Copyright: Paul Pledger and Pat Pledger 1998,1999, April 2000
ISBN 0 646 342274

General English sites

BDD-

http://www.bdd.com/index.html

Links to popular fiction.

Biography.com - Read-

http://www.biography.com/

Reviews of best-selling biographies.

English/Language Arts Department (Learning@Web.Sites)-

http://www.ecnet.net/users/gdlevin/engdept.html

Scroll down for sites such as grammar, reference books, goosebumps, R. L. Stine, Lost Poets of the Great War, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare etc.

English On-Line-

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/

A New Zealand site with teaching resources for English.

The English Server-

http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/

Links to fiction, film and television, drama, feminism, poetry, race.

Australian Association for the Teaching of English

http://www.AATE.org.au/

For teachers of Australian secondary school English. Links to useful WWW site literature, issues, media, and writing .

English/Language Arts Department (Learning@Web.Sites)-

http://www.ecnet.net/users/gdlevin/engdept.html

This is an index of K-12 teaching ideas for literature. Author, title, illustrator can be entered and searched.

Focus on Fiction - Authors on the Net-

http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/fiction/bestbooks/

WA Education Department site with links to English and Fiction Focus a reviewing magazine.

Heinemann English Subject Guide-

http://www.reedbooks.com.au/heinemann/subject/english.html

Site which has links to Shakespeare, Science fiction, haiku, poetry server and news and current affairs.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Literature & Language Arts-

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html

Links to poetry, Greek mythology, authors, teachers' guides to over sixty novels, on-line books, book talk, and literature.

Subject Area resources ( Language Arts)-

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/language.asp

19th Century American women writers, Arthurian legends, literature with 71 sources, poetry, large reference collection and a large writing collection.

Language Arts-

http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/languagearts.html

Many classroom activities and links to useful English sites, including creating classroom newspaper, lesson plans and units and literature themes.

S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides-

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Collections of web-searching activities on core works of literature R-12. They are designed for the classroom with one computer connected to the Internet.

Literature Resources-

http://www.teleport.com/~mgroves/

Well organised general site for English with numerous links to American sources, for example writing, books, magazines, indices, and literature.

Malaspina Great Books Home Page-

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/template.htx

A collection of data-base resources linking to books, theatre and cinema. The site can be searched alhabetically or chronologically.

The Space English Education Page-

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1161/english.htm

General English site that has many links to Shakespeare, poetry, grammar, lesson plans, literacy and links to Australian sites.

Terry O'Connor's links-

http://www.peg.apc.org/~toconnor/links.htm

Many links to all types of literature and writing, eg. poetry, mystery, romance.

VoS English Literature: English Literature Page-

http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html

Voice of the Shuttle: A general English site which has excellent links organised chronologically, by subject eg. drama, fiction, poetry and via geographical location eg. Ireland and South Asia.

Adolescent fiction

BDD-

http://www.bdd.com/books/youngadult/

Links to popular Sweet Valley High and other adolescent novels.

BDD Teachers Resource Center-

http://www.bdd.com/teachers/

Teaching guides available in this site to many American adolescent novels. Biographical information is available for many popular authors.

BDD | Thematic Index-

http://www.bdd.com/teachersbdd/trc_thematic.html

List of American adolescent novels under themes like survival, friendship, self esteem, acceptance, heroes with links to each of the novels.

Books.com-

http://www.books.com/

Links to many authors both classical and popular, this site is organised in alphabetical order and will lead off to other links for the authors chosen.

Children's Authors & Illustrators, and their Books-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Authors arranged in alphabetical order.

CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Excellent beginning for Children's Literature: includes links to author backrounds and biographies, ranging from classics to contemporary. Large page of links to resources for teachers.

Heinemann New Windmill Authors-

http://www.heinemann.co.uk/

Links to authors like Robert Westall, Jean Ure, John Steinbeck, Toekey Jones, and Linda Hoy.

IPL Youth Division: the Author Page-

http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/

Links to Ask the author, author biography and author links. Feature authors like Katherine Paterson and Robert Cormier.

Kids Web - Literature-

http://www.npac.syr.edu:80/textbook/kidsweb/literature.html

General site from Syracuse University with links to children's books,creative writing, fiction, poetry, theatre, and literature. Mainly R-10.

Yahoo! Arts:Humanities:Literature:Genres:Children's:Authors-

http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Children_s/Authors/

General links to children's authors like Katherine Paterson, Mark Twain, Lousia Alcott, Natalie Babbit.

