Literacy Educators Coalition

We will be adding to these links over time.
Please send us an email to tell us about your favourite literacy web sites.

Save Our Schools

http://soscanberra.com

Literacy Organisations (Australia)

ALEA Australian Literacy Educators' Association	www.alea.edu.au
AATE Australian Association for the Teaching of English	www.aate.org.au
e:lit Primary English Teaching Association	www.peta.edu.au
VATE Victorian Association for the Teaching of English	www.vate.org.au
AATE and ALEA project: MyRead	www.myread.org

Literacy Organisations (Overseas)

IRA International Reading Association	www.reading.org
NCTE National Council of Teachers of English	www.ncte.org
WLU Whole Language Umbrella	www.ncte.org/groups/wlu

The Pre-school Years (0 - 5 yrs)

Better Beginnings Family Literacy Program	www.liswa.wa.gov.au/read.html
Children First	www.childrenfirst.asn.au
Early Learning is Fun (ELF)	www.berrystreet.org.au
Early Childhood Australia	www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
Let's Read Program	www.letsread.com.au

Literacy Educators (Australia)

Trevor Cairney	www.trevorcairney.com
Mem Fox	www.memfox.net
David Hornsby	www.davidhornsby.com.au
Lorraine Wilson	www.lorrainewilson.com.au

Literacy Educators (Overseas)

Stephen Krashen	www.sdkrashen.com
Susan Ohanian	http://susanohanian.org

Assessment

FairTest (National Center for Fair & Open Testing)	www.fairtest.org
Alfie Kohn	www.alfiekohn.org
Save Our Schools (based in Canberra)	http://soscanberra.com

Child Development

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child	www.developingchild.net
The Whole Child	www.wholechildeducation.org

General Sites about Books, Authors & Illustrators

Australian authors and illustrators www.home.gil.com.au/~cbcqld/authors.htm

Australian authors and illustrators for young people www.asla.nsw.edu.au/ausauthors.htm

Australian School Library Association
    - very useful booklists; Australian Authors page.
www.asla.nsw.edu.au

Bilby Awards   (Bilby = Books I Love Best Yearly)
    - children's choice awards, Queensland www.pa.ash.org.au/cbc/bilbyawards

Booked Out Speakers Agency
   - authors, illustrators, storytellers, performance. www.bookedout.com.au

Cairney, Trevor
   - great blog, great info about children's literature www.trevorcairney.com

Children's Book Council of Australia
   - manages the Children's Book of the Year Award www.cbc.org.au

Children's Video Centre
   - promoting quality literature (video and DVD) www.childrensvideocentre.com.au

Inside a Dog - a new website for young people
    about books (managed by State Library of Vic). www.insideadog.com.au

KidSpace @ The Internet Public Library
   - US site; good info in 'Reading Zone' section
www.ipl.org/div/kidspace

KOALA
   - a NSW award www.koalansw.org.au

National Library of Australia
   - Australian Children's Literature section www.nla.gov.au

WAYRBA (WA Young Readers Book Award)
   - children determine the prize-winning literature www.wayrba.iinet.net.au

YABBA (Young Australians' Best Book Award)
- Victorian children's choice book award http://home.vicnet.net.au/~yabba

Young Australian Readers' Award
   - read reviews, write reviews (especially kids!) www.yara-online.org

Principals

Australian Primary Principals Association http://www.appa.asn.au

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