Resources
 
Two wonderful sites where you can find out more about Authors / Illustrators:
Read-Aloud Books Too Good To Miss - USA - 1999-2000
Start Page Dutch Children Books Authors - The Netherlands

Discovery Channel School is searching for the "Smartest Pet" to serve as the Discovery School Mascot. Your class pet -- or your students' home pets -- could be the one chosen! Go to  http://www.discoveryschool.com

Do you like Elephants? Then visit http://www.elephants.com

*We recommend two project sites that we host...TENAN: The ENdangered ANimals of the World -
http://www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl
and TESAN: The Endangered Species and Nature of the World -
http://www.tesan.vuurwerk.nl  for information on animals.

* Have a look at Global School websites, like:
Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12 - http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/  ,
Education World - http://www.education-world.com/   ,
and Global Schoolhouse - http://www.gsh.org

* Magazines like National Geographic World and Ranger Rick are great too for resources and story ideas on animals. They each have online homes ...
National Geographic World: www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
and Ranger Rick: http://www.nwf.org/rrick/
plus there are magazines for the younger readers like Your Big Backyard: http://www.nwf.org/ybby/  .

* National Wildlife Federation also has a website called Animal Tracks: http://www.nwf.org/atracks/   which has many teacher resources on animals and our earth.

* Other examples of wonderful websites:
The San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/ ,
The Bear Den: http://www.nature-net.com/bears/index.html ,
Bat Conservation International, Inc.: http://www.batcon.org/ ,
Bagheera, "Our Endangered Species": http://www.bagheera.com/ ,
The Tiger Information Center: http://www.5tigers.org/ ,
Animal Planet: http://animal.discovery.com/ ,
The Elephant Sanctuary: http://www.elephants.com

* Scholastic Magazine and Weekly Reader are two other excellent sources of ideas and information...most every week there are articles that can be used for activities on animals and can motivate students to read about and write about animals. Both of these have online homes as well: Weekly Reader: http://www.weeklyreader.com/index.html

* We also recommend the wonderful site "NatureScapes" with news about Animals and Nature (as a part of EduScapes): http://eduscapes.com/nature/

* more to add...