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		ALA \| YALSA ^Votes:0 ALA American Library Association Search ALA Contact ALA Login Booklists & Book Awards Selection List Contacts Professional Development Center Online Courses Join Us Awards & Grants News & Events Publications Electronic Resources Young Adult Literature Symposium Teen Reading Teen Tech Week Handbook About YALSA Governance TAGS Give to YALSA For Members Only Search YALSA Home YALSA YALSA News Teen Tech Week registration is now open! Tune In @ your library, March 2-8, 2008. Find out who's running for YALSA Office in the official 2008 Slate of Candidates . Create your own avatar and win $100 in free books from YALSA! Details on our Midwinter Meeting page. Read the October President's Report from Paula Brehm-Heeger. Show off your achievements! YALSA is giving out more than $33,000 in awards and Read More Go to Site

		Classics for Young People ^Votes:0 Classics for Young People A growing number of children's literature classics are out of copyright, and are among the books available in full-text on the Internet. Here are some of the more popular and interesting titles that are available in HTML format . For plain-text versions of these and other children's books, this gopher list of Public Domain Electronic Children's Books is a good place to start. For a comprehensive search of many more texts, check The On-line Books Page , or Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet . Louisa May Alcott Little Women - The UK edition (Part 1 of the US edition) Good Wives - The UK edition (Part 2 of the US edition of Little Women ) Little Women - Includes Part 1 and Part 2. Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories Victor Appleton Tom Read More Go to Site

		Etext Center: Collections ^Votes:0 Browse the Modern English Collection -- Electronic Text Center: Young Readers Subject: Young Readers Items marked RESTRICTED are available to University of Virginia users only, due to licensing requirements. Users of these texts agree to adhere to our Conditions of Use . For tips on searching the collection, consult our helpsheet. Help \| Mail \| Return University of Virginia users: search all works including Young Readers texts Other users: search all unrestricted works including Young Readers texts Abbott, John S. C. David Crockett: His Life and Adventures 1874 Aesop Fables 1880 Ah-nen-la-de-ni [La France, Daniel] An Indian Boy's Story 30 July 1903 Alcott, Louisa May Little Women 1869 Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 Flower Fables / by Louisa May Alcott 1855 "A Day" from Hospital Sketches and Read More Go to Site

		Literature of World War One for Young Adults ^Votes:0 The Literature of World War One for Young Adults by Dana McFarland, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S. Contents: Article A Select Bibliography of Young Adult Literature on World War One Critical Resources for Young Adult Literature on Historical Fiction Introduction According to Thomas Hardy, "War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading." While this description does not apply to all historical fiction, it is true that many authors choose to set their fictional works in wartime. The stresses of war provide an attractively dramatic setting for the exposition of plot and for character development, and there is no shortage of wars to choose from. Historical fiction has been a popular genre among readers as well as writers, and among adults and young people alike. There are several reasons for Read More Go to Site

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		The ALAN Review ^Votes:0 Digital Library & Archives ETDs ImageBase Ejournals News EReserve Special Collections Current Editors: James Blasingame James.Blasingame@asu.edu Lori A. Goodson lagoodson@cox.net Related Links: ALAN Home Page \| Alan Membership Information 1998 Nashville Workshop Report \| 1999 Denver Workshop \| Children's Literature Web Online Issues Tables of Contents Volume 32, Number 1: Fall 2004 PDF [2.4M] HTML Volume 31, Number 3: Spring 2004 PDF [1.8M] HTML Volume 31, Number 2: Winter 2004 PDF [3.1M] HTML Volume 31, Number 1: Fall 2003 PDF [1.1M] HTML Online Issues: Prior to Volume 31, Number 1, Fall 2003, issues of THE ALAN REVIEW were only available in HTML format. The links below will connect you to the Table of Contents page for each issue. Issues: Spring 2001 Vol. 28, No. 3 Winter 2001 Vol. 28, N Read More Go to Site

		The Author Corner ^Votes:0 W elcome to The Author Corner, a place to meet authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books. 3-23-05 MK Mid-Atlantic Authors MAE Award Authors Other Authors The Reading Corner Search this Site O ur purpose is to create pages that are clearly written and appropriate for students in grades 2-10. We hope that you use this site and then visit libraries, talk to librarians, write to authors, and most especially, read more books. Sponsored by the Carroll County Public Library in Westminster, Maryland, this site is created by Mona Kerby, an associate professor at McDaniel College. This is a non-profit project. This site is no longer being maintained. Acknowledgments: Pages are designed using Netscape and Micrografx Windows Draw. Animated gifs are downloaded from free web sites. Bo Read More Go to Site

		The Scoop - Children's Book Reviews And Much More! ^Votes:0 Welcome to The Scoop. You'll find lots of activities for children, educators and parents, special interviews with authors and illustrators, and links to other sites. Cindy Orban Publisher Children's Book News Continue Site Optimized for Copyright ? 1995-2000 Bookworm Enterprises Read More Go to Site

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		To Kill a Mockingbird: Then and Now" ^Votes:0 In honor of the 35th anniversary of the release of the Academy Award-winning film, To Kill a Mockingbird , Prince William Network (PWN) broadcast two live, interactive satellite teleconferences on April 24 & 25, 1997. Together with the National Council of Teachers of English, American Film Institute , with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Apple Computer Inc. , PWN brought students and teachers from around the world this milestone event in the legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird . The satellite broadcasts explored the relationship between the social and historical context which influenced the author, and the ways in which this novel makes relevant connections to today. This website contains primary source documents, lesson plans, and student work. During the next 3 yea Read More Go to Site

		Vandergrift's YA Literature Page ^Votes:0 VANDERGRIFT'S YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE PAGE Kay E. Vandergrift Special Interest Page Pathfinders Young adult readings 100 list Reader response criticism Feminist Readings Feminist background reading Female coming of age stories Male-coming-of-age stories Fairy tales Literary biographies Informational resources Websites for YA Resources Cyber library Young adult literature is often thought of as a great abyss between the wonderfully exciting and engaging materials for children and those for adults--just as young adults are often ignored in planning library facilities and services. There is, however, a wealth of fiction created especially for teens that deals with the possibilities and problems of contemporary life as experienced by this age group. These contemporary problem novels reflect the Read More Go to Site

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