YRCA Sample Book Ideas-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/yrca_samp.html

Ideas for working with American books chosen by Young Readers Choice Award.

Writing Tips-

http://www.judyblume.com/writing-jb.html

Judy Blume talks about writing - a personal view including writing from the inside, style, re-writing and getting published.

Judy Blume's Menu Frame-

http://www.judyblume.com/home-menu.html

A comprehensive site which includes a biography, description of Judy's books, questions and answers and an excellent section on tips for writers

Betsy Byars - Teacher Resource File-

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/byars.htm

Biographical information about Betsy Byars with links to some of her novels.

Robert Cormier Information-

http://204.255.213.26/mae/corm-inf.htm

Links to biographical information about Robert Cormier as well as other sites on the World Wide Web.

Studying Cormier's Protagonists. . .-

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Monseau.html

Biographical information and interview with Robert Cormier and links to books.

YRCA Sample Book Ideas - We All Fall Down-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/yrca_cormier.html

Ideas for teaching Robert Cormier's We all fall down.

The Roald Dahl Home Page-

http://www.roalddahl.org

Biography of Roald Dahl, with links to a photo archive and timeline.

The Lois Duncan Home Page-

http://www.iag.net/~barq/lois.html

Links to biography of author and lists of the books she has written. E-mail address is included and interesting personal information.

Morris Gleitzman-

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~andrewf/morris.html

Previews and reviews of titles, book covers, notes and reviews. Links to Australian literature and the opportunity to e-mail the author.

Hergé and Tintin-

http://www.du.edu/~tomills/tintin.html

Links to a large number of sites about Herge and Tin Tin.

S.E. Hinton Information-

http://204.255.213.26/mae/hint-inf.htm

The Author Corner has information about S.E. Hinton, her books and links to other sites.

The Paul Jennings File-

http://people.enternet.com.au/~jennings/

This is the official homepage for Paul Jennings. You can access the latest news, information and games relating to some of his books. Students can write to him using the address provided.

Author Study: Lois Lowry-

http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/llowry.html

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature guide has information about Lois Lowry and links to her books.

IPL Youth Division: Ask the Author-

http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Lowry.html

The Internet Public Library has an interview with Lois Lowry and a frequently asked questions section.

John Marsden-

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~andrewf/john.html

Previews and reviews of John Marsden's books. Also includes a biography. Newsletters and opportunity for e-mail.

Random House | Scott O'Dell-

http://www.dellbooks.com/teachersbdd/odel.html

Biographical information about Scott O'Dell.

Gary Paulsen: A Writer of His Time-

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Schmitz.html

Synopsis of the author's writing styles, and links to many of his books.

Gary Paulsen-

http://www.garypaulsen.com/

Biographical information about Gary Paulsen.

BDD | Mildred D. Taylor-

http://www.dellbooks.com/teachersbdd/tayl.html

Biographical information and award acceptance speech of Mildred D. Taylor with links to some of her novels.

K6 Biographies - Cynthia Voigt-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/k6/voigt.html

Short biography of Cynthia Voigt.

Random House | Paul Zindel-

http://www.dellbooks.com/teachersbdd/zind.html

Biographical information and a message from Paul Zindel.

Random House | The Pigman-

http://www.dellbooks.com/teachersbdd/pigm.html

Teaching ideas to use with The Pigman by Paul Zindel and links to other novels.

Australian literature

Aurora Australis :

http://www.australis.org/

Links to contemporary writing by some of Australia's most admired authors.

OzLit@Vicnet - Australian Literature, Books, Reading & Writing,-

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/aborigwr.html

Site contains authors like Sally Morgan and Jack Davis.

Larrikin's Lair - Literature-

http://ncc1701.apana.org.au/~larrikin/lit/lit.html#OzPoem

General site with information about literary prizes, Australian book information, Australian authors, Australian poem of the month, other literary sites worth visiting.

OzLit@Vicnet - Australian Books, Australian Literature-

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/index.html

A very useful site for teachers which contains biographical information on Australian authors and information on Australian literature in general.

OzLit@Vicnet - Age Book of the Award-

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/ageprize.html

Links to past Age books of the year.

Oscar and Lucinda-

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/post/australia/carey/occarov.html

Links to biography of Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda and structural overview.

