Here are some of Becky’s favorite links:

FOR RESEARCH

BASIC RESEARCH and LITERATURE SITES

• American Library Association’s “Great Web Sites for Kids” (go!)
• Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site (go!)
• Children’s Literature Web Guide (go!)
• International Literacy Association- Choice Reading Lists (go!)
• Library of Congress (Teachers’ section) (go!)
• Storyline Online- Actors read favorite stories (go!)

UTAH RESEARCH SITES

• KIDS.UTAH.GOV Includes all kinds of information about the state ” ( go!)
• Utah History Encyclopedia (go!)
• A Teachers’ Guide to A is for Arches includes games, puzzles and some fun projects to support the use of the book in the classroom. A pdf you can download. (go!)

WRITING SITES

• Scholastic’s Writing with Writers: Famous authors tell you how to do it. (go!)
• The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators- SBCWI- It is meant for adults who want to write or illustrate children’s books (go!)
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (go!)
• Verla Kay is an author and has a great “Just for Kids” page (go!)
• Writing, Illustrating, and Publishing Children’s Books: The Purple Crayon. It is run by Harold Underdown (go!)

GUIDE DOGS

• The Seeing Eye is the organization that Morris Frank started. Today it is located in Morristown, New Jersey. (go!)
• American Foundation for the Blind is another group that helps blind people. (go!)
• German Shepherd Guide. Learn more about German Shepherds (go!)

Governor Olene Walker chose to hold Becky’s book, A is for Arches, in her official portrait at the Utah State Capitol building.

Utah state capital building.