Lloyd Alexander
Teacher Resource File


Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center. I personally feel that the Chronicles of Prydain are among the best fantasy I have ever read. I love them. Kids read these books if you like fantasy! You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Page updated 7/22/02.

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Biography

The World of Lloyd Alexander
Lovely site. Just about everything on Alexander
The Scoop. Lloyd Alexander
Where he gets his ideas.
Lloyd Alexander Biography
Biography; hear the author; bibliography; write to him.
Penguin Putnam. Lloyd Alexander
Biography; selected bibliography
Lloyd Alexander
Biography
Lloyd Alexander
Brief biography from Scholastic
Lloyd Alexander
Alexander writes on fantasy; from Children's Book Council
Lloyd Alexander
Biography from Kidsreads.com

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Bibliography

The Author Corner. Books by Lloyd Alexander
Linkoping Science Fiction Archive: Alexander, Lloyd Bibliography

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Lesson Plans

Book Activity. The King's Fountain
From EduPlace
Education World. Better Book Reports -- 25 Ideas!
Book of Three Web Page
Visit Mrs. Lee's sixth grade class page
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Grades 5 to 8; friendship, China; from Maine Sampler List
Author Study Unit From PlanetEsme.com

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Prydain

Prydain Character Pronunciation Guide
Useful in novel reading and study
The Chronicles of Prydain
Includes pronunciation guide; from Embracing the Child
Walk-around Eilonwy Information Sheet
Alexander's description of Eilonwy and Disney's
pictorial interpretation
Concerning the Name Eilonwy
Brief discussion of origin of name; by Heather Rose Jones

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ERIC Resources

Please search the ERIC Database for abstracts and location information.

SLJ Meets Lloyd Alexander

School Library Journal, 23-25, Apr 15 71

An Interview with Lloyd Alexander

New Advocate; v2 n2 p83-95, Spr 1989

Lloyd Alexander. Newbery Winner

School Library Journal; 15,9,52-54, 69 May 1969

On Contemporary Literature: Critiques, Reviews and Recommendations

Illinois English Bulletin; v72 n2 Win 1985, ED252860

Literature, Creativity and Imagination

ED094407 1973

Worlds as They Should be: Middle-earth, Narnia and Prydain

Elementary English; 48, 8, 937-45, Dec71.

Fantasy at Its Best: Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain

By Michael O. Tunnell and James S. Jacobs.
Children's Literature in Education; v21 n4 p229-36 Dec 1990

Reaching Children and Young People Through Literature

Edited by Helen W. Painter; book with selected papers from IRA. ED068915 1971

Lloyd Alexander Citations from ERIC

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Media

Black Cauldron
Fan site; characters, lots of pictures from the movie;
merchandise for sale. Site has "pop-ups"

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