Help and Resources for Aspiring Young Writers

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Information for Young Writers

• The Word Detective is the free on-line version of an internationally-syndicated newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language (primarily word and phrase origins) since 1953. More than 180 previously-posted columns are available in our fully-indexed archive, and reader questions are encouraged (with the exception of any question concerning "gry")
• flatstanley.com
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Jane Austen Information Page
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Mark Twain on the Web 
• Children's Book Council
• Starfall - A site for young readers to improve their skills through simple games.

REFERENCE

• Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar Quotations - Look up a famous quote with this great search feature.
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Library of Congress
• Myths and Legends of Indigenous Peoples
• On-line Books OneLook Dictionaries - 5,990,011 words in 963 dictionaries indexed.
• Project Bartleby: The Public Library of the Internet
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Merriam-Webster Online Webster's Dictionary - On-line and searchable.

MAGAZINES BY and/or FOR KIDS

• American Girl
• Homeschool Gazette This site encourages Christian homeschooled youth (ages 5-14), in reading and creative writing skills.
• Scholastic
• Sports Illustrated for Kids 
• Time for Kids

STORIES AND BOOKS ON-LINE

• A Little Princess - by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Call of the Wild - by Jack London
• Ballads of a Cheechako - by Robert W. Service
• Alice Through the Looking Glass
• Wacky Web Tales - Write your own interactive story on-line!
• Cinderella
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• The Internet Public Library KidSpace

See more fun learning categories under the tag: KIDS