Helen Darville's Homepage-

http://www.uq.net.au/~enhdemid/

Brief biography, feature articles written about her, and other writings.

OzLit@Vicnet - Peter Goldsworthy-

http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=316

Biography, links to study references, and bibliography.

Thomas Keneally-

http://ncc1701.apana.org.au/~larrikin/lit/authors/keneally/keneally.html

Brief biography and synopsis of major books.

Australian Authors - David Malouf-

http://ncc1701.apana.org.au/~larrikin/lit/authors/maloufd/maloufd.html

Brief biography and list of books. Links to other pages.

Ruth Park: A Celebration-

http://www.nla.gov.au/friends/ruth/king.html

The National Library of Australia celebration of the life of Ruth Park has links to information about her works.

Australian Authors - Tim Winton-

http://ncc1701.apana.org.au/~larrikin/lit/authors/wintont/wintont.html

A brief biography and links to the author's works.

Book Awards

Children's Book Awards-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html

A comprehensive list of the major award winning children's books.

Australian Children's Book Awards-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/austawards.html

Best Books of 1996-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bestof96.html

Caldecott Medal-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/caldecott.html

List of award winning American picture books.

Carnegie Medal-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/carnegie.html

Children's Book of the Year Award - Older Readers-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/austold.html

Children's Book of the Year Award - Picture Book-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/austpic.html

Esther Glen Award- http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/eglen.html

Kate Greenaway Medal-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/greenawy.html

Newbery Medal-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/newbery.html

The Pulitzer Prizes-

http://www.pulitzer.org/navigation/index.html

Young Reader's Choice Award-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/yrca.html

Childrens literature

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature-

http://www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/

This site has authors, links, Lewis Carroll, articles, reviews and discussion.

Kids Sites : Authors-

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/kidsauthors.htm

Links to authors like Seuss. Other sites include Poh reports, and Ask the Author.

The Paw Page-

http://www.home.gil.com.au/~dragon/pawmain.html

Links to Natalie Jane Pryor and Terry Denton.

Newbery Classroom Home '- http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/newbery.html

Links to authors and children's illustrators.

Beatrix Potter. Writer of Peter Rabbit, farmer, landowner, benefactor of The National Trust-

http://www.wwwebguides.com/authors/society/potter/beatr.html

Biographical information about Beatrix Potter and links to her stories and illustrations.

Dr. Seuss's Seussville!-

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/

Page with many links to Dr Seuss, including a biography and games children can play.

PenguinPutnam : Graeme Base-

http://www.penguinputnam.com/cgi-bin/to_catalog.cgi?authorid=2921&category=yreader

Information and links about Graeme Base and his books.

The Official Eric Carle Web Site-

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

Facts, bibliography, and links to ideas for using The Very Hungry Caterpillar in the classroom.

HomeArts: Maurice Sendak -- A Western Canon, Jr. (page 1)-

http://homearts.com/depts/relat/sendakf1.htm

Information about Maurice Sendak and links to other authors.

BRIGGS RAYMOND-

http://www.achuka.co.uk/authors/briggs.htm

Brief biography and lists of books written by Raymond Briggs.

Mem Fox-

http://www.memfox.net/contents.html

A short auotbiographical piece by Mem Fox and links to some of her books, including Possum Magic.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Multimedia) - INDEX-

http://www.megabrands.com/alice/goalice.html?

Animated text of Alice in Wonderland with beautiful pictures and audio.

Into the Wardrobe: The C. S. Lewis Web Site-

http://cslewis.drzeus.net/

Biography, literary works, other Lewis links and FAQ.

Current issues

Alcohol Dependence (Alcoholism)-

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-sb01.html

Description, treatment and research into alcohol.

Amnesty International on-line-

http://www.amnesty.org/

Extensive information about world human rights issues.

Australian Conservation Foundation: ACF-

http://www.acfonline.org.au/

Earthwatch Teacher & Student Homepage-

http://www.earthwatch.org/

Green issues and discussion group about environmental issues.

International Anti-Euthanasia Home Page-

http://www.iaetf.org/

International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force provides information on euthanasia, assisted suicide, right to die cases and laws.

Voluntary Euthanasia-

http://www.euthanasia.org/

Data about euthanasia.

Greenpeace Australia - Home Page-

http://www.greenpeace.org.au/

Links to Greenpeace in Australia.

