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  • Interactive Poetry from ETTC. Create poetry by filling in the blanks.
  • Moving Stories Watch Animated stories such as Anansi and the Pot of Beans and A Tale of Two Frogs Available free from August House. Titles change.
  • Kids Space from the Internet Public Library Free. Features Reference, Science Fair help, Author Pages, Story Hour, U.S. Presidents, Arts & Crafts, Games, and much more.
  • American Memory Primary source materials from the Library of Congress in many forms: documents, photographs, films, maps, audio files, and more.
  • LIFE magazine historical photo image archive hosted by Google
    http://images.google.com/hosted/life
  • Today in History from the Library of Congress.
  • On This Day Highlights in history from the New York Times learning network.

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March
[ Rainy Weather ] [ Dr. Seuss ] [ Saint Patrick's Day ]
[ Women's History Month ]

Discover Stories at Story Bee

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Rainy Weather Books

  • Rain by Robert Kalan ; illustrated by Donald Crews. (551.5/KAL)
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett (E/BAR)
  • Talking Like the Rain: a read-to-me Book of Poems selected by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy Kennedy ; illustrated by Jane Dyer. (821/TAL)
  • The Umbrella by Jan Brett (E/BRE)
  • Who is Tapping at My Window by A.G. Deming (E/DEM)
  • Rain Feet by Angela Johnson (E/JOH)
  • Puddles by Jonathan London (E/LON)
  • Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray (E/RAY)
  • The Rain Came Down by David Shannon (E/SHA)
  • Umbrella by Taro Yashima (E/YAS)
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss

  • Celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss, March 2. Read a biography Dr. Seuss : We Love You by Patricia Stone Martin or Oh the Places He Went: a Story of Dr. Seuss, Theodore Seuss Geisel by Maryann N. Weidt (B/SEUSS)
  • Google's tribute to Dr. Seuss -- can you identify the Seuss characters and books? seussville
  • Enjoy Seussville

Seussville

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Saint Patrick's Day and Irish Folklore

  • Saint Patrick's Day from the History Channel
  • The Last Snake in Ireland: a Story about St. Patrick by Sheila MacGill-Callahan ; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand (270.2/MAC)
  • Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmanyhill by Tomie dePaola (398.22/DEP)
  • Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: an Irish Folktale by Tomie dePaola (398.2/DEP)
  • St. Patrick's Day by Dorothy Rhodes Freeman. (394.268/FRE)
  • St. Patrick's Day by Mary Cantwell. (394.268/CAN)
  • St. Patrick's Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting; illustrated by Jan Brett (E/BUN)

Celebrate Women's History Month

  • Vision of Beauty: the story of Sarah Walker by Kathryn Lasky (B/WALKER)
  • A Pictorial History of Women in America by Ruth Warren (301.41/WAR)
  • The Ballot Box Battle by Emily Arnold McCully (324.6/MCC)
  • Amelia to Zora: twenty-six Women Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee (920/CHI)
  • Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey (E/COR)
  • Secrets on 26th Street by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (FIC/ JON)

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Created by Carolyn Karis, November 2007
Last updated 2 March 2009