Deakin Newsletter-Featured Websites (Cumulative)

100 Books Every Child Should Read - An Introduction by Michael Morpurgo. Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/01/19/bokidsbooks119.xml

Achuka Children’s Books http://www.achuka.co.uk/

Alexis Deacon http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2041222,00.html

Allan Ahlberg http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/31/boahlberg131.xml&page=1

Anne Fine http://www.annefine.co.uk/

Anthony Brown. New Children’s Laureate 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8091081.stm

Barbara Reid Home http://www.barbarareid.ca/

BBC. The Roman Mysteries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/romanmysteries/

Booktrust http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/Home

BRAW: Books, Reading & Writing http://www.braw.org.uk/
"Thank you for visiting the new BRAW website, the only site completely devoted to Scottish children's books."

Canadian Children's Literature/Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse http://ccl.uwinnipeg.ca/index.shtml

Carin Berger http://zero2illo.com/2010/02/an-interview-with-illustrator-author-carin-berger/

Caroline Lawrence. Jubilee Books Profile of author. (see also The Roman Mysteries) http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/magazine/authors/caroline_lawrence/profile.asp

The Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures (CRYTC) http://crytc.uwinnipeg.ca/home.php

“Children's Book Award Winners Break The Mold.” Washington Post. Jan. 15, 2008.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402712.html?hpid=sec-artsliving

Christchurch Libraries http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Resources/Kids/StoriesBooksAuthors/

CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/

CILIP Carnegie medal posthumously awarded to Siobhan Dowd
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/25/siobhan-down-carnegie-medal-childrens-literature

CILIP Carnegie Medal. David Fickling's acceptance speech on behalf of Siobhan Dowd for her novel Bog Child http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2009awards/media_ceremony_carnegie.php

Colin Thiele Webpage http://www.eudunda.net/colinthiele/index.shtml

David Almond http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-almond-david.asp

David Almond. http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/almond.html   http://www.blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1284

David Jones http://www.annickpress.com/authors/jones.asp?author=228

David Whitley http://www.davidwhitley.co.uk/site/DAWH/Templates/Home.aspx?pageid=6&cc=GB

Dick Bruna's the Official Dick Bruna Website. http://www.miffy.com/

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver. Illustrator of How the Summer Came to Canada reviewed in this month’s issue. “From the botanical material--pine needles, cedar branches, green plants, and potato prints--which she incorporated into How Summer Came to Canada (1969)…”
Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/3/10/t10-901-e.html

Eva Ibbotson: Ogres, aunts and happy endings
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/06/eva-ibbotson-ogres-aunts-happy-endings

Forestry A-Z http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/100milefreepress/community/18730754.html

Geraldine McCaughrean http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/hme.htm

Gillian Wolfe. Art educator, author and Head of Education at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/sackler/articles/262.aspx

Guardian Children’s Book Awards
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/29/guardian-childrens-fiction-prize

Guido Pigni http://www.guidopigni.com/

Harry Potter. Pottermania lives on in college classrooms - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/25/cnnu.potter/index.html

Helen Oxenbury http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ylg/ylr/helen.html

History of the Book in Canada.
”Looking at ourselves, Looking at others: Multiculturalism in Canadian children's picture books in English.” Paper Presented to the History of the Book in Canada’s Open Conference for Volume III (1918-2000) by Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman, University of British Columbia. http://www.hbic.library.utoronto.ca/vol3edwardssaltman_en.htm

Hunch Back of Notre Dame
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/artsandentertainmentbooksreview/7945634/Real-life-Quasimodo-uncovered-in-Tate-archives.html

InhabitMedia, Inc. http://www.inhabitmedia.com/books.html

Jackie Morris http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/

Jamie Bastedo. On Thin Ice. http://www.onthinice.ca/

Jane Ray http://www.janeray.com/

Janet McNaughton http://www.janetmcnaughton.ca/

Jean Little. www.jeanlittle.ca

Joan Aiken http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,11617,1117708,00.html

Joel Stewart. www.joelstewart.co.uk

Julia Golding http://www.juliagolding.co.uk/

K.V. Johansen  http://www.sybertooth.com/kvj/Macedonia-Austria-Book-Tour.htm

Kevin Crossley-Holland http://www.kevincrossley-holland.com/ and http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/author_audio_interview.aspx?athid=4720

KIdsWWwrite: The e-zine for young authors & readers http://www.kalwriters.com/kidswwwrite/
KIdsWWwrite Archive http://www.kalwriters.com/kidswwwrite/archive.html

"A Kind of magic": James Campbell of the Guardian writes about the life & work of Walter de la Mare, on the 50th anniversary of his death. http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1793847,00.html

Kit Pearson. Official site of the author of fiction for young people, historical fiction, Canadian novelist. http://www.kitpearson.com/

