WHAT IS TEACHINGBOOKS?

TeachingBooks.net is a diverse and constantly growing online collection of author programs and K-12 book-related materials.

It includes...
-- original movies revealing book creation processes filmed in studios of award-winning authors and illustrators!
-- audio excerpts of books
-- book guides and engaging resources, which span thousands of children's and young adult literature titles.

Available online, anytime, from school and home, all TeachingBooks materials facilitate the discussion and integration of books throughout the K-12 curriculum.

TeachingBooks creates original movies of award-winning authors in their studios (David Wiesner, Jack Gantos, Betsy Lewin, Bryan Collier, Denise Fleming, Christopher Paul Curtis, and many more) and maintains an indexed database of almost 850 author interviews and more than 3,900 teacher guides. Each of the 7,000+ materials on TeachingBooks.net reveals the spirit of children's literature and brings books to life in ways that reinvigorate reading.

LEARN MORE
Download a printable brochure at http://www.TeachingBooks.net/Brochure

SHARING TEACHINGBOOKS
Share TeachingBooks with your students and other teachers! When you sign in, you'll see sharing resources on the site, including a printable bookmark with customized access information that you can distribute and send home with students.


SELECTED MEDIA ON TEACHINGBOOKS:
-- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL featured TeachingBooks in its March 2003 issue with a two-page story entitled, "An Author In Every Classroom: An innovative Web site lets cash-strapped schools show artists in action." See it online at: http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA279516&publication=slj

-- USA TODAY.com wrote on April 23, 2003: "Offering parents and teachers a guiding hand through the land of young people's literature, TeachingBooks.net features a gateway to extensive study guides around the Web, audio and video interviews with the authors - all the information necessary to enrich children's adventures in reading."

--See more reviews and awards at http://www.teachingbooks.net/content/mediahighlights.pdf