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This category contains 22 sites:

• Adolescent Literature - Provides teaching strategies as well as book reviews and suggestions.
• AntiStudy.com - Search engine for free online literature notes and study guides. Includes summaries and literary analysis.
• Authors Matching Game - Match famous authors with the titles of the novels, short stories, and poems that they wrote.
• Books for Kids - Includes K-12 book reviews, author and illustrator information, publishing news, young writer's tips, publisher-sponsored book giveaways, contests, fun tie-in activities, and book-related weblinks.
• By the Book - Children's book news, reviews, and author interviews.
• Cricket Country - A literary magazine for children ages 10 to 14. Includes poems, stories (usually with an ethnic theme), and a crossbird puzzle.
• Drew's Notes - A summary of Peter Jenkins' book "A Walk Across America" with character descriptions.
• English Literature Resources - Resources and links for students studying English Literature.
• Exploring Literature - Knowledge Explorer Centre - Reviews, commentary, and tools for exploring classic and contemporary literature. Includes a detailed look at literary criticism.
• FreeBooknotes.com - A complete listing of book notes, "cliff notes" and summaries for many literary classics.
• Harper Children's Books - Home to many of the classics of children's literature offers interviews with authors and book-related activities.
• How to Write an Explication - Step-by-step directions to writing an explication. Good and bad examples provided.
• Introduction to Detective Stories - Goes over traits of detective stories and key elements such as suspense. Also provides sample passages to understand how a detective story is written.
• Just For Kids Who Love Books - Provides links to sites about favorite books and authors. Also includes book reviews written by kids.
• Literature Classics - Essays, links and analysis on classic literature authors and works, resources, reviews, prizes for submissions, and a growing literature community with forums, chat, and interactive features.
• Maria Myrick's Book and Comic Reviews. - Includes book and comic reviews, message boards to discuss your favorite books, and an area submit your own stories, poems, and reviews.
• Meghan's Fairy Tale Pages - Traditional classic fairytales, poetry, and create a story.
• Ongoing Tales From the Past - Old time stories, fairy tales, and poems brought to new life with electronic enhancement make fun reading for all ages; new postings monthly.
• Reading Rants - Out of the ordinary teen booklists listed by subjects like Graphic Fantastic, Deadheads and Moshpits, Reality Bytes, and Slacker Fiction.
• Spaghetti Book Club - Collection of children's book reviews written and illustrated by kids for kids. Read posted reviews or submit new ones.
• The Audrey Wood Clubhouse - Award-winning children's book author and a group of illustrators explain how children's books are created.
• The Betsy-Tacy Homepage - Fan of the author's turn-of-the-century "Betsy-Tacy" series offers quotes from the books, a biography of Lovelace, trivia, and pictures.