Academy of American Poets Literary treats, including essays, biographies of poets, poems, and RealAudio clips. Search for a particular author or literary piece.

Aesop's Fables Online Collection More than 655 stories, many are illustrated. Also featured are fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, graphic timelines, and stories by L. Frank Baum and Charles Dickens.

Authors On the Web A wonderful collection of biographical sketches of authors.

Book Adventure Reading incentive program for children in grades K-8.

BookSpot Award-winning books and authors, teen reading lists, book reviews, reading lists, author information, links to related resources. Discover how and where to download books or join a book forum. Grades K-12.

Children's Literature Web Guide Recommended book lists, full text children's stories, children's writings, award winners, and resources related to books for children and young adults.

Classics Archives Aeschylus, Aristotle, Homer, Plato and Sophocles-they're all here, plus a few of their friends and relations.

Grammar Lady Guide to Grammar and Writing Get answers to your grammar questions and read online articles about correct grammar use (and misuse).

Handspeak: A Sign Language Dictionary Online A great introduction to sign language, a review of vocabulary for the deaf, a quick tutorial for parents or teachers of deaf children, or just fun for anyone interested in the topic. A person demonstrates the movements for each word.

Harry Potter A compilation of every snippet of wizard trivia known to Muggles, links to the various movie and merchandise sites, a variety of quizzes and activities, glossaries and guides to special topics such as spells, food, and, of course, Quidditch.

Inkspot: Resource for Children's Writers For young students interested in creative writing. Links to online contests, publications for student authors, and more.

Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page Links to various literature pages for children and young adults. A strong focus on women's studies.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl The story of Wilder's life and work through pictures of the places she called home and tales of her friends and family. Contains puzzles, homework help, a coloring sheet, and Pa's songs played on the fiddle. Grades K-6.

Mama Lisa's World A collection of children's songs and nursery rhymes from all over the globe, in English and their native languages. Grades K-6.

Marguerite deAngeli Collection More than 300 digitized items including manuscripts, illustrations, correspondences, and photographs.

MoJo's Musical Museum A vast site of lyrics to popular children's songs and nursery rhymes.

National Council of Teachers of English NCTE's home page is devoted to improving the teaching of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

National Spelling Bee General information about the National Spelling Bee, study tips, sponsoring local spelling bees and more.

Noodle Tools There are free tools under Noodle Tools that will be helpful for your students when they are writing a paper. Using Quick Cite, students can quickly generate an MLA-style citation for a single source (simplified for younger students). Noodle Links browses bibliographies written by researchers around the world on hundreds of topics.

Nursery Rhymes   More Rhymes  Mother Goose Collection collections of  nursery rhymes.

Online Writing Lab Talk with tutors from Purdue about improving your writing. Find a long list of materials on writing skills.

Poetry Archives Classical poetry from hundreds of authors, from Bronte to Bronte, Keats to Yeats, are featured.

Reading Rants Features reviews of new books as well as quirky lists on topics ranging from "Slacker Fiction" to "DeadHeads and Mosh-Pits".

Shakespeare on the Web

Story Place: The Children's Digital Library This preschool library offers online stories, online activities, take-home activities, and reading lists. Organized by theme, it has tales of monkeys, babies, animals, colors, crocodiles, and teddy bears. Macromedia Shockwave Flash Player is required to access some activities. Grades K-3.

The On-Line Books Page Over 13,000 e-texts available as well as thematic collections including banned books, works by women writers, and more.

Vocabulary Help A great resource for students and teachers when having difficulty reading passages on a web page. VoyCabulary converts all web page words into links to Dictionary, Thesaurus, and other web lookups. VoyCabulary will also process text cut from a word processor and pasted into the textbox.

Wacky Web Tales Do you like to write? If so, have a look at the story starters provided here and get your story published at this site, or read some interesting and amusing tales written by others.