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Manitoba Authors and Illustrators Bibliography
Manitoba is fortunate to have many excellent authors and illustrators.

Learn who they are using this set of lists.

Read Up On It Kit
The National Library of Canada publishes both a print and an electronic version of its Read Up On It Kit. The kit promotes Canadian literature and reading and covers notable books for children of all ages. Bilingual

100 Things to Do With Books
What should we do when we've finished the book? Here are some ideas.

Whatever you do, have fun!!

Get Caught Reading

Official web site

Get Caught Reading

How-to literacy kit from the NWT.

Helping Your Child to Read
Activities for helping children learn to read.

The Children's Book Centre Online
Teachers and librarians are often the first people to put a book in the hands of a child. This guide is intended for the use of those teachers and librarians.

RIF Activities

More ideas for families to try from the people at Reading is Fundamental, a non-profit organization whose goal it is to foster the love of reading.

Planning a Reading Event
Celebration ideas from NEA's Read Across America

Manitoba Reading Association
I Love to Read activity ideas and title lists

ALA : Teens
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/tipsenc/tipsencourage.htm
Talk with kids about why they select books they choose to read.

Maybe it's one of these reasons

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www.whatsupinthepas.com

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Speed, Brawn & Beauty:

The History of the Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/PM.cgi?AP=cm_search&cmTerms=Manitoba&mark=Search&LM=

CommunityMemories&Referer=CommunityMemories&tab=Exhibits&action=Search&LANG=

English&scope=CommunityMemories&start=1&fl=&page=2

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Saskatchewan River

Highway Through History

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/PM.cgi?AP=cm_search&cmTerms=Manitoba&mark=Search&LM=

CommunityMemories&Referer=CommunityMemories&tab=Exhibits&action=Search&LANG=

English&start=1&scope=CommunityMemories&fl=0&page=3

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Genealogy & Archives

http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/index.html

 

http://www.cyndislist.com/

 

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

 

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

 

http://www.ogs.on.ca/

 

http://www.ancestry.com/

 

http://www.gov.mb.ca/

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html

 

http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html

 

http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/

 

http://expertgenealogy.com/free/

 

http://automatedgenealogy.com/

 

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Online Lifelong Learning Initiative

Council for Innovation and Learning Regina (CILR)

with the generous support of the Government of Canada through the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES)

and other project partners

http://www.cilr.com/olliindex.htm  

The Online Lifelong Learning Initiative includes a ten part computer skills literacy series of learning modules.  These modules are accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week via the internet at no charge.  The modules are accessible through a standard web browser (requires the free Flash Player) and come complete with sound and text captions for the hearing impaired.
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http://www.SumoBrain.com

http://www.FreePatentsOnline.com

These FREE patent searching sites

have US, European, Japanese and WIPO documents.

The documents are fully searchable,

and bulk PDF downloading, alerts, collaboration tools

and other account features are all FREE.

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Job Searching?

find thousands of fresh and relevant jobs throughout Canada

~ completely FREE to users ~

Canada.indeed.com

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HOW TO THINK LIKE A KNOWLEDGE WORKER:

A guide to the mindset needed to perform competent work

an e-book available for FREE viewing and downloading at:

http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/unpan/unpan031277.pdf

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EBSChost

   

EBSChost: http://search.ebscohost.com  

    

     *Username: s6571842   

   *Password:   password

EBSChost gives you access to thousands of:

  •     Magazine Articles
  •     Academic Articles
  •     Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

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Government Links

Government of Canada

Industry Canada

Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism

Public Library Services

Statistics Canada

Literature Links

Archives of Canada

Canadian Literature Research Service

Canadian Poetry Archive

Dictionary and Thesaurus

National Adult Literacy Database Inc.

National Library of Canada

Oprah's Book Club

McNally Robinson

Educational Links

Canadian Geographic

Canadian Legal Network

Parents' Guide to the Internet

National Gallery of Canada

National Research Council of Canada

Big Foot (email addresses)

Canada 411

Health Links

Canadian Health Network

Canadian Medical Foundation

Health Canada

Newspapers

National Post

The Globe and Mail

Children and Teen Links

Bettendorf Public Library Teen Page
CBC 4 Kids

Children's Literature Web Guide

Canadian Wildlife Federation

Holidays on the Net

How Stuff Works

Information Please Kids' Almanac

Internet Public Library--Youth Division

Internet Public Library --Teen Division

Kids' Money

Little Explorers (Picture Dictionary)

The Grammar Lady Online

The Magic School Bus

OWLkids On-Lin

World Book Encyclopedia

Yahooligans!

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    The Pas Golden Agers

      Check their web page for upcoming events!

The Pas Golden Agers

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Some Family Friendly Websites:

http://www.meddybemps.com/

http://www.seussville.com/games/

http://disney.go.com/Disneybooks/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

http://www.nickjr.com/

http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp

http://funschool.kaboose.com/?kindergarten,p

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