Elementary Library Services
Monadnock Regional School District
Charlotte Lesser, Director of Elementary Library Services
600 Old Homestead Hwy.
E. Swanzey, NH 03446
(603) 357-6538
Book Repairs | Calendars of Library/Book related events | Censorship Issues | Children's Book Awards
Children's Literature & Authors | Collection Development Tips | Copyright | Dewey Decimal System
General Sites | Internet Sites & Listservs for Librarians | Journals On-line | Lesson Plans & Activity sites
Librarian Humor | Marc Records & Cataloging | Professional Organizations & Newsletters
School Library Standards & Curriculum | School Subject organized links pages | Technology based lesson plans & more
 Fun New Site |
| Boolify - search engine with Boolean puzzle pieces |
Search Engines
Book Repair How-to's
Calendars of Library/Book or Activity related events
Censorship Issues
Children's Book Awards and Notable Books
Children's Literature & Authors
- American Folklore - includes links to state specific folklore
- Author's Pseudonyms
- Based on the book - movies made from books
- Best Kids Book Site - amazing resources including holidays, crafts, ABC's and more!
- Book leveling & Reading levels - includes links to a variety of ways to determine the "level" of a children's book
- Book Pals - Storyline Online - an on-line streaming video program featuring Sreen Actor's Guild members reading childrens books aloud.
- Booklists - lots of links to recommended kids books!
- Books in Series
- Book Talks - Quick & Simple - brought to you by Nancy Keane, a NH librarian
- Cooking Up reading - hundreds of recipes that correspond to books!
- Cooperative Children's Book Center - bibliographies
- Children's Picture Book Database - searchable by authors, titles, keywords
- Children's Book Council - sponsors of Children's Book Week
- Childe - Children's Historical Literature disseminated through Europe
- Children's Literature Resources on the Web - outline with links (from staff development presentation done 11/17/05.
- Compassion Books - Over 400 resources to help children and adults through serious illness, death, loss, grief and bereavement. Reviewed and selected by knowledgeable professionals
- Genres in Children's Literature
- Guys Read - a literacy initiative for boys
- Harry Potter
- Healing Story's Searchable Database - The database can be searched by listing all the resources, search by a title (partial spelling ok), author, resource type (i.e. books, personal stories, story collections, articles...) or by category
- Kay Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
- Media used in the Caldecotts
- New Hampshire Authors
- New Hampshire booklist
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Author's Names - just how do you pronounce Scieszka?
- New England Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
- Read-aloud excerpts from Children's Books
- Science & Mathematics Literature - a K-12 searchable database of excellent literature
- SCORE- Cyberguides to literature - Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards.
- TeachingBooks - teacher's guides for thousands of books
Collection Development Tips
Copyright
Dewey Decimal System
General School Library/Media Center Sites
Internet sites and Listservs for Librarians
Journals On-line
Lesson Plan Ideas & Activity Sites
- AskERIC Lesson Plans
- Bingo Software - for PC's only - make your own book bingo games - type "BingoMaker" in search box
- Blackwell's Best - Technology integration ideas across the curriculum - lots of literature ideas
- Book Care - a word document and parent letter on how to care for library books
- Bulletin Board ideas
- Certificate Creator
- Printables Heaven - lots of links here! create and/or print word puzzles, worksheets, coloring sheets, ETC!
- Graphic Organizers
- Information Skills Curriculum links
- It's Storytime - themes with suggested books, poetry, crafts, etc.
- Jeopardy games - powerpoint
- Learn the library
- Learn NC - lesson plans, webquests & more
- Lesson plans from Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- LibraryInstruction.com
- Library Lesson Plan book - library lesson plans for grades K-8
- Library Skills Game - online interactive library skills game
- Links to Learn - tons of book based lessons!
- Curriculum Clearinghouse
- MI-Kids Lesson Plans
- Parts of a book - an online lesson
- Ohio Guidelines to effective school library media programs
- PBS Teachersource
- Role of the library in Phonics Programs ideas for reinforcing phonics in the library
- Pratt's Educational Resources - theme based
- Read Write Think Lesson Plans - Lots of lesson plans using popular books
- Storyarts - lesson plans and activities for storytelling in the classroom
- Surfnetkids Games - educational games, to play on-line or print out
- Teacher Created Lesson Plans & Activities - includes activities by month/season & brain teasers
- Teaching tools - make your own word puzzles, quizzes, worksheets, etc!
- Timelines
Librarian Humor
Marc Records & Cataloging Tips
Professional Library Organizations & Newsletters
School Library Standards & Curriculum On-Line
School Subject organized links pages - "homework helpers"
Technology based lesson plans & helpers
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Send suggestions or comments to Charlotte Lesser
Director of Elementary Library Services, Monadnock Regional School District
email to:clesser@mrsd.org
Last revised: 5/7/08
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