Green Web, Australia green 'cos it's a green green green green Australia, The Australian Environment Web, Environmental and Conservation, Products, Media campaigns and Services Australia -staring Freddo Frog (Cadbury Chocolate).-

http://www.thegreenwebb.com.au/

Australian site withlinks to environmental issues.

RAN Info Center-

http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/index.html

Rainforest information with many kinks including rates of destruction, why rainforests are important, eco-tourism and Rainforest Action Network.

SA\VE - Suicide Awareness \ Voices of Education-

http://www.save.org/

An American orgnisation whose aim is to educate about suicide and help survivors of

suicide attempts.

Still Waiting For Greenhouse-

http://www.vision.net.au/~daly/

A page which gives information stating that the Greenhouse effect is not serious.

The Wilderness Society (Australia)-

http://www.wilderness.org.au

Links to environmental issues.

Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories-

http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/Andersen/

A list of Andersen's 168 stories and the complete stories.

Cinderella Project: Home Page-

http://www-dept.usm.edu:80/~engdept/cinderella/cinderella.html

This page contains the texts and illustrations for 12 versions of the fairy story Cinderella. They can be read one at a time or together to compare text and ideas. Useful springboard for writing

Cinderella Stories-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/cinderella.html

General site for Cinderella with links to many variations of the story, different lesson plans and bibliography.

Grimm's fairy tales-

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/

Links to the fairy stories by Grimm.

Kay E. Vandergrift's Snow White Pages-

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/snowwhite.html

Site which has links to 36 versions of Snow White, teaching ideas and links to other fairy tales, myths and legends.

Little Red Riding Hood Project: Home Page-

http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/lrrh/lrrhhome.htm

Links to many versions of the fairy story Little Red Riding Hood.

Fairy stories and anecdotes from around the world-

http://faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu/~earendil/faerie/Story/

Site that has links for fairy tales.

Tales and Legends-

http://www.eduplace.com/search/frames/rdg_102.html

Primary based lesson plans based around fairy stories.

Tattercoats Lesson Plan-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/tatter.html

Lesson plans R - 12 for Tattercoats which is a variant of Cinderella.

Literature

Authors Discussed in the Victorian Web-

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/vn/vicauth.html

This site contains links to Victorian authors and poets including George Eliot, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Charles Dickens and many more.

Authors - Welcome from The Mining Company-

http://authors.miningco.com/

Links to author sites on the Web including authors from many countries.

BDD-

http://www.bdd.com/index.html

Current authors published by Bantam, Doubleday, Dell.

Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature-

http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/

Links to great writers and poets, including Nobel prize winners. A to Z list of authors

which you need to scroll down.

BOOKS of South Asian Writers-

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/mdamodaran/sabooks.html

Links to information about books written by South Asian writers. The site also includes links to books with a South Asian theme.

BookWire Homepage-

http://www.bookwire.com/

Links to authors, books, poetry and reviews.

IRISH LITERATURE, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, AND DRAMA-

http://www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland/

Offers a range of resources on Irish literature with links to James Joyce, Maeve Binchley, J B Shaw and other authors.

Links to places literary-

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/English/favelink.htm

Extensive list of links to poetry, authors, creative writing and literature.

Literary Resources -- Twentieth-Century British and Irish-

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/20th.html

Links to TS Eliot, Jame Joyce, Virginia Woolf, War Poetry and many others.

Literature Resources-

http://www.teleport.com/~mgroves/

General literature links, writer's resources, magazines, and books on-line.

On-Line Literary Resources-

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

This is an excellent site with numerous links to literature ranging from the 18th century through romantic, Victorian, 20th century, women's literature theatre and drama.

SAWNET: Books by and about South Asian Women-

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/SAW.books

Books by and for South Asian women. Links to author biographies and book reviews.

simonsays.com-

http://www.simonsays.com/titles/bookpage.cgi?isbn=0684874350

The memoir of a boy by Frank McCourt, who endures poverty and cruelty in Ireland. Readers' reviews, reading groups questions, interview with author, Irish links.

Women and literature-

http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/women/wlit.html

Links to authors like Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Emily

Dickinson, Carson Mc Cullers, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf.

Yahoo! Arts:Humanities:Literature:Genres:Literary Fiction:Authors- http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Literary_Fiction/Authors/

Links to numerous authors such as Jane Austen, Mark Twain and other literature figures.This site also contins some popular authors like Anne Rice.

