Reading

 


The best place for your nose is inside a book.  Jean Little

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PCS Suggested Reading Booklists

 

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Reading in Canada 

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/lalpd-rbbp/exec/1-03_e.cfm

Slightly more than half (54 per cent) of Canadians read books for pleasure regularly (virtually every day), and one third (33 per cent) read occasionally. The large majority (87 per cent) read at least one book per year.
 

Book Review Sites

Teen Reads
We at Teenreads.com bring teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. We are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!
 
Book Wire Reviews 
Searchable database of over 600 book reviews.
 
CM Magazine Canadian Review of Materials
cm magazine is book reviews, media reviews, news, and author profiles of interest to teachers, librarians, parents and kids.

Meet the Author Online 

 

Pronounce the Author's Name Correctly

A collection of brief recordings of authors & illustrators
saying their names. Hello, my name is . . .

  • Have authors and illustrators introduce themselves
  • Learn correct pronunciations of hard-to-pronounce names Reveal stories behind the names

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Books Online

 

 

 

Search for Books Online with Just Free Books 

Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.

University of Virginia Ebooks

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/Alist.html

Over 2,100 publicly-available ebooks from the University of Virginia Library's Etext Center, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children's literature, American history, Shakespeare, African-American documents, the Bible, and much more

World Public Library

http://www.worldlibrary.net/index.htm

Housed in World Public Library Multi-Terabyte server network is the world's largest digital archive of PDF eBooks and eDocuments. Our collection hosts more than 500,000+ PDF eBooks and eDocuments. As a member you will have complete access to the entire collection. Our collection is constantly growing. Our projection is to reach 600,000 by fall of 2008.

 

 

Page by Page Books

http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/authorlist.html

We have hundreds of classic books you can read right now, all absolutely free! It is an ideal way to expand your horizons, catch up on your reading list, or read books that it seems like everyone else has already read.

 

Bartleby Fiction Online

http://www.bartleby.com/fiction/

Bartleby.com provides the best works of fiction from a wide range of classic authors.

 

Many Books

http://manybooks.net/

Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from our visitors. Perhaps you'll find something interesting in the special collections. There are 18,784 eBooks available here and they're all free!

 

 Sparks Notes Literature Classics Books

http://pd.sparknotes.com/lit/index.html

1oo Classics from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to Wuthering Heights.