Dear Subscribers,

Please inform the librarians and/or library supervisors in your districts that the Texas School Library Standards are undergoing a formal revision process. Stakeholders have the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed standards as directed in the email below from Christine McNew, Youth Services Consultant, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Thank you for forwarding this to the appropriate parties in your districts.

Sincerely,

Casey McCreary
Director of Reading
Division of Curriculum
Texas Education Agency
casey.mccreary@tea.state.tx.us

Texas School Librarian/Library Media Specialist

• Texas School Librarians
  http://www.txla.org/groups/tasl/
  Welcome to the Texas Association of School Librarians
• 100 Top Library Sites
  http://www.100toplibrarysites.com/
• iTools
  http://www.itools.com/
  Quick access to the best Internet tools.
• School Library Programs
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/schoollibs/standards.html
  Standards and Guidelines for Texas
• ISBN directory
  http://my.linkbaton.com/isbn/1582611610--158287008X
  ISBN book directory by LinkBaton.
• US ISSN Center Home Page Library of Congress
  http://lcweb.loc.gov/issn
  This page provides information about the International Standard Serial Number ISSN, links of interest to serial publishers and ISSN users
• Texas School Library Information
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/schoollibs/
• The Virtual LRC
  Maintained by Dr. Michael Bell, Former State Chair, Texas Association of School Librarians, Texas.
• Texas Library Connection - Region VI
  http://www.esc6.net/Documentation/tlc.htm
• Talking Book Program - Texas State Library
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/tbp/
  Provides free library service to Texans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical, or reading disabilities-whether permanent or temporary.
• Peter Milbury's Network of School Librarian Web Pages
  http://www.school-libraries.net/

• Armadillo's WWW Server
  http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/index.html
• TechLearning has a nice article on Fair Use and Copyright Guidelines at http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
• A Paradise Called Texas
  http://www.oldcardboard.com/lsj/olbooks/apct/pct.htm
• Librarians'Index to the Internet
  http://lii.org/

Southwestern Classics On-Line:
A Paradise Called Texas is the story of young Mina, who immigrated with her parents from Germany in 1845--the year that the Republic of Texas became a state of the United States.

"The book is based on the author's research of her own ancestry, and begins in a small farming village in Germany. After devoting the first several chapters to life in the German fatherland, the author turns to the long voyage to Texas.

At first, Mina's experiences upon her arrival in Texas seemed far from the paradise that she had expected. However, after enduring tragedy, hardship and adventure, Mina and her father settled happily in the emerging village of Fredericksburg..."

• Texas Children's Authors and Illustrators
  http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/texasauth-ill.htm
• Children's Picture Book Database
  http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
• Teachers & Librarians: Guides and Tips
  http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/packages/us/yreaders-new/tl-guides.html
• Guide to the Talking Book Program in the Classroom
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/tbp/schoolguide.html
• eNotes
  http://www.enotes.com/
• eNotes are content-rich study guides that include an introduction to the work, an author biography, a plot summary to help readers unravel and understand the events in the work, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, and excerpts of published criticism. Many eNotes also contain essays and important quotations or excerpts with commentary. Each guide is specifically designed to meet the needs of high school and undergraduate college students and their teachers, as well as the interests of general readers. Please click here for more information.
• Online Literature
  http://www.online-literature.com
• Sparknotes
  http://www.sparknotes.com
• Children's Literature Activities for the Classroom 
  http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/
  This site features hundreds of links to children's literature activity and lesson sites.
• Library Support Staff.com
  http://librarysupportstaff.com/index.html
• School Libraries Online IASL
  http://www.iasl-slo.org/
• National Library of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/NLE/index.html

Texas School Libraries and Media Centers 

Abilene School Library: The Mockingbird Books

Aikin Elementary Library (Paris, TX)
http://www.parisisd.net/aikin/library.htm

Allen ISD Library Media Center
http://allenisd.org/library/schools.htm

Calallen High School Library
http://calallenhighschool.freehosting.net/library.html

Conroe ISD Library Web Guide
http://www.conroe.isd.tenet.edu/departments/librarian/search.htm

The Deaf Resource Library
http://www.aslaccess.org/
ASL Access

Fort Worth ISD-Library Media Services
http://www.fwisdlms.org/

Grape Creek ISD Media Center
http://www.grapecreek.org/libnew.html

Humble ISD Libraries
http://library.humble.k12.tx.us/

Irving ISD Libraries
http://lib.irvingisd.net/award/mission.htm

Katy ISD Library Resources
http://www.katyisd.org/pathways/library/

McAllen High School Cyber Library
http://mws.mcallen.isd.tenet.edu/mchi/library/index.shtml

McKinney ISD Library Media Centers
http://www.mckinneyisd.net/library/Default.htm

