SESSION 3

The Internet

Parents & Children Learning Together

A Project involving Y5 and Y6 parents and children at Hawkes Farm Primary School, Hailsham

jointly devised by the school
and members of the Schools Library Service
(Rhona Drever and Mary Page)

 

Sites To Help You Choose...

  • ACHUKA Children's Books UK - this site carries notices and reviews of the latest releases, together with general children's books news (prizewinners etc.) and profiles of leading authors (including one of Philip Ardagh!)
  • AMAZON - the first and still the best online book selling site. Both the American and the British sites include good children's books sections...
    amazon.com
    amazon.co.uk
  • BOOKENDS - a young and enthusiastic internet magazine editor called Sam Catto (Sam for Samantha) is developing a good monthly children's books section here...
  • OKUK - a bookselling site which includes publisher sections and several different ways of searching for titles

General Sites....

  • KIDSONLINE - an East Sussex C. C. site (but don't let that put you off!)
  • LIBRARY ASSOCIATION - for news and listings of the major UK Children's Books Awards, the Carnegie and Greenaway Awards
  • CBCBOOKS - an American site containing lots of information about books and authors

Authors...

Publishers...