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Useful Links

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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