Parents, please help your child to become media literate. Be aware of the sites your child is visiting. Please note some of these links may go to websites outside of the control of this Edgemont Website.

LearnAlberta
Online Reference Centre
(password labels given out to students - Grade 2-6: Agenda, Grade 1-Home Reading)

Welcome to the Library at Edgemont School!

LINKS TO BOOK AND LIBRARY SITES

We've compiled several websites on this page that support reading and literacy with children.

Calgary Board of Education has designed a CBE Library Portal that provides lots of links to many great educational sites.

The Children's Literature Web Guide
An excellent resource from the University of Calgary, highlighting award winning books and discussion of children's literature

Wired for Words
An on-line book club for kids! This is a great site about writing and reading. You can read book reviews and even write one yourself.

Cool Reading
On this website you are introduced to the author, Sigmund Brouwer. On this website you can see his books and read some excerpts.

Dr. Seuss
Good old Dr. Seuss. Games, activities, and books. This site requires Macromedia Flash Player.

KidPub
More than 43,000 stories written by kids and for kids from all over the planet!

Booklist
The American Library Association's reviews of books and electronic media. A very big and comprehensive list.

Nancy Keane's Book Talk
Lists and descriptions of children's books, categorized by Author, Subject, Interest.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
A great site! This is a collection of reviews of good books for kids. Each featured book page includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.

Canadian Children's Book Centre - This is a great website for finding Canadian authored books.