Bibliography

Books and Magazines  

Gillespie, John and Naden, Corinne.  Best Books for Children, 5th Edition.  Reed Elsevier, Inc.  1994
Levey, Judith S., Editor in Chief.  Dictionary for Children.  Macmillan Publishing Co.  1989
Towers, J. Tarin.  Dreamweaver 2 Visual Guickstart Guide.  PeachPit Press 1999
Granfield, Linda.  Extra! Extra! The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Newspapers.  New York: Orchard Books 1993  
Fox, Roxane.  Homework Survival Guide:English.  New York: Troll Communications L.L.C.  1998
Aliki.  How a Book is Made.  New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell  1986
Evans, Joy and Moore, Jo Ellen.  How to Make Books with Children, Volume 2.  Monterey: Evan Moore Corp.  1991
Anderson, Michael.  HTML Complete.  Alameda: Sybex Inc. 1999
Castro, ELizabeth.  HTML for the World Wide Web.  Berkeley: PeachPit Press  1996
Harris, Ray and Chris.  Make Your Own Newspaper.  Holbrook: Harris Media/Newspaper  1993
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn.  Our Family, Our Friends, Our World.  Reed Publishing Inc. 1992
Fry, Edward Bernard and Kress, Jacqueline E. and Fountaoukidis, Dona Lee.
Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, Third Edition.  Engliewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall  1993
The Learning Company.  Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center.  TLC Properties, Inc.  1997
Mayer, Walter M. and Lewis, Valeris.  Valerie and Walter's Best Books for Children.  Avon Books 1998
Kemper, Dave and Nathan, Ruth and Sebranek, Patrick.  Writer's Express.  Wilmington: D.C. Heath Company 1995
Sebranek, Patrick and Meyer, Verne and Kemper, Dave.  Writer's Inc.  Wilmington: D.C. Heath Company 1996
Melton, David.  Written and Illustrated by ...   Kansas City: Landmark Edition, Inc.  1985
Price, Roger and Stern, Leonard.  Night of the Living MadLibs.  New York: Price Stern Sloan, Inc.  1994
Bumgardner, Joyce. C.  My Writing Book.  New York: Scholastic, Inc.  1989
Macromedia.  Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 - Using Dreamweaver.  San Francisco: Macromedia Inc. 1998
The Wright Group.  Writing Project Series.  Bothell: Wright Publishing Group  1996
Swerdlow, Joel L.  "The Power of Writing".  National Geographic, Volume 196, No. 2, August 1999, pp. 110-132

Web Sites

Brown, David K. 
"The Young Reader's Choice Award"
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Thursday, March 6, 1997
<http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/yrcahist.html> ( January 12, 2000)

Minkel, Walter and Feldman, Roxanne Hsu 
"ALSC: The Randolph Caldecott Medal"
American Library Association
Wednesday, March 15, 2000
<http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html > (February 8, 2000)

Minkel, Walter and Feldman, Roxanne Hsu 
"ALSC: The John Newbery Medal"
American Library Association
Copyright 2000
< http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html> (January 12, 2000)

Brown, David K.
"Best Books of the Year"
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Thursday, March 4, 1999
< http://www.acs.uclagary.ca/~dkbrown/bestbooks.html > (January 12, 2000)

American Library Association
 "Booklist"
American Library Association
Copyright 2000
< http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html > (January 12, 2000)

Brown, David K. 
"Hans Christian Andersen Medals"
The Children's Literature Web Guide
August 18, 1995
< http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ibby.html > (January 12, 2000)

Brown, David K. 
"The Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature"
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Monday, November 4, 1996
< http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Edkbrown/isblack.html> (January 12, 2000)

Upton, Stephanie
"Welcome to Orchard House"
copyright 1997
< http://www.louisamayalcott.org/> (January 26, 2000)

"Animorphs"
Scholastic
Copyright 2000 - 1996 Scholastic Inc. <http://www.scholastic.com/animorphs/hi/index.asp > (January 31, 2000)

"Avi"
Avi
<http://www.avi-writer.com/ > (March 11, 2000)

Media Write
"Welcome to Judy Blume's Home Page"
Feb 12, 2000
< http://www.judyblume.com/ > (January 31, 2000)

Pederson, Karen R. 
"The Unofficail Beverly Cleary Home Page"
February 17, 1997
< http://www.teleport.com/%7Ekrp/cleary.html> (March 19, 2000)

Gresham, Douglas
"About C.S. Lewis"
C.S. Lewis Foundation Website
< http://www.cslewis.org> (January 31, 2000)    

L.M. Montgomery Institute
"About L.M. Montgomery"
University of Prince Edward Island L.M. Montgomery Institute
copyright 1997
< http://www.upei.ca/~lmmi/about-lm.html > (January 26, 2000)

Brown, David K. 
"Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
" The Children's Literature Web Guide
June 28, 1999
<http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/odell.html > (March 21, 2000)

"Gary Paulsen"
Books @Random
Copyright 2000
< http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/ > (February 12, 2000)

