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 | ask jeeves for kids child-friendly search engine |
| bibliomania fiction and poetry in the online literature library |
| mrs mad's mouse's mad fun page jokes, poetry, games and stories on our site |
| bullying help and advice for kids and their parents on how to stop the big kids from ruining your life |
| news from around the world links to newspaper and magazine sites all over the world |
| anne frank educational trust one girl's story of the holocaust |
| art studio chalkboard drawing and painting techniques |
| kids on the net book reviewsand story writing |
| the cia maps of europe spy on other countries |
| world war one an interactive history |
| spywatch play literacy games and hunt german agents during world war two - needs the flash plug-in |
| the willy wonka chocolate factory no eating! |
| yuk yuk weird cartoon characters |
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| one-look dictionary 2 1/2 million words from 500 dictionaries should be enough for anyone |
| how stuff works well, how does it work? |
| learn2 learn how to do just about anything |
| the 24-hour museum always open, always fascinating |
| the british museum mummies and marbles |
| the earth and what it's made of |
| the magna carta read it at the british library |
| the natural history museum animals, fossils and the beast of bodmin moor |
| the science museum steam engines, space ships and aeroplanes |
| the why files the science behind the news |
| world atlas lots of geographical facts and maps |
| encyclopedia britannica 14 days free use |
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| bookstart books for babies sponsored by a supermarket |
| mumsnet lively, welcoming site for both prospective and experienced mothers offers practical, relevant help, mostly from other parents |
| uk parents |
| motherwise advice and information for all mothers |
| kids events now there's no excuse for having bored kids |
| abcparenting everything you'd ever want to know about bringing up kids |
| educate online sections on home learning and cd-rom reviews |
| family rapport an online magazine for parents and carers of children between the ages of 3 and 13 - books, holidays, days out, health advice, etc |
| helping your child learn to read advice from the us department of education |
| national childbirth trust support for pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood |
| the educational software company specialises in software without an American accent |
| the living library subscription-based site, but might be worth the month's free trial for the extensive material for all ages supplied by educational publishers |
| craigmillar books for babies local bookstart scheme in craigmillar, edinburgh |
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| education guardian news, links, special reports and book reviews |
| bbc education and tons of it |
| schoolsnet huge and feature packed site including news, school guides, book reviews, a web guide, lesson plans and revision aids |
| tes online the times educational supplement |
| teachernet uk |
| eduweb resources and links for teachers and pupils |
| awesome library lesson plans and more (usa) |
| changing the world media education and propaganda |
| economic education web us-focused information for economics teachers |
| educate the children literacy and numeracy lesson plans and strategies |
| highwired develop your own online school newsletter |
| literacy hour national government for learning site |
| literacy hour subscription site from anglia interactive (was bt home campus) |
| mega math making maths simple |
| national year of reading |
| ofsted search for your school's inspection report (sadly there's no way to send them a friendly message) |
| spartacus detailed coverage of historical events |
| teaching ideas for primary teachers ideas and worksheets on curriculum areas |
| teaching ideas for primary teachers dozens of ideas, lesson plans, worksheets, etc |
| teleschool |
| the national literacy trust |
| the teacher training agency no-one forgets a good teacher, or the bad ones come to that (yes that means you mr conroy) |
| beers direct for the end of a stressful day |
