Check These Out, the companion unit study for You HAVE to Read This One.  The links on this page correspond to the activities listed in the study.  Links will be updated and maintained from this page. 

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Author Websites

Jim Arnosky

http://www.jimarnosky.com/ 

Eric Carle

http://www.eric-carle.com/

Laura Numeroff

http://www.lauranumeroff.com

Jan Brett

www.janbrett.com

Virginia Lee Burton

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/biohome.shtml 

Peter Rabbit

http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk

Dr. Seuss

http://www.seussville.com

Jerry Pinkney

http://www.childrenslit.com/f_pinkney.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/jpinkney.html

http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/pinkney.mspx

 

Making Books

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/makingbooks/makeown.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112460/makebook.htm

 

American Library Association

http://www.ala.org/ 

 

Parts of a Book

 http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/mediacenter/Kids%20Corner/BookParts/BooksParts.html

 

The Publishing Process

 http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/publishing%20book/publishingbook.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112460/squirmsjourney.htm

 

Writing Helps

http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/genre/narrative.asp

 

Second Grade Book List

http://www.kathimitchell.com/famousauthors.htm

 

Shelving Fiction and Non-fiction

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/ficnf.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/howshelved.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/cnlook.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/cnlook2.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/lrtb.htm

 

Call Numbers

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/whatcn.htm

Dewey Decimal System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/cnlook2.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Harder/harder.htm.

http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/mediacenter/Kids%20Corner/Dewey/Junior/DeweyGame.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Hardest/hardest.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Games/dewreview.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Games/wordsearch.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/

 

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/jefftour/

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/hunt.cgi/aa

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/hunt.cgi/es

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

 

Color Wheel

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/art/label/colorwheel/

 

Color Theory and Spectrum of Color

http://webexhibits.org/colorart/bh.html

http://webexhibits.org/colorart/ch.html

http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html

 

Color Blindness

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/color_blind.html

 

Library Careers

http://www.ala.org/ala/hrdr/librarycareerssite/home.htm

 

Letter Writing

http://esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/LetterWriting/letterwriting/sld001.htm

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

 

Lois Ehlert Autobiographical Letter

http://www.friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/ehlertlois/index.html

 

Lois Ehlert Interview

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/ehlert


Orchestra

http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/

 

Literary Devices

http://www.writerspost.com/literatefolk/literarydevices.htm

 

Photography

http://library.thinkquest.org/28146/function.html

 

Illustrators Who Use Photographs

http://www.walterwick.com/

http://www.alaskaphotographics.com/alaska_childrens_book.shtml

http://www.dougwechsler.com/

 

The Monkey and the Crocodile

http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_fables_monkeycroc.html

http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends/monkey-crocodile-myth.htm

http://www.bolokids.com/archives/024.htm

 

Puppets

http://www.osv.org/kids/crafts2.htm

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/shadowpuppets/artsedge.html

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/sew/feature/famf19puppet/famf19puppet5.html

http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/definitions/shadow.html

http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/

 

Impressionism

http://www.theartgallery.com.au/kidsart/learn/impressionism/ 

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/artbykid.htm

http://giverny.org/museums/american/kids/index.htm

 

Graphs

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

 

Little Red Hen

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/the_little_red_hen.html

 

The Mitten

http://www.kinderkorner.com/pics22.html#brett

 

Flannel Board Resources

http://www.thefeltsource.com/FT-Three-Little-Pigs.html

 

The Three Little Pigs

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0124.html

http://www-math.uni-paderborn.de/~odenbach/pigs/pigs.html

http://www.grandfatherreads.com/story2.htm

http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Three_Little_Pigs/index.htm

 

Copyright, Registering Works, and Plagiarism

http://www.copyrightkids.org

 

Leather Crafts

http://www.dickblick.com/zz614/35/

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/

 

Elements of a Story

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/elements.html 

 

Fables

http://www.dltk-teach.com/fables/index.htm

http://www.childrenslit.com/f_pinkney.html

 

Rebus: Ants Go Marching

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/Ants.shtml

 

American Folklore

http://www.americanfolklore.net/

 

American Tall Tale

http://www.42explore.com/talltale.htm

 

Johnny Appleseed

http://www.applejuice.org/johnnyappleseed.html

 

Poetry

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html

http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/lessons/haiku.html

 

Casey at the Bat

http://www.joslinhall.com/casey_at_the_bat.htm

http://ops.tamu.edu/x075bb/poems/casey.html

 

Ben Franklin

http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/frquot.htm#po%20lil'%20richie

http://www.pocanticohills.org/franklin/franklin.htm

 

Paper Mache

http://www.rainbowresource.com/ (type in "Fast Mache")

http://www.dickblick.com/zz331/16/

 

Making Paper

http://www.wipapercouncil.org/makepaper.htm

http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/paper/paper.htm

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/paper.htm

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/paper/index.html

http://www.tutorials.com/06/0697/0697.asp