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As the site says: "Poetry doesn't just live in books - it lives in the sound of the words, the voice of the poet." At the Children's Poetry Archive, kids can listen to audio recordings of favorite poems and poets.

Uniquely fun: Zany lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. Beethoven's Wig music has won a record 40 national awards, including 3 Grammy Award nominations and has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and NBC's Today Show.

A collection of short stories for children, this section of East of Eden features stories that can be read online, printed, or downloaded for reading offline or on handheld devices. Stories carry ratings for parents to ascertain appropriate content for their children's ages. Contemporary stories, classic stories, fairy tales and fables. A comprehensive site.

Fantasy cat artist, Carrie Hawks, paints whimsical and endearing portraits of her favorite subject.

Teodora Sirko is a freelance illustrator specializing in graphic design, illustrations for children’s books, especially.

A UK site that presents the complete texts of classic works in the public domain. Includes works by such authors as William Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes stories), Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. A special section on Fairy Tales and Children's Literature includes works by Peter Barrie (Peter Pan), Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland), and L. Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz).

Among Janet's recent illustrated picture books are Epossumondas Saves the Day (by Coleen Salley), The Great Fuzz Frenzy and Plaidypus Lost (both co-authored with Susie Stevens Crummel).

Nancy Miller is an artist specializing in children's illustrations. Her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and a book anthology. She's currently at work on illustrations for Sweet Dreams, an anthology of children's bedtime stories and poems, due from Blooming Tree Press in 2008.

Charles Ghigna, better known as "Father Goose" is the author of more than thirty books of poetry for children and adults. Highly awarded, his work includes such children's titles as Animal Tracks, Christmas is Coming, A Fury of Motion (Poems for Boys), and Mice are Nice.

Author-illustrator Gail Gibbons is a highly regarded author of children's non-fiction. Recent works include Galaxies, Galaxies!, Groundhog Day!, and Ice Cream, The Full Scoop.