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Got a book report due? No problem!
From finding the right book and getting started, to writing tips and final presentation
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The official Roald Dahl
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/Default.asp
Explore the world of Roald Dahl with the aid of Miss Honey,
Matilda, or James. There are games to play, book reviews to
complete, quizzes, and
the Roald Dahl challenge - how alike are you? Listen
to an interview with Roald Dahl and hear him read an excerpt
from the BFG.
Warning: do
not just leave this website open on your desktop ....you
could have some explaining to do when a certain small bird
makes some suspicious noises! [don't say I didn't warn you! |
Arithmancy is
also known as arithmomancy and
numerology. It is one of the
subjects taught at Hogwarts School
where Harry Potter studies the art
of wizardry. You don't need to go to
Hogwarts to know the numbers related
to your name and to find out what
they reveal. Try it at:
http://sorcererscompanion.net/arithmancy.html
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Five Finger Test
To check the reading level of
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2. Read the page ( aloud
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3. Put one finger up for
every word you can not pronounce or do not know. |
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4. If you get five ( 5 ) fingers up on one page,
the book is too difficult to read
independently. |
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5. If you
do not get any fingers up, but are reading very
slowly and decoding almost every word,
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LATEST BOOKLISTS FOR KIDS
The
Patricia Wrightson Award for Children's Literature
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Challenged Books of 2008
The 2008 Skipping Stones Honour Awards
CBCA Book of the Year shortlist 2009
[More kids' Booklists]
The children’s poetry archive.
This is a section of
the Poetry Archive specifically designed for children. Listen to poetry,
follow links, ask a poet and discuss poetry.
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Author Websites
Jackie French
http://www.jackiefrench.com
Paul Jennings
http://www.pauljennings.com.au/
Andy Griffiths
http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/
Emily Rodda
http://www.emilyrodda.com
Phil Kettle
http://www.philkettle.com/
J.L. Rowling
http://www.jkrowling.com/
Felice Arena
http://www.felicearena.com/
Morris Gleitzman
http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/
Leigh Hobbs
http://www.leighhobbs.com.au/
Roald Dahl http://www.roalddahl.com/
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 Read
about this book, find out how to get it
for free, watch a video of the author,
plus get the downloads
here.
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Read a story
online
Snow
Day
By: Elizabeth T. Weinstein
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Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls
Series
Get your
personalized notebook, plus quizzes, games, message boards
and more
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 Remember
Anne Frank
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, and died in 1945 at
the age of 16.
Her diary has been translated into hundreds of languages and
has been read by millions of children and adults worldwide.
This June 12, take a few minutes to remember Anne, her
family, and the millions of others who lost their lives
during the Holocaust by visiting this great site designed
especially for kids. You can learn more
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about
Anne's life
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about
the rise of Hitler and his
persecution of the Jews
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and a
time line of World
War II
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click here
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 The
The story of a boy who becomes a caveman. Wonderfully
animated with sound effects and a self marking comprehension
test at the end! You have the option to have this story read
to you with real audio! (right off the web!) or learn to
read difficult story words before starting. It's all on the
next page!
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Make a book for Grandpa
 Help
your child make a book
about Grandpa (or another older
friend or relative). When it’s
finished it will make a great gift
to give to Grandpa.
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Anna Ciddor held a
competition to name the latest book in the Quentaris Series
and it will be "Prisoners of Quentaris." You can visit
the
Quentaris site for games, a screen saver, great
graphics and more.
You can read more about
Anna Ciddor at
www.viking-magic.com
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'Horton
Hears A Who'
Catch the
trailer for
'Horton
Hears A
Who',
starring Jim
Carrey and
Steve Carell
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 GGraeme
Base - illustrator
RollerCoaster chatted with Graeme Base,
illustrator and author of books such as The Eleventh Hour,
Animalia, Sign Of The Seahorse and most recently, Uno’s
Garden.Listen
to the Podcast... or as we like to call it... RollerCast!
... or read
the interview
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The Wishing Tree
Listen
to the story and click to interact with the pictures |
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Play some cool
Roald Dahl Games
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Our friends, the Grammar
Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If
you click on the right word in the sentence, our
friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a
banana is a gorilla with appeal. |
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Spinning a Good Yarn
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Learn how Brian
Jaques writes his books |
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The most popular
fictional wizard in the world is back.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
comes out in theatres November 18. This
time, Harry will finally come face to
face with the evil Lord Voldemort. At
the same time, he's dealing with the
usual teen troubles, like who to ask to
the Hogwarts' Yule Ball.
With another Harry Potter adventure
about to begin, Scholastic News Online
was able to talk with stars from the
movie! Click on their names to read what
they told us. And don't forget to take a
look at our
slideshow
for a preview of what you'll see in the
movie!
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Fantasy Quiz
1. A
mermaid is half woman half
a. goat
b. fish
c. princess
d. elephant
More questions ...
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FROM
LEMONY SNICKET 
 Sunny,
the youngest Baudelaire, speaks in a manner
which some people find difficult to understand.
If you have a few free moments, see if you can
match Sunny's words to their meaning in common
English. If you have difficulty, ask a baby to
help you, or give up. |
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AwesomeStories.com
uniquely
uses the Internet to link its story
content to hundreds of thousands of the world's best on-line
primary sources. Enjoy an interactive learning experience as
you see relevant maps, pictures, artefacts, manuscripts and
documents, IN CONTEXT, within each story. Take advantage of
human-based searches for a safe, fast and fun way to learn
the real story behind historic events, famous people, heroic
exploits, legends, disasters, movies, plus topics of current
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Do
You Know Records?
So, you think you
know a lot about records—the fastest animal, the most
no-hitters, the deepest trench, the first top-selling
ringtone?
Then you’ll love
The World Almanac Book of Records:
Firsts, Feats, Facts and Phenomena. With more than
500 pages and 5,000 records, it’s the biggest record
book of all-time.
Explore
our site, see some pages from the book and enjoy the
records.
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Stage #1: Books begin with a great
idea.
Here is an author (it's supposed to be
Aliki!) writing down a story. Probably,
the author will write a few drafts of
the story, trying to improve it each
time. Read
some more ...
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