Yahoo! Arts:Humanities:Literature:Periods and Movements:Victorian:Authors-

http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Periods_and_Movements/Victorian/Authors/

Links to Victorian authors and poets like Charles Dickens, Gerald Manley Hopkins and George Eliot.

Jane Austen-

http://www.jasna.org/index.html

This site contains information about her works and useful links to societies and related sites.

Jane Austen-

http://pemberley.com/index.html

Biography, life and times and electronic versions of her novels.

J.G. Ballard-

http://www.jgballard.com/

Brief bigraphy, newsletter and links.

Jane Eyre: an Overview-

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/bronte/cbronte/bronteov2.html

Useful information about the Victorian context of Jane Eyre, biographical details of Bronte, and links to themes, setting, symbolism, characterisation, narration and genre. Links to other Victorian literature .

Facts About Fitzgerald-

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/facts/facts1.html

A brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

USC: F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page-

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html

Facts about the author, essays and articles, brief life, bibliography. Useful for the study of

The Great Gatsby.

Lord of the Flies-

http://www.pernet.net/~chadly1/lord_of_the_flies/index.html

A class project with links to other resources on the Internet, and links to William Golding

and an article.

Thomas Hardy Resource Library-

http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~mws/hardy.html

Site for life and works of Thomas Hardy, includes texts biography and articles

The Papa Page-

http://www.tobong-ch.ed.seoul.kr/html/tmy/literar/papa/home.htm

Images and photos of Ernest Hemingway, a short biography and related links.

Aldous Huxley-

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/huxley.htm

Description of Huxley and his works with many links to sites of interest.

The Barbara Kingsolver Page-

http://www.kingsolver.com/

Barbara Kingsolver page which has links to biography and her books.

D.H. Lawrence index page-

http://mss.library.nottingham.ac.uk/dhl_home.html

Biography, personal views and critiques of works, poetry, and other links to D. H. Lawrence.

George Orwell & English Lang.-

http://robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us/classes/pfouts/utopian/1984/george.html

A description of Orwell's writing.

Salman Rushdie-

http://www.crl.com/~subir/rushdie.html

Links to information about Salman Rushdie and lists of his works.

Catcher in the Rye

http://www.sparknotes.com/guides/catcher/

This site provides notes and background about J.D. Salinger and Catcher in the Rye.

The Praises and Criticisms of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye-

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/salinger1.htm

A critical review of Catcher in the Rye is found on this site as well as links to biographical information and other reviews.

J.D. Salinger "Bananafish" Home-

http://slf.gweep.net/~sfoskett/jds/index.html

Links to information for students working on Salinger related projects, newspaper and magazine articles and interviews with the author.

Shelley's Frankenstein-

http://www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/franken.html

Full text of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley as well as links to Percy Shelley, Mary

Wollstonecraft and film versions. It examines Branagh's recent version, including an analysis of stills from the film.

A Frankenstein Study-

http://www.watershed.winnipeg.mb.ca/Frankenstein.html

Answers to questions about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.

The National Steinbeck Center-

http://www.steinbeck.org/

Our mission is the exploration of Human Values through Universal ideas found in the

works of John Steinbeck.

SJSU - Center for Steinbeck Studies-

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/steinbec/srchome.html

Steinbeck in his times, books by Steinbeck, Steinbeck in schools.

Mark Twain Resources on the World Wide Web-

http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/

Extensive site, including biography and criticism.

Web Page for Alice Walker-

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~mmaynard/Walker/walker.htm

The works of Alice Walker, a biography and links to A Color Purple are contained in this

site. A synopsis of the film is also given.

Virginia Woolf Web-

http://orlando.jp.org/

Containing a brief biography and list of works by Virginia Woolf, this site has numerous links to feminist writers and other writers of the 20th century.

Movies

Cinemachine: The Movie Review Search Engine-

http://www.cinemachine.com/

Film reviews.

Welcome to CineMedia-

http://207.87.23.34/CineMedia/welcomes/categories.html

Cinemedia is a general page which has a search engine to allow you to look for over 14,00 titles. It provides many links and you need time to search.

MOVIES AT HOME: Guide to Home Video-

http://moviething.com/

Films

The Internet Movie Database. A database of more than 150,000 movies-

http://us.imdb.com/

Mr. Showbiz-

http://www.mrshowbiz.com/

Star Wars: Welcome to the Official Web Site-

http://www.starwars.com/

The official Web site for the Star Wars trilogy.

