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Children's Books

General Collections of Booklists

• Notable Children's Books - by the Association for Library Service for Children.
• Book Lists for Kids - From the Madison Public Library
• Booklists of Children's Literature - By the Monroe County Public Library.
• Books by Theme - for kids up to age 9. These lists are from Reading Rockets.
• Children's Booklists - These booklists are from the Deschutes, Oregon Public Library.
• Themed Book Lists - From the British Book Trust.
• Kids Booklists - From the Toronto Public Library.
• The Children's Book Council
• Children's Picture Book Database - Search for picture books by topic, author, title or by publication information. There is an abstract for each book. By Miami University.
• Welcome to Story Hour: 100 Favorite Books for Young Readers - From NPR.
• 67 Books Every Geek Should Read to their Kids Before Age 10 - Looks like an essential list. This is by Erik Wecks in Wired.
• The Best Children's Books - booklists compiled by three classroom teachers.
• Children's and Young Adult Literature: Book Selection Tools - Links to booklists by the Arizona State University Library.
• Recommended Books from ALSC - This is a list of recommended book lists from the Association of Libraries for Children.
• Social Justice Book Lists - Multicultural and social justice books.
• Children's Book Lists - Lists compiled from votes of real readers who are members of Good Reads.
• Juvenile Series and Sequels - a database of 20,000 books in series. By the Mid-Continent Public Library.

Booklists on Specific Topics

• Children's Books About Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues and Diseases - By FluTrackers
• A Book in Time - Historical fiction reading lists for the United States and for world history.
• Children's Books About World War I - From Library Thing.
• World War II Books for Children - From the British Book Trust.
• First Clue Mysteries - This site will show you the many mystery books which are available for children. There are reviews of some of the books by children.
• Mystery Book List - From Commonsense Media.
• Science Fiction - for elementary students. This list is by the Monroe County Library.
• Dragon Chapter Books - this list is by the Monroe County Library.
• Heroes and Monsters: Tales from Around the Globe | Focus On World Myths - An article by Sue Giffard in School Library Journal, Oct. 27, 2014.
• The Amelia Bloomer Lists - Lists of feminist books for children from beginning readers to high school.
• Read Up On It: Lisez Sur Le Sujet - Program by the National Library of Canada to promote children's reading. The site has lists of Canadian books in English and French

Multicultural Lists

• Diversity Book Lists & Activities for Teachers and Parents - From the Multicultural Children's Book Day web site.
• Celebrating Diverse Latino Cultures, Literature and Diversity Everyday - A guide to selecting books, a list of books, and links to related web sites. By Dr. Jaime Naidoo.
• Spanish-English Bilingual Books - For all ages. This list is by Colorin Colorado.
• 1000 Black Girl Books Resource Guide - Search the database or download the entire list.
• The Refugee Experience - From Colorin Colorado
• Immigration and English Language Learners in Books - From the University of Northern Iowa Library.
• Children's Books About the Immigrant Experience - a list by Karina Glaser at BookRiot.

Young Adult Booklists

• Reading Rants - Teen booklists and reviews.
• YALSA Booklists and Book Awards - Selections of the best books for teenagers by the librarians who work with them in Public Libraries.
• The Alex Awards - This award is given to the best adult books which have a special appeal to teenagers. This award is given by YALSA.
• 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels - From NPR.
• 100 Must-Read Young Adult Science Fiction Books - This list is by Sarah Nicholas in BookRiot, March 1, 2018
• YALSA's Book Awards and Book lists - Do take a look at the Teen Book Finder Database.
• World History Through YA Fiction - This list is from YALSA, June, 2016.
• The Hub - YALSA site where you will find book lists for teens.
• Informed Teens Nonfiction - On many topics from the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library.
• Activism Starts With You - Teen nonfiction book list from YALSA
• Books for Teens - This list is by the Monroe County Public Library.
• Seattle Picks - Teen Nonfiction - The Seattle Public Library.

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