Pilkey, Dav 
"Author and Illustrator: Dav Pilkey's Web Site O' Fun"
Copyright 1997
<http://www.pilkey.com> (February 26, 2000)

"Harry Potter"
Scholastic
Copyright 2000 - 1996 Scholastic Inc.
<http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm> (January 26, 2000)

Irby, Rebecca LeeAnne  and Greetham, Phil 
"Laura Ingalls Wilder: Frontier Girl"
copyright 1999
< http://webpages.marshall.edu/%7Eirby1/laura.htmlx > (March 24, 2000)

Mind Grind
"Family Literacy Foundation"
copyright 1999
<http://www.read2kids.org/> (January 19, 2000)

"Reading is Fundamental"
Reading is Fundamental, Inc.
<http://www.rif.org> (January 21, 2000)

"Literacy Volunteers of America "
copyright 1999
Literacy Volunteers of America Inc.
< http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/home/body.html> (January 19, 2000)

"older people for people"
Community Service Volunteer Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
<http://www.bristol.digitalcity.org/org/community/rsvp/ > (January 26, 2000)

Ralph, Paul J. 
"Volunteering"
Grampiam Society for the Blind
copyright 1999
<http://www.cside.ndirect.co.uk/visual/voluntr.htm > (January 26, 2000)

"Penguin Putnam Inc"
copyright 1998-2000
<http://www.penguinputnam.com/> (March 1, 2000)

"Scrabble Crossword Game"
Hasbro, Inc.
copyright 199 Hasbro, Inc.
<http://www.hasbroscrabble.com/index.html> (December 17, 1999)

"History of Handwriting and the Story of the Fountain Pen"
Parker UK Schools Resource Web Site
copyright 2000 Parker Pen Products
<http://www.parkerpen.co.uk/history/index.html> (December 8, 1999)

Martin, Doug 
"The Pencil Pages"
March 2000
<http://www.pencilpages.com> (December 8, 1999)

"San Diego Union Tribune"
copyright 2000 Union Tribune Publishing Co.
<http://www.uniontrib.com/> (March 27, 2000)

Slegg, Jennifer 
"My Little House On The Praire Home Page"
December 11, 1999
<http://carver.pinc.com/~jenslegg/> (March 24, 2000)

Ampersand
"The How-To Guide To Comics"
November 1999
<http://www.teleport.com/~ennead/ampersand/how_to.html> (March 1, 2000)

"Funk and Wagnalls"
copyright 1999-2000 Versaware
<www.funkandwagnalls.com> (November 10, 1999)

Telepath Internet
"The Braille Forum"
American Council of the Blind
<http://www.acb.org/index.html> (February 12, 2000)

Lapiak, Jolanta A. 
"Sign Language Dictionary Online"
Deaf World Web
copyright 1996-2000
<http://dww.deafworldweb.org/asl/sign.html> (February 12, 2000)

Stine, Randy 
"Animated American Sign Language Dictionary"
March 10, 1998
<http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/> (January 4, 2000)

Miles, Sterling W. 
"The WA3GOS Web Page: International Morse Code"
March 23, 1997
<http://pages.prodigy.com/MNPM98A/history.htm> (January 4, 2000)

"FreeTranslation.com"
Copyright Transparent Language Inc
<http://www.freetranslations.com> (January 4, 2000)

"Rolling Readers USA Programs"
Rolling Readers USA
1999
<http://www.rollingreaders.org/> (February 8, 2000)

Teacher Desk
"Hinky-Pinky"
The Teacher's Desk
June 23, 1997
<http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/vocabhink.html> (January 10, 2000)

Uxbridge On-Line Inc.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery (Nov. 1874 - 1942)"
AlcottWeb.com/Uxbridge.Com
March 26, 2000
/font><http://www.www.alcottweb.com/> (March 6, 2000)
The de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi
Scott O'Dell Papers, De Grummond Children's Literature Collection
April 30, 1997
<http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/findaids/odell.htm> (March 21, 2000)
McDougal Littell
"Author Spotlight - Scott O'Dell"
McDougal Littell
Copyright 1999 McDougal Littell Inc.
<http://www.mcdougallittell.com/lit/guest/o_dell/index.htm> (March 21, 2000)
James Madison University Educational Sites
"Scott O'Dell - Teacher Resource File"
Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults' Authors and Illustrators
<http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/odell.htm> (March 21, 2000)
Avi
"Questions & Answers About Avi"
Avi
<http://www.avi-writer.com/QandA.html> (March 11, 2000)
HarperCollins Publishers
"How a Book is Made, Stage #7"
How a Book is Made
HarperCollins Publishers 1997
<http://www.harperchildrens.com/howabook/bkstep7.htm> (January 4, 2000)
HarperCollins Publishers
"How a Book is Made, Stage #9"
How a Book is Made
HarperCollins Publishers 1997
<http://www.harperchildrens.com/howabook/bkstep9.htm> (January 4, 2000)
McDonald, James R. and Zachary, Jesse M.
"Book and Bookmaking"
Compton's Encyclopedia Online
1997 TLC Properties, Inc.
<http://www.optonline.com/comptons/index.html> (January 4, 2000)
"A Web of OnLine Dictionaries"
1996-2000 yourDictionary.com, Inc.
<http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction2.html#austro> (March 1, 2000)