McNeil High School Library (Round Rock, TX)
http://www.roundrockisd.org/mcneil/library/

North Zulch ISD Library
http://www.esc6.net/~nzisd/files/library.htm

School Library Resources (IASL)
http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html

School Library Web Pages in Texas
http://courses.unt.edu/csimpson/lib_webs/

St Andrew's Library/Refernece
http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/

Strack Intermediate School Library (Klein, TX)
http://www.klein.texas.schools.esc4.net/kisd3/strack/library/library.htm

Texas Public Libraries
http://www.publiclibraries.com/texas.htm

Texas State Library and Archives Commission
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/index.html

• Texas Bluebonnet Books for 2001-2002: Roots and Wings http://suzyred.com/bb2001.html
• Book Notes and Activities: 2004 Bluebonnet Awards
  http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/activities/Activities%2003_04.rtf
• Booktalking Tips
  http://booktalkingcolorado.ppld.org/Scripts/Tips.asp

How Tia Lola Came to Stay

by Julia Alvarez

Lesson Plans:

http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp=&LPID=34561

http://suzyred.com/2003howtialola.html

Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy

by Phil Bildner

http://www.blackbetsy.com
http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/b/black_sox_scandal.stm

 Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest

by Robert Burleigh 

http://www.fmnh.org/chocolate/education_pdf/cc_lesson1.pdf
(PDF document)
http://chocolate.com
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html

 Leonardo's Horse

by Jean Fritz

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html
http://www.leonardoshorse.org/index.asp
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-fritz-jean.asp

Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems

by Kristine O'Connell George

http://www.camp-a-roo.com
http://web.kraftfoods.com/  (search on marshmallows)
http://64.77.108.137/kids_tips_1.htm

All the Way Home

by Patricia Reilly Giff

http://www.dodgers.com

Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie

by Joe Hayes

TXLA: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie
http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/nomnotes/hayes.html

Suzy Red: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie
http://suzyred.com/2003juanverdades.html

Scholastic: Myths, Legends and Folktales
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/

Legends
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm

Gander Academy: Myths and Legends
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/legends.htm

Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

by Betsy Hearne

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/Pigs.html
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=16882

Book Talk Script: Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fairs/most/downloads/wishes_kisses.rtf

 Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts

by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Stories Behind Stories
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/storyhines.html

Activities using the book, PIECES: A YEAR IN POEMS AND QUILTS
http://www.aghines.com/Quilt/Lessonplans/lessonplans.htm

Other books on quilting:

• Quilt Block History of the Pioneers
• The Quiltmaker's Gift
• Something From Nothing
• Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt
• The Josephina Story Quilt
• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
• The Keeping Quilt
• Nine Patch 

Websites for a Quilt Unit

• Lesson Plan: Quilts
  http://www.k12.hi.us/~cfoster/nihongopd/lessons.html
• Lesson Plan: Quilts
  http://www.k12.hi.us/~cfoster/nihongopd/lessons.html
• GLE Quilting in the Classroom
  http://www.mcps.org/linkous/creativity/quilting/
• The Story Quilt Project: A Classroom Curriculum
  http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~levans/FamilyRoom/StoryQuilt.htm
• Stories in Quilts
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=242
• Thematic Lesson Plan - Geometry & Quilts
  http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/espinoza/s/ellis-b-lp3.html
• Paint a Quilt - Lesson Plan
  http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-52923--,00.html
• PBS: Quilts
  http://www.pbs.org/americaquilts/classroom/
• Quilts: Literature Activities
  http://www.emints.org/info/northwest/NinePatch/ninepatchintro.htm
• Quilting With Children
  http://thecraftstudio.com/qwc
• World Wide Quilting Page Presents Quilt Blocks by Type
  http://ttsw.com/QuiltBlocksPage.html

Smokejumpers

by Elaine Landau

http://www.nifc.gov/
http://www.smokejumpers.com/
http://www.elainelandau.com

Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley

by Sue Macy

http://www.cowgirls.com/dream/cowgals/oakley.htm
http://www.suemacy.com

Goin' Someplace Special

by Patricia McKissack. Jerry Pinkney Illustrator.

