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Authors
The following links will be helpful to students when working on their author 
project.

  

  
  http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/authors.htm

 

 

 

Authors

  

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

 

 

 

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

  

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

 

 

 

Meet Authors and Illustrators

  

  
  http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm

 

 

 

Learning About Authors and Illustrators

  

  
  http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry and Genre

 

 

 

 

 

The following links will be useful for students when doing their special 
project on poetry and genre.

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Links

 

 

 

 

 

Science Fiction

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

 

 

 

Realistic Fiction

  http://www.d118.s-cook.k12.il.us/east/media/realistic.html

 

 

 

Mystery

  http://www.mysterynet.com/timeline/

 

 

 

Mystery

  http://www.mysterynet.com/learn/lessonplans/

 

 

 

Historical Fiction

  http://raven.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/histfic.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantasy

  http://web.utk.edu/~wrobinso/590_lec_fan.html

 

 

 

Myths, Folktales, and Legends

  http://web.infoave.net/~tnorris/lesson.htm

 

 

 

Tall Tales

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

 

 

 

Animated Tall Tales

  http://www.animatedtalltales.com/

 

 

 

Tall Tales

  http://www.hasd.org/ges/talltale/talltale.htm

 

 

 

Legends

  http://www.legends.dm.net/

 

 

 

American Folklore and Tall Tales

  http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/Dich_FOLKLORE/FOLKTEXT/folkhome.htm

 

 

 

Limerick Poetry

  http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8658.asp

 

 

 

Limerick Poetry

  http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/limerick__poetry_.html

 

 

 

Lyric Poetry

  http://www2.worldbook.com/wc/popup?path=features/wwriters&page=html/poets.htm&direct=yes

 

 

 

Narrative Poetry

  http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Narrative%20poetry

 

 

 

Concrete Poetry

  http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/concrete.htm

 

 

 

Haiku Poetry

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

 

 

 

Fairy Tales

  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fairytales_discovering.htm

 

 

 

Epic Poetry

  http://www.poetry-portal.com/styles10.html

 

 

 

Ballad

  http://members.optushome.com.au/kazoom/poetry/ballad.html

 

 

 

American Folklore

  http://www.americanfolklore.net/

 

 

 

Folklore

  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folkloreexp_index.htm

 

 

 

Other Resources

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.booknutsreadingclub.com/genrelist.html 
http://www.bulfinch.org/ 
http://www.bsu.edu/classes/vancamp/genres.html 
http://www.pantheon.org/ 
http://www.mythweb.com/ 
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/