Kristine O’Connell George http://www.kristinegeorge.com/

Laura Amy Schlitz. "Children's Corner: Author celebrates surprise book award." Jan. 29, 2008.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08029/852873-42.stm

Lauren St John: author interview - Orion Publishing Group http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/interview.aspx?ID=13452

Lemony Snicket http://www.lemonysnicket.com/events.cfm

Lynne Truss http://www.lynnetruss.com/

Lynne Truss http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/lynne.html

Madeleine L'Engle http://www.madeleinelengle.com/

Maite Carranza http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/carranzam/pagina.php?id_sec=1575

Malachy Doyle http://www.malachydoyle.co.uk/

Mathias of Redwall's conflict with Cluny the Scourge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqd-DACzMiA

Maurice Gee http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/geem.html

Mem Fox http://www.memfox.com/welcome.html

Michael Morpurgo http://www.michaelmorpurgo.org/

Michael Rosen, Children’s Laureate. 2007. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,,2100927,00.html http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2100543,00.html http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/ http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/features/article2783654.ece

Michelle Paver official website http://www.michellepaver.com/

Neil Gaiman. http://www.neilgaiman.com/

Neil Gaiman: "Ray Bradbury made me want to write"
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article7131847.ece

Neil Gaiman wins Carnegie medal http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/24/neil-gaiman-carnegie-graveyard-book

New York Times Books Update http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/11/07/books/booksupdate/index.html

New Zealand’s Post Children’s Book Awards
http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/winners-2010

Nicola Bayley http://www.nicolabayley.com/

Nicola Bayley at the Books Illustrated website
http://www.booksillustrated.com/en-UK/bayley-nicola

“Not a childish pursuit: Children's literature a vital part of our literary tradition” (Article) by Deidre Baker News@UofT. Commentary. http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/thoughts/print/070925-3409.htm

“Capturing the bear essentials of Paddington.”
Paddington is 50 this year and has had many guises. His illustrators describe how they portrayed the bear in the hat. Michael Glover. TIMESONLINE. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/artsand_entertainment/visual_arts/article3881646.ece

PJ Lynch. www.pjlynchgallery.com

"A Parent Problem in Young Adult Lit". http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/books/review/Just-t.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3

Pat Walsh http://www.pat-walsh.com/

Paul Faustino http://www.paulfaustino.com/www/index.php

Peter Sis http://www.petersis.com/index2.html

Phoebe Gilman http://www.phoebegilman.com/home.html

Philippa Pearce http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000024801,00.html

The Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture http://www.pearcelecture.com/?zone=home

Pottermania lives in college classrooms http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/25/cnnu.potter/index.html

Priscilla Galloway http://www.priscilla.galloway.net/

Puffin: A Pictorial History of Puffin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7749101/A-pictorial-history-of-Puffin-black-white-and-read-all-over.html

Puffin. Happy Birthday Puffin! http://www.happybirthdaypuffin.com/

Red Cedar Book Award http://www.redcedaraward.ca/

Roald Dahl’s Funny Prize Roald Dahl Funny Prize http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/show/feature/Home/Funny-Prize

Roberto Innocenti http://www.literaturfestival.com/bios1_3_6_1175.html

Roberto Innocenti http://www.answers.com/topic/roberto-innocenti

The Roman Mysteries. By Caroline Lawrence. Orion/HarperCollins. See review in the October 2007 Deakin Newsletter.
http://www.romanmysteries.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/romanmysteries/index.shtml

Rosemary Sutcliff: An interview with Rosemary Sutcliff. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/sutcliff.htm

Sarah Ellis http://www.sarahellis.ca/

Seymour Science. www.seymourscience.com

Shane Peacock http://www.theboysherlockholmes.com

Shaun Tan http://www.shauntan.net/

Shaun Tan tells us about The Lost Thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Ia-AHzxbM

Shirley Hughes http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/winners.php

Siobhan Dowd (1960 - 2007) http://www.siobhandowd.co.uk/

Siobhan Dowd: In Memory of. The English Pen: Mightier than the Sword http://www.englishpen.org/news/_1634/ August 22, 2007

Sophie Masson http://users.nsw.chariot.net.au/~smasson/

Stephen Michael King http://www.stephenmichaelking.com/books.html

Susan Cooper http://www.thelostland.com/

TD Kids Book Club – Celebrate the Joy of Reading and Experience the World of Radio http://www.cbc.ca/kidsbookclub  Presented by CBC.

Tim Decker www.timothydecker.com

Welwyn Wilton Katz http://www.booksbywelwyn.ca

William Gilkerson. Official Website http://www.williamgilkerson.com/

Write Away. http://www.writeaway.org.uk

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Updated June 30, 2011  (The last issue of the Deakin Newsletter is Summer 2011, June 30, 2011)
Jennifer Sigalet