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org

The Buffalo Nickel

by Taylor Morrison

SuzyRed: The Buffalo Nickel
http://suzyred.com/2003buffalonickel.htm

Multicultural Lesson Plan: the Buffalo Nickel.
http://webpages.csus.edu/~sac72694/lessonplan.htm

TXLA Activities
http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/nomnotes/morrison.html

The Kite Fighters

by Linda Sue  Park

http://www.lifeinkorea.com
http://www.aka.kite.org
http://www.lindasuepark.com

Fair Weather

by Richard Peck

http://www.washingtonmo.com/1893/1893links.htm
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/buffbill.htm

Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot

by Margot Theis Raven

http://www.konnections.com/airlift/candy.htm
http://www.avialantic.com/bahf.html
http://www.suzyred.com/2003pilot.html

Berlin "Candy Bomber"

1948 Candy Bomber
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/timeline/candy.html

Operation Little Vittles

 Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues

by Harriette Gillem Robinet

SuzyRed's Guide: Walking to the Bus Riders Blues
http://suzyred.com/2003walkingbusrider.htm

Multicultural Literature Activity: Walking to the Bus Riders Blues
http://www.school-library.org/multicultural/LATEEF%20-%202.htm

Welcome to the HARRIETTE GILLEM ROBINET WEB PAGE
http://www.hgrobinet.com/

About the Author: Harriette gillem Robinet
http://www.midlandauthors.com/robinet.html

 When Marian Sang

by Pam Munoz Ryan

http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/nomnotes/ryan.html

Biography: Pam Muñoz Ryan
http://www.pammunozryan.com/bio.html

Flipped

 by Wendelin Van Draanen 

http://www.arborday.org
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-keyes-author.asp

 Wingwalker

by Rosemary Wells

http://www.suzyred.com/2003wingwalker.html

Pictures of Wingwalkers:

http://www.winfieldhenry.com/airshows/WSAirshow/images/wingwalker.jpg
http://www.airdemo.com/library/waltperibip.jpeg

Texas Lone Star Reading List 2004-2005

• Alphin, Elaine. PICTURE PERFECT. Carolrhoda, 2003.

Elaine Marie Alphin's Home Page
http://members.aol.com/elainemalphin/Index.html

Excerpt from Picture Perfect
http://members.aol.com/elainemalphin/PicturePerfect.html

• Baker, E.D. THE FROG PRINCESS. Bloomsbury, 2002.

• Cohn, Rachel. THE STEPS. Simon & Schuster, 2003.

Author's Website: Rachel Cohn
http://www.rachelcohn.com/

Booktalking Colorado: The Steps
http://booktalkingcolorado.ppld.org/Scripts/FullRecord.asp?ID=26

• Deuker, Carl. HIGH HEAT. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

Carl Deuker's Official Website
http://www.members.authorsguild.net/carldeuker/

• DuPrau, Jeanne. THE CITY OF EMBER. Random House, 2003.

Book Talks: The City of Ember
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/duprau_city.htm

This is the Official Website of Jeanne DuPrau
http://www.jeanneduprau.com/

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau quiz by Agent M
http://www.triv.net/html/Users4/u10901.htm

Readers Guide: The City of Ember
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0807220779&view=rg

• Ehrenhaft, Daniel.  THE LAST DOG ON EARTH.  Delacorte Press, 2003.

Booktalks Quick and Simple: The Last Dog on Earth
http://www.nancykeane.com/booktalks/ehrenhaft_last.htm

• Ferris, Jean. ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD. Harcourt, 2002.

Excerpt: Once upon a Marigold
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpage.asp?isbn=0152050841&option=excerpt

Jean Ferris' Website
http://www.jeanferris.com/

• Flake, Sharon. BEGGING FOR CHANGE. Hyperion, 2003.
• Friesen, Gayle. LOSING FOREVER. Kids Can Press, 2002.
• Hale, Shannon. THE GOOSE GIRL. Bloomsbury, 2003.
• Hoeye, Michael. THE SANDS OF TIME. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2002.
• Horowitz, Anthony. SKELETON KEY. Philomel, 2002.
• Koertge, Ron. SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP. Candlewick, 2003.

• Paolini, Christopher. ERAGON. Knopf, 2003. 

Reading Guide: Eragon
http://www.bookbrowse.com/popup/content_pop.cfm

ReadersRead.com -- Eragon Excerpt
http://www.readersread.com/excerpts/eragon.htm

Eragon Activities
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/eragon/activities.htm

• Paulsen, Gary. HOW ANGEL PETERSON GOT HIS NAME. Random House, 2003.

Webquest for How Angel Peterson Got His Name
http://www.asu.edu/clas/english/englished/yalit/angelpeterson/

• Ritter, John H. THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL. Philomel, 2003.

Teachers Quide: The Boy Who Saved Baseball (PDF doc.)
http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/packages/us/yreaders-new/pdf/tl-guide-boywsbaseball.pdf

• Seidler, Tor. BRAINBOY AND THE DEATHMASTER. HarperCollins, 2003.
• Shusterman, Neal. FULL TILT.  Simon & Schuster, 2003.

• Tolan, Stephanie S. SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES. HarperCollins, 2002.

Teacher's Guide: Surviving the Applewhites
http://www.harperchildrens.com/teacher/catalog/teachers_guide_xml.asp?isbn=0066236029

• Vande Velde, Vivian. HEIR APPARENT. Harcourt, 2002.