Warner Bros. Movies-

http://www.movies.warnerbros.com/

Film reviews.

Mysteries

BDD-

http://www.bdd.com/index.html

Links to popular authors such as Elizabeth George.

Books@Random | Authors on the Web-

http://www.randomhouse.com/author/links.html

A useful site which lists mystery writers and gives links to many other sites.

Mystery-

http://www.eduplace.com/search/frames/rdg_11.html

Useful classroom activities including writing mystery codes. This site is aimed at primary

students.

Mystery Writers of America-

http://www.mysterywriters.net/

Contains mystery links and Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Yahoo! Arts:Humanities:Literature:Genres:Mystery:Authors-

http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Mystery/Authors/

Links to a long annotated list of mystery authors including, Agatha Christie, Sue Grafton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Patricia Cornwell, Mary Higgins Clark .

Marele Day-

http://www.twbooks.co.uk/authors/mareled.html

A short biography of Marele Day as well as a synopsis of her books and other links.

Sue Grafton Web Site Home Page-

http://www.suegrafton.com/

Links to biography of Sue Grafton, Kinsey Millhone and the novels that she has written.

BookPage Review: Snow Falling on Cedars-

http://www.bookpage.com/9601bp/fiction/snowfallingoncedars.html

Questions about the novel Snow Falling on Cedars

Printed Matter -- David Guterson -- Page-

http://dcn.davis.ca.us/go/gizmo/cedars.html

A discussion by Guterson of the influences on his writing.

Myths and legends

Encyclopedia Mythica: Home-

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/

Comprehensive encyclopaedia of myths, legends, and folklore divided into regions.

Fables-

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/toccer?id=AesFabl&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed&part=0

Aesop Fables all the fables can be accessed as entire works.

Folklore, Myth and Legend-

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html

Links to Arthurian legends, Aesop's Fables and other myths and legend sites. Site also includes Fairy tales and Folk stories.

Greek mythology-

http://www.greekmythology.com/

thekids.com: Tales to Tell-

http://www.thekids.com/kids/stories/

Links to folktales and myths, heroes and adventures.

Newspapers

The Age-

http://www.theage.com.au/

The Australian News Network-

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

Links to Australian sites including poetry, news, sport travel and animals.

The Australian Newspaper-

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

The Australian newspaper which has a schools section with the Cyber Classroom. This has a current affairs section containing articles to download on topics such as euthanasia, Wik, imunisation, Republic, the family and immigration. New topics are added each month.

CNN Interactive-

http://www.cnn.com/

CNN news service. Use the search function to look for relevant topics.

The Global Newsstand-

http://www.mcs.com/~rchojnac/www/tgn.html

This site contains a list of around 350+ free on-line news sources f om all over the world. They are arranged geographically.

3000 newspapers on the Net-

http://www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/newsprs/index.htm

On-line newspapers listed by country.

The Sydney Morning Herald-

http://www.smh.com.au/index.html

Headlines for each day. The site has archives and a search engine.

Yahoo! - News-

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/

News service for students.

Poetry

Larrikin's Lair-

http://ncc1701.apana.org.au/~larrikin/lit/lit.html

This site contains Australian poetry and an Australian poem of the month.

Lear Limericks and Literature Unit Study -- Castlemoyle Books-

http://www.castlemoyle.com/learte.htm

Information and assignments about Edward Lear and limericks . Ages 5 - 12.

Lost Poets of the Great War-

http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/

Created by Harry Rusche of Emory University, this site provides information about poets: Rupert Brooke, McCrae, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Alan Seeger and Edward Thomas , a chronology of the War, information about the human cost and a bibliography.

Haiku-

http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haiku.html

Details about haiku poetry are found on this site. Haiku poems can also be submitted here.

SchoolWorld Poetry Pages-

http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/poetry/

Collection of poems from schools around the world.

Poets Corner - Home-

http://geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/index.html

Over 2,000 poems by 427 poets are featured. Poets can be searched easily by the alphabeticl listing and poems found by searching the keywords of lines of poetry.

POETRY ON THE WEB-

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1416/

General American site. The popular Poets section has useful links.

Yahoo! Arts:Humanities:Literature:Poetry:Poets-

http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Poetry/Poets/

Links to poets including Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron and many others.

The William Blake Page-

http://members.aa.net/~urizen/blake2.html

Links to Blake's poetry and paintings.

