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Children's
Literature Navigator
Includes awards, authors and illustrators, links.
Children's
Literature Web Guide
English
Language and Literature Resources
Glossary
of Literary Terms and Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Good explanations of metaphor, simile, alliteration, etc.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators - Literature and Language Arts
NovelGuide - Novel
Resource Guide and Literary Analysis
A tool to help high school students better understand specific works of
fiction.
Picturing Books
Defines styles and media that illustrators use in picture books.
Webtime
Stories
Links to good online stories, fables, myths, and literature sites.
Seventh Grade Literature Blog
This is a private class blog being used by seventh grade students for
a discussion of The Outsiders and other literature we read
in class.
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Poetry
American
Verse Project
Archive of American poetry largely from the 19th century.
Atlantic
Unbound Poetry Pages
Includes some audio recordings.
Bartleby.com -
American & English Poetry
Search by keyword or browse by chronologic, author, title, or first line
indices.
Internet
Poetry Archive
Works by seven modern poets, including those of Robert Pinsky and Phillip
Levine.
Modern
American Poetry
Includes selected works and information about 161 American poets.
Poetry
Links to poetry resources on the Internet, including criticism and biography.
Poetry Archives
Free full-text classical poetry searchable by author, first line, or title.
Poet's
Corner
Selected works of 780 poets.
Representative
Poetry Online
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| Authors - Collective
African
American Women Writers of the 19th Century
An outstanding online collection from NY Public Library's Schomburg Center.
Complete texts of about 20 biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs from
the period.
African
American Writers: A Celebration Authors
Links to specific author guides or their works.
Children's
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Links
to Author and Illustrator Web Sites
Online Literary
Criticism Collection
Voices
from the Gaps
North American women writers of color.
Young
Adult Author Links from About.com
Authors - Individual
Jack Gantos
J.K.
Rowling
S.E. Hinton
Walter
Dean Myers
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Mythology
Aaron Shepard's Storybook
Folktales, Tall Tales, Legends, and More
Encyclopedia Mythica
Mythology, folklore, legends, etc.
Greek
Mythology
Comprehensive site on gods, heroes, and creatures of Greek mythology.
Includes family tree section and comparison between Greek and Roman mythology.
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