Reader's Advisory

http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html -interesting website. You can search under the type of book you like to read, or a certain title and it gives an overview of what the book is about and their reviews.

http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/ -reader’s advisory

Websites About Children's Books

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/art_of_illustration-ef/www.lac-bac.gc.ca/3/10/index-e.html -Library and Archives Canada Art of Illustration website

www.gutenberg.org -free electronic books

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ -fairytales

www.kennethoppel.ca –website for author Kenneth Oppel

http://carol.carolmatas.com/contemp.htm -website for author Carol Matas

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/ -about author and books by Gary Paulsen

http://www.ourcanadiangirl.ca/ -lists the books in the Our Canadian Girl series, information about the characters, and neat activities you can do.

Online Encyclopedias

http://www.infoplease.com -atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus

http://en.wikipedia.org

http://www.encyclopedia.com

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com

http://www.bartleby.com -search inside books like the King James Bible, Gray’s Anatomy, Roget’s Thesauri and more

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia -neat kid’s encyclopedia

http://academickids.com

http://www.esask.uregina.ca -Saskatchewan encyclopedia

http://www65.statcan.ca/acyb01/acyb01_0000-eng.htm -Canadian yearbooks

Dictionary Websites

http://www.pdictionary.com -picture dictionary (browse by letter, category, and in other languages)

http://www.infovisual.info -visual dictionary (search by image, word, common usage, or topic)

http://www.etymonline.com -dictionary on the history of words

http://onlineslangdictionary.com -slang dictionary

http://www.koalanet.com.au/austranian-slang.html -Australian slang dictionary

http://www.synonym.com -online thesaurus

http://www.thefreedictionary.com -allows you to search many sources: dictionary, medical dictionary, thesaurus, acronyms, idioms, translate words.

http://www.netlingo.com -chat slang dictionary

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com -children’s almanac

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

http://www.visuwords.com -a visual dictionary

http://www.urbandictionary.com

http://publications.gc.ca/control/publichomepage -search government documents

http://www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/ch/e/docs/ch_welcome.asp -career handbook

http://www.eric.ed.gov -search the Education Resources Information Center