BOOKS ON-LINE / OTHER READING

The Alphabet Superhighway ('E' 'M'))
This language and writing site targets upper elementary school and middle school students. Contains lesson plans and a literary magazine for students. The Alphabet Superhighway is under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Education's READ*WRITE*NOW! Initiative.
Main page:
www.ash.udel.edu/ash/
Learning activities:
www.ash.udel.edu/ash/misc/nph-fm1.cgi?/ash/challenge/index.html
Teacher resources: www.ash.udel.edu/ash/misc/nph-fm1.cgi?/ash/teacher/index.html

American Literature ('H')
E-texts of many of the classics.
18th & 19th Centuries
www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.mimi.html
20th Century
www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.sallyanne.html

Bibliomania: Classic Fiction ('H')
Complete texts of works from Louisa May Alcott, James Joyce, Charles Dickens and many others. Text
www.bibliomania.com/Fiction/
For the main entrance to the site:
www.bibliomania.com/

Classic Short Stories ('H')
Excellent collection of short stories, arranged by title. Includes works by many great writers and such classics as "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "The Lady, or the Tiger?" and "The Lottery." Text
www.bnl.com/shorts/

MidLink Magazine ('M')
Billed as "The Electronic Magazine for Kids in the Middle Grades," this site includes "The 'Write' Spot" (stories written by "kids just like YOU"), art work, Internet news stories and link sites. Chance to look in on other classrooms to see what they are doing and, if you wish, to e-mail them. Text, photos, graphics
longwood.cs.ucf.edu:80/~MidLink/

Project Bartleby ('H')
Columbia University's Project Bartleby bills itself as "The Public Library of the Internet." Includes Bartlett's quotations, The Odyssey of Homer, works by Dickinson, Keats, Melville, Shelley, Strunk, Whitman, Wilde, Wordsworth, and many more.
www.bartleby.com/index.html

Theodore Tugboat Online Activity Centre ('E')
An online activity center for Theodore Tugboat where students can help Theodore decide what to do next in an illustrated, interactive stories, use the online colouring book to colour pictures of Theodore and his friends, or listen to a Theodore story.
www.cochran.com/theodore/

Vocabulary ('E' 'M')
Includes a section for upper elementary students. Site aims to encourage the augmentation of vocabulary through the use of word puzzles.
www.vocabulary.com/

Words and Pictures ('E')
One of many Web sites that makes extensive use of Shockwave Flash, BBC Education's "Word and Pictures" bills itself as: "A fun packed site for 5-7 year olds with poems, games and activities to help with reading and writing." May load slowly due to graphics.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/

Writing Black USA ('H')
Historical and current literary pieces, including works by Maya Angelou, Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, and Langston Hughes. Text.
www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.black.html