Novels

Compiled by Holly Garret

Flood   and   Swamp
Kathleen Duey and Karen Bale

• http://www.simonsays.com/subs/183/teacher_guide.cfm?areaid=183
  Teacher materials.  This is the Simon & Schuster sales site.

• http://www.simonsays.com/subs/pdfs/kids/Duey.pdf
  Author interview by Simon and Schuster sales site.

• http://www.kathleenduey.com
  Author’s website.  Includes a link to her school visits, contact information
  and in the "Teachers, parents and librarians" link this wonderful comment:
  "Any teacher, parent, or librarian using the books in a classroom setting is
  welcome to email for added information about any title, to pass on kids’
  questions, or for any other reason."

• http://www.write4kids.com/answer5.html
  This is an "ask the author" site with questions and and answers with Karen A. Bale. 

My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt

• http://www.kimberlyholt.com/
  This is the official author's website.  It includes a teacher's guide created by Patti Roberts,
  a fifth grade teacher at University Elementary School in Shreveport, Louisiana.  There is also
   an appearance schedule, links to other sites about Holt.

• http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/auth-illKimberlyWillisHolt.htm
  Interview with Kimberly Holt by Cynthia Leitich Smith; Children's Literature Resources.

• http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/1999/12/willisholt/index.html
  CNN interview with Holt.

• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec99/holt_nba_11-22.html
  National Book Awards interview by PBS.

• http://school.booksontape.com/search.cfm?author=1896&
  Site to purchase the book on audio cassette (unabridged.)   You can click and listen to an
  excerpt read in a lovely southern accent.

• http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0440415705&view=tg
  Teacher's Guide to My Louisiana Sky.

• http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntkimberlyms.html
  An internet scavenger hunt on Kimberly Willis Holt created by Ms. Loughren
  Farmingdale Public Schools

• http://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/wjms/Webquests/LouisianaS/
  A webquest on Holt and My Louisiana Sky by Charlene Spencer
  West Jessamine Middle School

The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
Jean Craighead George

• http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/
  The official Jean Craighead George website

• http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-george-jean-craighead.asp
  bio and interview transcript

• http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/george.htm
  teacher resource file—emphasis on wolves.

• http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/george.html
  ERIC bibliography

• http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/gator/gatortg.html
  Teacher cyberguide by Julie Nunnes, Schools of California Online Resources for Educators.

• http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/m/The_Missing__Gator_
  of_Gumbo_Limbo_Jean_Craighead_George.html
  TeacherView by Katy Smith, includes activities and links.

• http://www.whps.org/library/webquests/elementary/webhill/gator/
  Missing Gator Webquest by Ann Gargula & Mary Ellen Diot

• http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/webweavers/rosev/Water.htm
  A lesson plan on water by Rose Voce in which the reading assignment is the
   Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo.

• http://wwwwms.bham.wednet.edu/Resources/6Science.htm
  Grade 6 Science. A series of 4 online projects that connect with Jean Craighead
  George's book - The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo.

• http://www.greenscreen.org/newsletter/deargreenscreen/NHCSeverglades3.html
  Research on the ecology of the book by sixth grade students in Rosanne Tatro's class,
  The Neighborhood House Charter School, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Back to the Bayou
John Buller and Susan Schade

• http://www.bullersooz.com/
  Official website with comicbook biography of Jon Buller. Jon Buller usually limits his school and library visits to Connecticut and Rhode Island. (Susan Schade doesn't do them at all.)

• http://www.bullersooz.com/times.html
  NY Times article on Buller and Schade.

• http://www.bullersooz.com/Roxanne.html
  Transcript of DVE-TV  interview with Jon Buller.

• http://www.bullersooz.com/zip1.html
  Zippy cartoons on Jon Buller

Huckleberry Finn  (Warning:  this novel contains material that may not be suitable for all grade levels)
Mark Twain

• http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/
  Annotated directory of resources with local texts of his writings and sections on biography, criticism etc. A comprehensive site with his writings, biography, criticism, study guides for Huckleberry Finn and other books.

• http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html
  This interpretive archive, drawn largely from the resources of the Barrett Collection, focuses on how "Mark Twain" and his works were created and defined, marketed and performed, reviewed and appreciated. The goal is to allow readers, scholars, students and teachers to see what Mark Twain and His Times said about each other, in a
  way that can speak to us today. Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, hundreds of images, and many
  different kinds of interactive exhibits.

• http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/
  The Twain books are all available in digital format at the University of Virginia ebook Library. Each text on this list can be accessed in HTML (web version) for online viewing, and can be downloaded as both a MS Reader E-book for the Microsoft Reader and a Palm-readable text for the Palm Reader. It doesn't take very long to download the file using a modem.

• http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=327
  In this three-part lesson, students examine structure and characterization in the short story and consider the significance of humor through a study of Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

• http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/index.html
  Official site by the Mark Twain Estate.  Includes: biography, writings, quotes, photos and links.

• http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/mississippi.html
  A good site on Mark Twain and the Mississippi River.  Nice photos of his notebooks, a description of Mardi Gras, notes as a cub pilot and full-fledged pilot.