Software

Microsoft Bookshelf 98
"Theater"
1987-1997 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Encarta
"Charades"
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000
1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Encarta
"Crossword Puzzle"
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000
1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Carlson, Marvin
"Plays"
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000
1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Volkman, Karen
"Poetry."
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000
1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation
TLC Properties Inc.
"Poetry"
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 Edition
The Learning Company, Cambridge, MA, 1997
Pine, Susan
"Scott O'Dell"
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000
1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Moody, Richard
"The Theater - Past to Present"
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 Edition
The Learning Company, Cambridge, MA, 1997

People Interviewed

We received permission from each person interviewed to publish the results on our site.

Name
Job Title
Date Interviewed
Mrs. Behnke School Librarian, Poway Unified School District
March 23, 2000
Maren Conrique Children's Librarian, San Diego County Library
March 24, 2000
Maria Manager, Borders Book Store
March 26, 2000
Tedd Arnold Author and Illustrator
January 18, 2000
Cannon, John Newspaper Editor, San Diego Union Tribune
November 19, 1999
Walda, Carleen Reading Specialist, Poway Unified School District
February 3, 2000
Mrs. Anne Martin Technical Writer
March 25, 2000

E-Mail Received

We received permission from each person responding to our Email to publish the results on our site.

Walton, Rick.  5th Grade Project.  [online]  Available email:
room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from  rickwalton@itsnet.com  November 17, 1999

Greenberg, David T.  Response to your Letter.  [online]  Available email:
room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from  seminar@juno.com  November 18, 1999
Aylesworth, Jim.  Answers.  [online]  Available email:
room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from  oldfly@ayles.com  November 19, 1999
Berenstain, Stan and Jan.  Papa Bear Message.  [online]  Available email:
room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from  sbandjb@rcn.com  January 7, 2000
Library of Congress. Fifth Grade Class Project Seeking Answers. [online]  Available email:
room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from lcinfo@loc.gov  February 8, 2000
Moen, John O.  Re: Need Immediate Response PLEASE!!! Permission to use map. [online] Available email: room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from  jmoen@wmoen.com  March 28, 2000

Rose, Jeff  RE: Permission for story.  [online] Available email:
room22tqjr@hotmail.com  from  jeff.rose@uniontrib.com  March 28, 2000

Web Authoring Tools

AOLpress Version 2.0
1995-97 America OnLine, Inc.
Micromedia Dreamweaver  2
Copyright 1997-98
Macromedia, Inc.
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
1995-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Word 97
1983-1997 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Word 2000
1983-1999 Microsoft Corporation

Graphics Used

Image of world map [online image]
Available http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/world/flatf.htm, 
Image of Coyote used on About Our Team Page [online image]
Available http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/pusdcves/ downloaded March 27, 2000

Graphics Created

 All of the graphic images found on this site, with the exception of the two images mentioned above, were created specifically for the use of this site.  We used pieces or portions of existing Vector, TIFF, WMF, and Bitmap images from a variety of graphic library collections, and altered and combined them to create the graphics you see on the pages within our site.  Many of the graphics were completely created "from scratch" without using any other graphic images.  The software we used to create the graphics, as well as the software collections we used as a base for altering are as follows:  

Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Addition Version 1.1
1989-1999 Adobe Systems, Inc.
Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition Version 3.0
1996-1998 Adobe Systems, Inc.
ClickArt 65,000 Classic Image Pak
1997, 1996 T/Maker Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broderbund Software, Inc.
IMSI MasterClips Premium Image Collection
1997 IMSI, Munich, Germany
Micrografx Picture Publisher 8
1987-1998 Micrografx, Inc.
Microsoft Excel 2000
1985-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Publisher 2000
1991-1999 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Word 97
1983-1997 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Word 2000
1983-1999 Microsoft Corporation
PrintArtist 4.0 Platinum
1997 Sierra On-Line, Inc.
PrintMaster Premier 8.0
1999 The Learning Company, Inc.
The Print Shop Premier Edition 5.0
1997 Broderbund Software, Inc.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following people for taking the time to answer our interview questions and for their permission to publish the results on our site.  All of the interviews were fabulous and we learned a great deal from each one of them.
 
Tedd Arnold
Mrs. Behnke
John Cannon
Maren Conrique
Maria at Borders
Mrs. Anne Martin
Carleen Walda

We would like to thank the following institutions for filling out and returning our "Favorites Surveys".

Canyon View Elementary
Highland Ranch Elementary
Mesa Verde Middle School
Mt. Carmel High School
Rancho Bernardo High School
Rancho Penasquitos Branch of the San Diego Public Library
University of San Diego

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