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| ascel the association of senior childrens and educational librarians - wide-ranging and interesting site |
| ask a librarian the uk's electronic reference library |
| department of culture, media and sport |
| electronic text centre includes most pre-1900 works of literature |
| the british library |
| the chartered institute of library and information professionals merged from the institute of information scientists and the library association) |
| the internet public library hundreds of old out-of-copyright texts |
| the libraries and information commission advising government on all issues relating to the library and information sector |
| uk public libraries good list of links and resources, with suggestions for librarians on using the internet |
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| national association of writers |
| society of children's book writers and illustrators |
| united kingdom writers' site |
| writers' guild of great britain |
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| A.A. Milne (e.g. Winnie-the-Pooh) |
| Adele Geras (e.g. Troy) |
| Aidan Chambers (e.g. Postcards From No Man's Land) |
| Alan Durant |
| Alan Gibbons (e.g. Julie And Me... And Michael Owen Makes Three.) |
| Allan Ahlberg (e.g. The Mysteries of Zigomar) |
| An Vrombaut |
| Anne Fine (e.g. The Tulip Touch) |
| Anthony Browne (e.g. Animal Fair) |
| Anthony Buckeridge (e.g. Jennings Goes to School) |
| Anthony Horowitz (e.g. Public Enemy Number Two) |
| Anthony Masters (e.g. Poltergeist) |
| Arnold Lobel (e.g. Owl at Home) |
| Arthur Ransome (e.g. Swallows and Amazons) |
| Babette Cole (e.g. Bad Habits!) |
| Beatrix Potter (e.g. Tales from Beatrix Potter) |
| Bel Mooney |
| Benjamin Zephaniah (e.g. Face) |
| Bernard Ashley (e.g. Tiger Without Teeth) |
| Betsy Byars (e.g. The Eighteenth Emergency) |
| Beverley Naidoo (e.g. The Other Side of Truth) |
| Bill ('Stik') Greenhead |
| Bob Graham (e.g. Buffy An Adventure Story) |
| Brian Jacques (e.g. Castaways of the Flying Dutchman) |
| Brian Keaney (e.g. No Stone Unturned) |
| Brian Wildsmith (e.g. The Easter Story) |
| C.S. Lewis (e.g. The Last Battle) |
| Carol Ann Duffy (e.g. Rumpelstiltskin) |
| Catherine Fisher (e.g. Corbenic) |
| Celia Rees (e.g. Witch child) |
| Charles Butler (e.g. The Fetch of Mardy Watt) |
| Charlotte Bronte (e.g. Jane Eyre) |
| Chris d'Lacey (e.g. Fly, Cherokee, Fly) |
| Colin McNaughton (e.g. Goal!) |
| Colin Thompson |
| Contact an Author Book authors for talks, interviews. Direct contact details available. |
| Darren Shan (e.g. Cirque du Freak) |
| Dav Pilkey (e.g. Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets) |
| David Almond (e.g. Skellig) |
| David Belbin (e.g. The Right Moment) |
| David Wyatt |
| Debi Gliori (e.g. Pure Dead Wicked) |
| Deborah Ellis |
| Dian Curtis Regan |
| Diana Hendry (e.g. Harvey Angell) |
| Diana Wynne Jones (e.g. Charmed Life) |
| Dick King-Smith (e.g. The HodgeHeg) |
| Dyan Sheldon (e.g. Lizzie and Charley Go Shopping) |
| E. B. White (e.g. Stuart Little) |
| Eileen Browne |
| Elizabeth Arnold (e.g. The Parsley Parcel) |
| Elizabeth Laird |
| Emily Bronte (e.g. Wuthering Heights) |
| Enid Blyton (e.g. The Magic Faraway Tree) |
| Eoin Colfer (e.g. Artemis Fowl) |
| Eric Carle (e.g. The Very Hungry Caterpillar) |
| Eric Hill (e.g. Spot's First Easter) |
| Eva Ibbotson (e.g. Journey to the River Sea) |
| Francesca Simon |
| Garth Nix (e.g. Sabriel) |
| Gary Paulsen (e.g. Sarny) |
| Gaye Hicyilmaz |
| Geoff Barton |
| Geraldine McCaughrean (e.g. The Kite Rider) |
| Giles Andreae (e.g. Rumble in the Jungle) |
| Gillian Cross (e.g. The Dark Behind the Curtain) |
| Gillian Rubinstein |
| Grace Nichols (e.g. Give Yourself a Hug) |
| Helen Cooper (e.g. Pumpkin Soup) |
| Helen Oxenbury |
| Hilary McKay (e.g. Was That Christmas?) |
| Ian Penney |
| Ian Whybrow (e.g. Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Gift Set) |
| Ifeoma Onyefulu |
| Ivan Jones |
| J.K. Rowling (e.g. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) |
| J.R.R. Tolkien (e.g. The Hobbit) |
| Jack Gantos (e.g. Joey Pigza Loses Control) |
| Jacqueline Wilson (e.g. Bad Girls) |
| James Berry (e.g. Thief in the Village and Other Stories) |
| Jamila Gavin (e.g. Coram Boy) |
| Jane Austen (e.g. Sense and Sensibility) |
