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Differentiated Strategies and Games
This site provides strategies and games for students at each level of literacy development.
Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
This award-winning site includes the text of folk and fairy tales from around the world, as well as links to other folk and fairy tale sites.
This site provides annotated bibliographies of children's literature from many cultures, with links to many resources from the cultures represented on this site.
This site, from California State University at San Marcos, can be accessed in English or in Spanish. It provides a list of recommended books for children and adolescents.