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Wed, Sep 8th 2010 
Author Birthday: Jon Scieszka
Born in Flint, Michigan on September 8, 1954 - author of The Stinky Cheese Man, Time Warp Trio series, Math Curse and many, many other books.

Thu, Sep 9th 2010 
Author Birthday - Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, was born on this date near Moscow, in 1828. He died November 20, 1910.

Mon, Sep 13rd 2010 
Author Birthday - Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach among others, was born on September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, Wales. He died November 23, 1990

Mon, Sep 13rd 2010 
Author Birthday: Mildred D. Taylor
Author Mildred Taylor ("Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and several others) was born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1943

Wed, Sep 15th 2010 
Author Birthday - Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, author of several mystery novels, was born on this date in Torquay, Devon, England in 1890. She died on 12 January 1976 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

Wed, Sep 15th 2010 
Author Birthday - James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans, was born on this date in 1789 in Burlington, NJ. He died on 14 September 1851 in Cooperstown, New York.

Wed, Sep 15th 2010 
Author Birthday - Robert McCloskey
Robert McCloskey the author and illustrator of many children's books, including Make Way For Ducklings and Blueberries for Sal, was born on this date in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1914. He died June 30, 2003.

Wed, Sep 15th 2010 
Author Birthday: Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola, author, illustrator and award winner of many children's books, was born on this date in 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut.

Thu, Sep 16th 2010 
Author Birthday - H.A. Rey
"Curious George" author and illustrator H.A. Rey, born Hans Augusto Reyersbach in Hamburg, Germany, in 1898. He died in 1977.

Fri, Sep 17th 2010 
School Schedule - Constitution Day
It was on this day, at the old State House in Philadelphia, that the final draft of the Constitution was signed in 1787.

Tue, Sep 21st 2010 
Author Birthday: H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells born September 21, 1866 in Bromley, England. Died August 13, 1946.


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There is more to research than Google or Wikipedia!  Here are reliable, on-line resources available to the Stargate community. Check in the Library, or e-mail me for passwords.
EBSCO - available through Adams 12 (contact the Library for password to use from home):  this is a great research tool, which searches magazines, newspapers, books and encyclopedias, TV transcripts, primary source documents and much more.
WorldBook Online - available through Adams 12 (contact the Library for password to use from home) - the classic World Book Encyclopedia - online!
Ask Colorado - State Library program - 24 hour live chat with a Librarian and many other homework help and research links.
Enchanted Learning - Great resource for many elementary homework projects.  Has over 20,000 web pages containing activities, pictures and information for a wide variety of subjects.

Resources for Suggested Reading
ALA: Young Adult Library Services Association - Best Books for Young Adults award winning booklists .
Books for Children, About Gifted Children
- on Hoagies Gifted Education page
California Reading List- a searchable database with books listed by difficulty level.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - great site with reviews of great books for children and ideas on how to use them.
GT World Reading Lists - books listed on a continuum, rather than by age or grade, from an online support community.
Literature Map - a graphic way to get reading ideas.   Fill in the name of an author, get names of authors that other readers have also read.  Fun and interesting!
Reading is Fundamental - searchable database of books and suggestions for activities to promote reading.

 

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Stargate Library Affiliations
Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented (CAGT)
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
American Library Association  (ALA)/American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL)/Colorado Association of School Librarians (CASL)
Colorado Young Adult Advocates in Libraries (C'YAAL)

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