| Jane Yolen |
| Janet & Allan Ahlberg |
| Jean Craighead George |
| Jean Ure (e.g. Plague 99) |
| Jeanne Willis (e.g. Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets) |
| Jenny Nimmo (e.g. The Rinaldi Ring) |
| Jenny Oldfield (e.g. When Dad Went on a Date) |
| Jeremy Strong (e.g. Mad Iris) |
| Jerry Spinelli (e.g. Stargirl) |
| Jez Alborough |
| Jill Murphy (e.g. The Worst Witch) |
| Joan Aiken (e.g. The Winter Sleepwalker) |
| Joan Bauer |
| Joan Lingard (e.g. Natasha's Will) |
| John Agard (e.g. Brer Rabbit: the great tug-o-war) |
| John Foster |
| John Marsden (e.g. Burning for Revenge) |
| John Rice |
| Jon Scieszka (e.g. The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales) |
| Jonathan Allen (e.g. The Keep-Fit Canaries) |
| Jonathan Emmett |
| Julia Jarman (e.g. The Crow Haunting) |
| Julie Bertagna (e.g. Dolphin Boy) |
| June Oldham (e.g. The Raven Waits) |
| Karen Cushman (e.g. Matilda Bone) |
| Keith Gray (e.g. £10,000) |
| Kenneth Grahame (e.g. The Wind In The Willows) |
| Kevin Crossley-Holland (e.g. Arthur: The Seeing Stone) |
| Kit Wright |
| Korky Paul |
| Lane Smith |
| Lauren Child (e.g. Beware of the Storybook Wolves) |
| Laurence Anholt (e.g. Ghostysticks and the Three Scares) |
| Lesley Howarth (e.g. Weather Eye) |
| Lewis Carroll (e.g. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland) |
| Libby Hathorn |
| Linda Newbery (e.g. Blitz Boys) |
| Liz Million |
| Louis Sachar (e.g. Holes) |
| Louise Rennison (e.g. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging) |
| Lucy Daniels (e.g. The Party Pony) |
| Ludwig Bemelmans (e.g. Madeline) |
| Lynne Reid Banks (e.g. The Dungeon) |
| Malachy Doyle (e.g. The Great Castle of Marshmangle) |
| Malaika Rose Stanley |
| Malorie Blackman (e.g. Dangerous Reality) |
| Marc Brown (e.g. Arthur's Reading Race) |
| Marcus Pfister (e.g. The Rainbow Fish) |
| Marcus Sedgwick (e.g. Witch Hill) |
| Margaret Mahy (e.g. The Other Side of Silence) |
| Martin Waddell (e.g. The Pig in the Pond) |
| Melvin Burgess (e.g. Junk) |
| Meredith Hooper (e.g. Honey Biscuits) |
| Michael Cadnum |
| Michael Coleman (e.g. Shocking Shooting) |
| Michael Lawrence (e.g. Young Dracula) |
| Michael Morpurgo (e.g. The Wreck of the Zanzibar) |
| Michael Rosen (e.g. We're Going on a Bear Hunt) |
| Mick Inkpen (e.g. Wibbly Pig Can Dance) |
| Morris Gleitzman (e.g. Bumface) |
| Nancy Farmer (e.g. A Girl Named Disaster) |
| Neil Arksey (e.g. MacB) |
| Neil Gaiman (e.g. Coraline) |
| Nick Warburton |
| Nina Bawden (e.g. Off The Road) |
| Norman Silver |
| P J Lynch |
| Pat Hutchins (e.g. Follow That Bus!) |
| Pat Posner (e.g. The Punch and Judy Mystery) |
| Paul Jennings (e.g. Totally Wicked!) |
| Paul Shipton |
| Paul Stewart (e.g. Beyond the Deepwoods) |
| Pauline Fisk |
| Pete Johnson (e.g. The Ghost Dog) |
| Peter Bond |
| Philip Ardagh |
| Philip Pullman (e.g. I Was a Rat!) |
| Philip Ridley |
| Quentin Blake (e.g. The Green Ship) |
| R.L. Stine (e.g. It Came from Beneath the Sink!) |
| Rhiannon Lassiter (e.g. Hex) |
| Richard Robinson |
| Roald Dahl (e.g. George's Marvellous Medicine) |
| Rob Lewis |
| Robert Cormier (e.g. Heroes) |
| Robert Swindells (e.g. Stone Cold) |
| Robert Westall (e.g. The Machine Gunners) |
| Robin Jarvis (e.g. The Whitby Child) |
| Robin Kiingsland |
| Roddy Doyle |
| Roger McGough (e.g. The Ring of Words) |
| Rosemary Wells (e.g. Max's Breakfast) |
| Rudyard Kipling (e.g. The Just So Stories) |
| Sally Prue (e.g. Cold Tom) |
| Sandra Glover (e.g. The Girl Who Knew) |
| Satoshi Kitamura (e.g. Me And My Cat) |
| Sharon Creech (e.g. The Wanderer) |
| Sherry Ashworth (e.g. Disconnected) |
| Shirley Hughes (e.g. Dogger) |
| Shoo Rayner |
| Stephen Davies |
| Stephen Potts (e.g. Hunting Gumnor) |
| Stephen Waterhouse (e.g. Get Busy This Christmas!) |
| Steve Barlow (e.g. Trollogy) |
| Steve Skidmore |
| Steve Weatherill |
| Stewart Ross |
| Susan Cooper (e.g. King of Shadows) |
| Susan Gates (e.g. The Magician’s Pigeon) |
| Susanna Gretz |
| Ted Dewan (e.g. The Weatherbirds) |
| Terry Deary (e.g. The Angry Aztecs) |
| Terry Jones (e.g. The Lady and the Squire) |
| Terry Pratchett (e.g. The Wee Free Men) |
| Terry Trueman |
| Theresa Breslin (e.g. Whispers in the Graveyard) |
| Tim Bowler (e.g. River Boy) |
