CM Profiles of Canadian Authors and Illustrators
Selected biographies of authors and illustrators written by Dave Jenkinson.
KidsReads.com — Authors
A place to discover new books.
Canadian Children’s Book Centre — Children’s Book Awards
List of the many awards both provincially, national and international given for excellence in Children’s literature.
Caldecott Medal
American Library Association. Yearly award given for outstanding American illustrator of picture books.
Newberry Medal
American Library Association. Yearly award given for outstanding American Children’s Fiction.
Just for kids who love books
Find out about your favourite books and authors.
Arthur
From PBSKids.com.
Audrey Wood’s Clubhouse
Dav Pilkey
Author of the Captain Underpants and the Dumb Bunnies series. Checkout the online adventures of Captain Underpants from the publisher Scholastic.
Harry Potter series
Everyone’s favourite boy-wizard.
I Spy
Can you find what is hidden in the picture?
Jan Brett
Lemony Snicket and the Series of Unfortunate Events
Magic School Bus
From Scholastic.com.
Redwall Abbey
Feature the books by Brian Jacques.
Roald Dahl
The author of Charlie and the chocolate factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda and more.
Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Canadian Children’s Book Council
Booktalks — Quick and Simple
Search through Nancy Keane’s book reviews by title, subjects, or interest (reading) levels. Also includes book talking tips and review sites.
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
Children’s Picture Book Database at Miami University
When you just need to find a picture book about umbrellas, search through a collection of picture books by subject or keywords.
Cricket Magazine Group
Includes Cricket for young people; Spider for beginner readers; Ladybug for younger children; and Babybugfor infants and toddlers.
National Geographic World
Award-winning magazine of geography, history and the world around us.
OWL Kids Online
Canada’s favourite magazines for children are on the Net: chickaDEE Net,for ages 6 to 9; and Wired OWL, for ages 8 and up.
Sports Illustrated for Kids
The sports magazine for children, features articles, advice and Shockwave games.
Links for sites which focus upon books and activities for preschool and emergent readers. See also sites linked in our Online Activities section.
The Best Kids Booksite
Enchanted Learning
Everything Preschool
Make Stuff.com
For people who just like to make stuff!
Preschool Express
Grammar Gorillas
Forms of poetry for Children
Information and examples of different forms of poetry, such as limericks, cinquains and haiku.
Just for Kids Who Love Books
Kids Reads
Fact Monster People
Biographies from sports, music and national leaders.
The Olympic Movement
The official site of the International Olympic Movement. Includes links to current and past games and the Olympic Museum. (Information available in English and French)