Harcourt: Heir Apparent
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpages/0152051252.asp

Excerpt: Heir Apparent
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpage.asp?isbn=0152051252&option=excerpt

About the Author: Heir Apparent
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpage.asp?isbn=0152051252&option=authorbio

Authors Website: Vivian Vande Velde
http://www.vivianvandevelde.com/

• Copyright Issues: Multimedia and Internet Resources
  http://www3.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/mmfruse.htm

• Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines
  http://www3.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/ccmcguid.htm

• Reprinting Free Press Articles http://www.freep.com/help/reprints.htm
  
  "Can I reprint the entire article?
  A: Copyright fair use law allows you to excerpt up to 100 words from an article without permission. You should be careful not to lift a quote that is taken out of context. You do not need permission to do this.For more than 100 words, you must reprint the entire article without any alterations or editing. You must have written permission from us and include the line 'Reprinted by permission of the Detroit Free Press.'

• Copyright & Fair Use: Articles and Publications
  http://fairuse.stanford.edu/articles/

• 10 Big Myths about copyright explained. This site has links to many copyright websites.
  http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/mirrors/faq/copyright/myths/part1   
  By Brad Templeton
          "...Fair use is almost always a short excerpt and almost always attributed.  (One should not use more of the work than is necessary to make the commentary.) It should not harm the commercial value of the work (which is another reason why Fair use is almost always a short excerpt and almost always attributed.)..."
• Copyright and Authors' Rights
  http://media.gn.apc.org/c-rights.html 

• Doucette Index: k-12 Lesson Ideas for Literature
  http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
  Search engine.

• Activities 2001-2002
  http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/activities.html
  A collection of activities based on the Texas Bluebonnet Award 2001-2002 Masterlist.

• The Children's Literature Web Guide
  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

• Children's Authors
  http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/children.shtml

• Learning About Authors and Illustrators Page
  http://www.multcolib.org/homework/lithc.html
  Kay E. Vandergrift provides over 400 author information pages.

• Read Across America Resources & Links
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/readingweek
  Yahooligans Search Engine

• More Ideas Than You'll Ever Use for Book Reports
  http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Mlist/archivejan99/msg00017.html
  An extensive list of ideas.

• Teachers' Guides: Harper Childrens.com
  http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/teachingguides/
  print the guides for use in the classroom.

• http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/havesomefun/guides/
  Reading Guides and Teachers Guides
• HarperCollins Children's Books
  http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/librarians.asp
  Electronic News Subscription
  "HarperCollins Children's Books' electronic news subscription is the first children's book publisher's listserv dedicated to serving teachers and librarians for children from K through 12. Please follow the instructions on how to access the listserv."

• Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (2001-2002)
  http://www.esdallas.org/esd/lowschool/texas_bluebonnet_award_master.htm

• Book Genre Labels
  http://abcteach.com/directory/teaching_extras/classroom_labels/book_genre_labels/

• Welcome to the American School Directory
  http://www.asd.com/cgi-bin/asd/DSHomePage

• NovelGuide.com
  Find summaries and criticism of over a dozen classic literary works. Character profiles and key quotes are also provided.
  http://www.novelguide.com/
• 21st Century Literacies Site  
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent
  "This site provides teachers and librarians with perspectives and resources to support them in providing students with the 21st century literacy skills needed to succeed in our multimedia world.  The 21st Century Literacies web site focuses on four areas of literacy--information, media, multicultural, and visual."

• Strategies for Mastering TEKS, TAKS & H.O.T.S
  http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/tbec/

• ERIC Reading, English & Communication
  http://eric.indiana.edu/www/indexfr.html

• Librarian Links
  http://home.gwi.net/brhs/lib.html
  Links to other sites.

• Peter Milbury's School Library and School Librarian Web Pages
  http://www.school-libraries.net/

• Texas School Libraries:
  http://www.school-libraries.net/usa/tx.html

• School Library Leadership
  http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/import.html 

• Wingspread
  http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_whp/
  The Center for Discovery Links for Librarians From Texas into Cyberspace

• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Science Fairs
  International, national, regional, local and virtual science fairs.
  http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs

• School Library Media Research
  http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/vol3/independent/independent.html

• Lesson Plans & Teaching Activities for School Librarians
  http://www.libraries.phila.k12.pa.us/lion/lessons.html
  "Provided here are lessons and activities useful in school libraries, links to library and information skills curriculum documents, and related books and periodicals."

• Texas Library Association Home Page 
  http://www.txla.org/

• LION: Librarians Information Online Network 
  http://www.libraries.phila.k12.pa.us/lion/

• Library Talk 
  http://www.linworth.com/librarytalk.html

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