Anniina's Toni Morrison Page
http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/toni.htm
This attractive site is great for research on Morrison and her works. Each novel page offers links to scholarly essays, reviews, interviews with the author and miscellaneous information about the book. It includes respected sources as well as links to student-written essays. While a few of the books have study guide/discussion links, this site seems best suited for background research, either for teachers preparing to teach units on Morrison's work, or for students preparing analysis for a class assignment. The essays were fairly complex and could be difficult for some students to comprehend. Beautiful graphics show Morrison's book covers, but some backgrounds are so dark that text and links are difficult to read. The interesting black and white tree which gives the names of Morrison's major works, (Sula, Tar Baby, Song of Solomon, Beloved, Paradise, The Bluest Eye and Jazz) offers a visual prelude to an appealing Web site teeming with information. An e-mail address in Princeton gives further information and 'chats'.
Overall Rating: 4

SwissEduc -- Morrison, Toni
http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/morrisont/index.html
The site begins with an appealing visual of Toni Morrison. A reading list section gives titles of her books and the author section includes nine articles about the author and other general topics and themes in her books. The three major works pages include a synopsis of the story, information about the viewpoints that can be explored in each text and essay. There are also lists of discussion questions. A very interesting aspect of this site is a section where students may respond to the novels write about topics they would like to discuss. This site is valuable for both teachers and students because of the variety of information presented. Only three of her novels are covered, Bluest Eye, Sula, and Tar Baby. For those works, it has a short synopsis, comments from teachers and students, and an option for teachers to submit lesson plans and teaching ideas. At the end of the site, there is a bulletin board for viewers to post requests for more information and ideas, but viewers must release their own e-mail in order to receive responses directly from other viewers of the site. Students should be cautioned about giving this information in such a public forum.
Overall Rating: 2