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READERS' ADVISORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB FOR CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT
LIBRARIANS
Amazon
and Barnes
and Noble
Booksellers include browsable features such as "find similar books"
as well as searching capabilities by subject and keyword. These Kids'
Books sections can be searched by ages. Barnes and Noble includes a
section on Magazines for Kids.
URL: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
subjects/children/children.asp
URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/
obidos/tg/browse/-/4/
Author
Corner
A place to meet authors and illustrators of childrens' and young adult
books
URL: http://www.carr.org/authco/index.htm
Award Winning
Children's Literature
Bettendorf
Public Library's Teen Series and Sequels
Book: Announcing
new novels/novelists for 2007
Book Links
Digital counterpart offers a cumulative index to Book Links Magazine
by subject, book title, and author/illustrator.
URL: http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/
Booklist
Has a digital counterpart which offers a current selection of reviews,
feature articles and cumulative book review index.
URL: http://www.ala.org/booklist/
Booktalks
- Quick and Simple
Lists booktalks by author, title and subject, noting the reading and
interest levels. It is developed by Nancy J. Keane from the Rundlett
Middle School, Concord, Ma.
URL: http://www.nancykeane.com/booktalks
The Bulletin
of the Center for Children's Books
Provides features from the print version for today's children's books.
URL: http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb
Carol Hurst's
Children's Literature Web Site
Reviews and offers thematic and whole language suggestions, especially
for teachers.
URL: http://www.carolhurst.com/
CHILDLIT
Discussion list which examines the theory and criticism of literature
for children and young adults. The archives are searchable by topic
which are listed in the subject line. This archive takes a long time
to load!
URL: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/childlit/about.html
Children's
Book Council (CBC) Online
Has a special page with sites of interest to librarians, including "Hot
Off the Presses" which offers a sneak peek at publisher's anticipated
bestsellers. Note: lists only publishers that belong to the CBC, a non-profit
trade association.
URL: http://www.cbcbooks.org/navigation/teaindex.htm
The
Children's Literature Web Guide
This guide from the University of Calgary offers Internet resources
related to books for children and young adults, including awards, information
about authors, storytelling and lists of books.
URL: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Cooperative
Children's Book Center (CCBC)
From the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison has specialized
lists on children's literature, especially multicultural materials,
and includes links to other resources in the field of children's literature.
URL: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
ISLMC
Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources
Focuses on children's literature in education. This metasite
is searchable.
URL: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
Kay
Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
Includes many resources on children's and young adult literature, genre
fiction, women's studies and related topics. Comes out of the School
of Communication Information and Library Studies program at Rutgers
University.
URL:http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/
School Library Journal
Online
Offers indexes to reviews, articles, columns, editorials and a selection
of the same.
URL: http://www.slj.com
Tween Lit
URL: http://www.tweenlit.com/
This list was prepared by Sue Z. Rokos, Assistant Director
and Children's / Young Adult Services Specialist.
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