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19th Century Schoolbooks
Site examines digital editions of 66 schoolbooks and two surveys of historic schoolbooks by John Nietz, the founder of the Nietz Old Textbook Collection. The online collection contains page images as well as searchable text.


A Journalist's Guide to the Internet
Comprehensive and organized list of sites that are useful for research (including must visit sites for journalists).


A Tale of Two Schools
A PBS site examining reading instruction and life in an urban & rural school.


A Web of On-line Dictionaries
Comprehensive reference tools on commercial site. Quick look up tools, translation tools and more. (Note: This site contains banner and/or pop-up ads)


Alice in Wonderland: Interactive Adventure
Over 30 interactive, java-based activities based on the classic tale.


ALSC-- Awards, Children's Notables, Grants and Fellowships
Site from Association for Library Service to Children lists award winning books. Also includes lists of recipients of grants, fellowships.


American Collection: An Educator's Site
Highlighting the works of six great authors--Henry James, Langston Hughes, Esmeralda Santiago, James Agee, Willa Cather, and Eudora Welty. Resources include primary and secondary source information, lesson plans, links to peer-reviewed websites and on-line teacher guides.


American Studies at the University of Virginia
The site is a repository of scholarly concentrations on such humanities topics as the 1930s, cultural maps, American literature, avant-garde and postmodern art exhibitions, and the U.S. Capitol building as an American icon. The site houses hypertexts of several American authors, including Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.


American Verse Project
Electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920.


AOL @ School Statewide
A series of six online learning portals designed for grades K-2, 3-5, middle school, high school, teachers and administrators. Includes internet links, encyclopedias, dictionaries, lesson plans and more.


APlus Research & Writing for High School and College Students
Online guide for researching and writing a paper for high school and college students.


Arthur's Classic Novels
A link to over 2500 classic novels. Sorted by themes with no fee or registration required.


Arts Activities for Reading Acquisition (AARA)
This site provides many suggestions for how to use arts activities to teach and reinforce spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and many other reading skills.


Ask Jeeves For Kids
Search engine for kids with news resources, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases and other research tools. Also games and puzzles.


B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Under the students section, contains over 700 links to help kids with homework.


Baltimore County Public Library Storyline
Call Storyline at 410-887-6116 and listen to stories read to you over the phone! Stories are appropriate for children ages 3 - 10.


Bartleby.com
Unlimited, free access to fiction and non-fiction books and information online. Includes links to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and more. Named “Best Literary Resource” for 2002 by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.


BCPL Homepage and Education Infocenter
Homework help, articles, and reference materials.


Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation


Book Adventure
Features book quizzes kids can do online after they read a book offline, with free prize incentives. Also features a personalized "book selector," which recommends book titles based on grade level, reading level, and subject preferences. Teachers can build their own class website for free.


BookHive: Your guide to children's literature & books
Site designed for children ages birth through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested in reading about children's books. Includes reviews and parent notes. Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages, and even favorite illustrator