| Tony Bradman (e.g. All Aboard the Toy Train) |
| Tony Mitton (e.g. The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief) |
| Trish Cooke |
| Ursula Dubosarsky |
| Ursula Le Guin (e.g. The Tombs of Atuan) |
| Verna Wilkins |
| Victoria Hanley |
| Virginia Miller |
| Vivian French (e.g. The Snow Dragon) |
| Walter Dean Myers (e.g. Monster) |
| Wendy Cope |
| William Shakespeare (e.g. Measure for Measure) |
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| thorogood illustration a gallery of work from this agency's stable of illustrators |
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| barefoot books picture books from traditional authors |
| bloomsbury home of harry potter |
| bookweb an internet presence for uk publishers, with excellent links |
| buster books 'selection of innovative children's non fiction and novelty titles' |
| dorling kindersley lots of stuff for kids here |
| faber |
| harpercollins links to authors' home sites |
| ladybird books |
| lion publishing |
| macmillan |
| oxford university press |
| penguin try the competitions |
| publishers weekly us magazine |
| random house teachers' notes, competitions, author information |
| ravette |
| scholastic good links, and good books for teachers |
| the publishers association has a long list of uk publishers online |
| the puffin house groovy but frustrating site design, enter the library for teachers' resources and notes for and about writers |
| trotman publisher of academic texts, careers and student guides |
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| achuka a highly informative magazine-style guide to children's books, uk-based, with reviews, author interviews, news on new releases and book prizes, etc. |
| cool reads way cool review site by kids for kids, especially 10-15 year olds |
| boox a fun site - reading resources for young people - try the quiz |
| open book a monthly magazine on children's books |
| reading matters new site with lots of good book reviews |
| wordpool focusing on non-fiction and good on maths and english |
| story time review american writer writes reviews and invites you to too |
| kids' review book reviews, written by children for children |
| national centre for research in children's literature an academic site with wide-ranging content and home to the children-literature-uk discussion group. |
| teenreads.com american site specifically for teenagers |
| the scoop "children's book reviews and much more!" |
| treasure island hunt for treasure on captain flint's island, plenty of information about pirates and about Robert Louis Stevenson |
| yahoo children's book reviews why aren't we on this yet? |
| mouse books i recommend a must if you like books about mice |
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|  search amazon.co.uk using our search facility |
| jubilee books online book sales to schools |
| woodfield stanley wholesale book supplier to libraries and schools, home of big books |
| bookbrain search for a book and it compares the prices, postage and delivery times of 16 online booksellers |
| blackwells of oxford |
| books online in association with the electronic telegraph |
| dillons |
| heffers of cambridge |
| the childrens bookcase |
| waterstones |
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| amazon.com |
| barnes and noble |
| books on boomerangs australian children's books for customers in Australia and overseas, especially keen to give australian families living overseas the opportunity to keep up to date with what aussie kids here are reading |
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| bibliofind search for antiquarian, out of print, used or rare books |
| bookworm bbc's book programme |
| jim leftwich finds out of print books, including children's books |
| live literature network promoted by the arts council of england |
| the bookseller magazine comprehensive directory of sites, archived articles for registered users |
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| young writer creative writing from children aged 5 to 18 from around the world |
| books for keeps magazine 6 brightfield road, lee, london SE12 8QF 0181 852 4953
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| carousel magazine 7 carrs lane, birmingham B4 7TG 0121 643 6411 |
