College of Education - Curriculum Resources Laboratory

Children's / YA Literature

Comprehensive Sites

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

Children's Book Council - The Children's Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books since 1945. The CBC sponsors Young People's Poetry Week and National Children's Book Week each year. Site contains articles, links to author sites, and announcements of new books published.

Children's Literature Network - Provides links to information about authors and illustrators by state, author/illustrator web sites, booklists on specific topics, information about book festivals, signings and other author/illustrator events, and includes links to selected public libraries and professional organizations.

Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) - a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this site provides a collection of links to children's and young adult books, bibliographies, authors and illustrators, and resources for teachers and librarians.

Fairrosa Cyber Library - Links the user to booklists, discussions of children's literature, publisher/bookseller information and more even more sites about children's literature.

International Children's Digital Library - The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world

Kay E. Vandgergrift's Special Interest Page - This website is a means of sharing ideas and information with all those interested in literature for children and young adults. For many topics, Dr. Vandergrift has written brief articles accompanied by many additional links and bibliographies of materials that reinforce discussion. The easiest way to navigate is with the "quick Start" search bar at the bottom of the main page.

Authors / Illustrators /Poets

Authors and Illustrators on the Web (from the Children's Literature Web Guide)

Authors from A-Z - Look under "professional" heading to find a comprehensive listing from Sharyn November's site.

Children's Book Guild - Go to "About Our Members," and click on "Our Member pages" to get to Guild members's web pages or go to "Guild Activities" and click on "Speakers Bureau" to find links to web pages and information about their presentation fees and topics. .

Poets.Org - The official website of Academy of American Poets, Poets.org offers hundreds of essays and interviews about poetry, biographies of more than 500 poets, almost 2,000 poems, and audio clips of 150 poems.

Reader's Advisory

Amelia Bloomer Project - The Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (ALA) selects annual lists of titles for young people, including biographies of women who shattered the limitations placed on women, fantasies featuring girls taking charge despite obstacles, and contemporary and historical fiction focusing on the fight for equality and rights that many take for granted.

The BookHive - Created by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County, Charlotte, NC, this site allows readers to easily locate books by choosing from popular topics, by title, author/illustrator, or by browsing existing lists and reviews. Searches can also be narrowed by audience/interest level. Free coloring pages, the opportunity to listen to a story (audio-clip), and a Harry Potter Triva Quiz are included in the fun activites found here.

Guys Read - Find a Book

GUYS READ is a web-based nonprofit literacy initiative for boys founded by Jon Scieszka. It is a sponsored program of the New York Foundation for the Arts. It presents reading siggestions and enables searches for books guys might like to read. Appealing graphics and neat suggestions for starting your own "Guys Read" site.

Iowa City Schools Curricular Bibliographies - Each year, teacher librarians from the Iowa City school team up to create useful and appropriate bibliographies of new books across genres and subject areas, and learning objectives. Community Reading Month bibliographies can also be found linked to this page.

Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers research-based and best-practice information on teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle. It is an educational service of public television station WETA in Washington, D.C. It provides a wealth of information about reading and links for teachers, librarians, parents, and kids who are looking for books. You can find themed bibliographiesand reviews, and a database searchable by topic/genre/age/reading level and keyword.

RIF Reading Planet - Book Zone - This fun and colorful site encourages creativity as well as reading with many lists, games and activities available to kids. They can search for books by author, title, topic, keyword and age. Kids can create their own, personal "Reading Page", post comments and read submissions by other readers. Its all about books and fun!

Awards

Association for Library Service to Children. Awards and Grants page - This site offers a current listing of awards sponsored by the divisions or sections of the American Library Association. Includes the Newbery Award, the Caldecott Award, and the Coretta Scott King Award as well as notable booklists. The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award , established in 2006, is given to authors and illustrators of books for beginning readers.

Blue Ribbon Awards - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Book’s annual list of the previous year’s best and archived lists.

Boston Globe - Horn Book Award - Annual award for authors and ill ustrators of outstanding children’s and young adult books in these three categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book.

Carter G. Woodson Book Award - Elementary, middle and secondary level books which accurately reflect the perspectives, cultures and values of particular ethnic or racial groups. Awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Children’s Choices - Co-Sponsored by the International Reading Association and the Children’s Book Council. Approximately 100 titles chosen annually by children in the United States.

Fanfare - Horn Book’s Honor List from the previous year’s books, archived lists, and additional booklists.

Iowa Teen Award - chosen by students.

International Reading Association Awards - Children's Choices and Young Adults' Choices are chosen by children and young adults across the U.S. Teachers' Choices are selected by teachers, reading specialists, and librarian for their usefulness in the classroom.

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children - Established in 1990; given by a committee from the National Council of Teacher's of English for books published during the previous year.

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) - Awards and booklists from this division of the American Library Association can be found at this page.

Young Adults’ Choices - Sponsored by the International Reading Association, 30 titles selected annually by young adults across the United States.

Journals and Review Sources

Booklinks Index - searchable index to all Book Links articles from 1990 to the present. You may search for articles by keyword (including article title or author/illustrator name), date of publication, or curricular area.

Booklist - Some older reviews with searching capability. Editor’s Choice list for previous years.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books - Searchable database for print subscribers, some articles, booklists, and commentary.

Horn Book - Table of contents from current magazine with some full-text articles, a few sample reviews, and booklists.

School Library Journal - Indexes to SLJ in print, including book and AV reviews, articles, and links.