Emily Dickinson Bio-

http://metalab.unc.edu/cheryb/women/Emily-Dickinson-bio.html

Biography of Emily Dickinson.

Academy of American Poets - Emily Dickinson-

http://www.poets.org/lit/poet/edickfst.htm

Background to her, her poems on-line, references, related poet and poetry links.

Exhibitions: Keats:-

http://portico.bl.uk/exhibitions/keats/overview.html

A useful and brief biography of the poet is given on this site. Text and critique of Ode to a Nightingale is also given.

Papers of Kenneth Adolf Slessor - MS 3020-

http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/3020.html

Although there are no links to his poems or reviews, there are detailed biographical notes, manuscript papers, and an extensive list of correspondence for Kenneth Slessor.

Sassoon, Siegfried. War Poems.-

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/8103/

Information about Seigfreid Sassoon and his war poems.

New Dylan Thomas Page-

http://www.pcug.org.au/~wwhatman/dylan_thomas.html

Links to poetry, biography and other sources for Dylan Thomas.

Popular fiction

Arts_and_books-

http://www.webcrawler.com/arts_and_books/books_and_literature/bestsellers/

Bestsellers site with authors like Stephen King, John Grisham, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz plus links to fantasy and science fiction, horror, mystery and crime and romance.

Tom Clancy FAQ-

http://www.cosbyassoc.com/clancyfaq/

A Tom Clancy FAQ page with links to books and movies, as well as other home pages for the author.

Reference

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable-

http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/

Macquarie Dictionary: K*I*D (Kids Internet Dictionary)-

http://macdict.dict.mq.edu.au:5780/kidD787584163+1/-/macbegi

Dictionary totally written by kids. Students have the opportunity to add their own words.

Project Bartleby Archive-

http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/index.html

Passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources.

Roget's Thesaurus-

http://www.thesaurus.com/

This site helps find synonyms for particular terms, or you can browse classes of words.

WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen-

http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Enter word and get meaning, pronunciation, function, synonyms, origin. You can also get similar words if not sure of the spelling.

Romance

Regency Home Page-

http://members.aol.com/regencyrdr/regmain.htm

Site which has many links to Regency writers including Jane Austen, the novel Emma, Georgette Heyer as well as modern Regency writers.

Romance Writers of America - Main Menu-

http://www.rwanational.com/

Links to romance authors, the genre of romance writing and authors' homepages.

Science Fiction

Alpha Ralpha Boulevard-

http://WWW.Catch22.COM/SF/ARB/

Science fiction site which has 280 authors and 18 artists represented. Bibliography for

each author is given as well as reviews & links. The excellent Catch 22 site connects to Science Fiction in film TV.

Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia-

http://www.wenet.net/~lquilter/femsf/

A site which has links to bibliographies, authors and criticism.

Yahoo!-Arts:Humanities: Literature:Genres:Science Fiction-

http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/genres/science_fiction__fantasy__and_horror/authors/adams__douglas/hitchhiker_s_guide_to_the_galaxy/

Links to science fiction, fantasy and horror authors.

Isaac Asimov FAQ-

http://www.clark.net/pub/edseiler/WWW/asimov_FAQ.html

A page containing frequently asked questions about Isaac Asimov and numerous links to his books.

Study Guide to Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale (1986)-

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/science_fiction/handmaid.html

Explanations and questions for each chapter of The Handmaid's Tale, and a general philosophical discussion at the beginning on the nature of science fiction and on dystopias.

Study Guide for William Gibson: Neuromancer (1984)-

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/science_fiction/neuromancer.html

Explanations and questions for each chapter and a discussion of the author's background.

Study Guide for Ursula LeGuin: The Dispossessed (1974)-

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/science_fiction/dispossessed.html

Explanations and questions for each chapter, and a general philosophical discussion on utopias. Suitable for senior students.

The Unofficial Ursula K. Le Guin Page-

http://www.wenet.net/~lquilter/femsf/authors/leguin/

Links to Le Guin's works, a biography and reviews.

Ursula K. LeGuin-

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/leguin.htm

Background information with links to Homepages, interviews and reviews of her books.

Study Guide for Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)-

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/science_fiction/canticle.html

Explanations and questions for each chapter, making it a useful study guide for senior students.

George Orwell & English Lang.-

http://robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us/classes/pfouts/utopian/1984/george.html

The Tolkien Timeline-

http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/index.html

Study Guide for H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds-

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~brians/science_fiction/warofworlds.html

A general introduction to HG Wells and chapter by chapter study guide.

