps. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

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