John Wyndham-

http://www.pcs.sk.ca/sjk/wyndham.htm

Background information on the author, and a brief description of his books.

John Wydnham Page

http://www.liv.ac.uk/~asawyer/wyndham.html

Brief biography and synopsis of his books and films.

Shakespeare

Hamlet Main-

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Hamlet/hamletmain.html 

Teacher's guide and student activities for Hamlet. Links to WWW resources on Hamlet.

Romeo and Juliet Web Guide-

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/shakespeare/webguide.html

Teaching ideas for Romeo and Juliet with many student and teacher links to Shakespeare.

Romeo & Juliet-

http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet-

http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/

Links to Shakespeare's works. biography, the Renaissance, criticism, aspects of performance, primary and secondary sources, and best sites.

The Shakespeare Classroom-

http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/shakes/

This site contains materials for teaching, study questions, information about film versions and a frequently asked questions section about Shakespeare and his works.

Shakespeare-

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html

This includes Shakespeare resources on the Internet, chronological and alphabetical listing of plays, frequently asked questions, Bartlett's familiar and a search the complete works facility. The discussion area link is useful.

Shakespeare Homepage-

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/by-alpha.html

This lists the complete works of William Shakespeare.

Sports

AFL Official Web Site - Home Page-

http://www.afl.com.au/

Official AFL home page.

The Age @ The Footy 1998-

http://www.theage.com.au/footy/

Australian Sports Commission-

http://www.ausport.gov.au/home.html

Information about sports in Australia and links to related sites.

CricInfo - The Home of Cricket On The Internet-

http://www-aus.cricket.org/

NRL-

http://www.nrl.com.au/

WWW Women's Sports Page by Amy Lewis-

http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~lewisa/womsprt.html

Links to women's sports over the world.

Television

ABC Online-

http://www.abc.net.au/

Australian Broadcasting Commission site.

Australian Film Commission-

http://www.afc.gov.au/resources/online/general/overview/afto1.html

Introduction to Australian Film & Television: development of the Australian film industry from late 1800's to present day, career information,and a large resource list.

Sofcom TV Guide - Australia's Number 1 Online Television Guide-

http://www.sofcom.com.au/TV/Adelaide.html

An on-line TV guide which has links to other sites.

The Simpsons Archive-

http://www.snpp.com/

Welcome to Star Trek-

http://www.startrek.com/

Doctor Who Home Page-

http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/

The X-Files-

Http://www.thex-files.com/

The official Web-site for the X-files.

Writing

Awesome Cyber Card's main page.

Http://www.marlo.com/card.htm

International writing site.

Cyberkids - Where Creative Kids Click-

http://www.cyberkids.com/

Links to magazines; multimedia games and young writers. Provides links to Internet web sites and gives the opportunity for e-mail.

FUNHOUSE-

http://funhouse.liswa.wa.gov.au/

This site has unfinished stories for young writers to complete and then email.

Kidlink-

http://www.kidlink.org/

Use email for penpals.

Inkspot: Writing resources, newsletter for writers-

http://www.inkspot.com/

Writing resources on the Internet. Students are able to comment on current news. Time is needed for browsing.

The Internet Public Library-

http://www.ipl.org/

Different categories of books.

Kids' Space-

http://www.kids-space.org/

A site where students' stories can be published.

Internet Connections | Language Arts-

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/language.asp

General site with links to writing, reference, authors.

The Digital Education Network: A resource for teachers and students-

http://www.actden.com/

Email available. Students are able to write about news.

Links-

http://www.nypl.org/branch/teen/

Wordsmiths is a site where e-zines are available for smples of writing by young people and an opportunity to give views.

Real Kids Real Adventures-

http://www.realkids.com/

Young Writers online chat is a site where students can write e-mail and opinions about issues.

The Diary Project-

http://www.diaryproject.com/

Place where students can share personal thoughts and feelings with others from around the world.

Book Raps-

http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/book-rap/index.html

A Book Rap is a book discussion conducted via electronic mail.

KidPub WWW Publishing-

http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/

Links to children's writing and key-pals. A place where students can have their writing published on the Internet.

Vocabulary.com-

http://www.vocabulary.com/

Vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections-

http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

This site provides links for the use of e-mail in the classroom.

Young Authors Workshop resource pages welcome-

http://www.planet.eon.net/~bplaroch/index.html