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Books for Children and Young Adults

Cool Kid's Sites

• Storyline Online - Developed by the Screen Actors Guild, this site has noted performers reading children's books.
• Biblionasium - a social reading site for young people. It is a Good Reads for kids.
• Libby - an app which allows children and adults to obtain electronic books and audio books from their local public library. The books may be read online or on a Kindle. All you need is a library card.

General Children's Literature Web Sites

• Children's and Young Adult Books - Current news, articles, and links to web sites from Thought.co.
• The Canadian Children's Book Centre - News and reviews of books.
• The Children's Book Council Online - A valuable resource for anyone interested in children's literature. News of the publishing world, links to author's web sites, ideas to promote reading and more.
• The Children's Book Review - News of new and bestselling books, and reviews of books arranged by topic.
• Launching Young Readers - A site related to the PBS series Reading Rockets which will enable parents to help their children to learn to read.
• Children's Literature Organizations - Very useful sources of information.
• Teachers@Random - Author information and study guides for children's and YA literature from Random House
• e-Books and e-Readers - Information about e-books from the Resources for School Librarians web site.
• Tablets and Apps - Reading is not confined to paper books any more. Young people may also read digitally. This information is from the Resources for School Librarian web site.

Awards Sites

• ALSC Awards Page - Newbery, Caldecott and other children's book awards. Also lists of notable children's books, videos, software, and web sites.
• Children's Book Awards - by the Canadian Children's Book Center.
• Children's Literature Awards List - From InfoSoup which is a consortium of public libraries in northeast Wisconsin.

Multicultural Literature

• Finding the Best Diverse Books For Your Classroom - From the Open Book Blog. This article contains links to related web sites.
• Selecting and Using Culturally Responsive Children's Books - by the OHS National Center on Cultural & Linguistic Responsiveness
• Bilingual English Spanish Books - From Colorin Colorado
• Hispanic American Books for Kids of All Ages - From Multicultural Childrens Book Day.

History of Children's Literature

• Casting Characters: An Introduction to the History of Juvenile Literature to 1900 - An article by Suzanne Semmes Dennis in the Dartmouth College Library Bulletin
• In The Image of God: John Comenius and the First Children's Picture Book - which was published in 1658. This is an article from the Public Domain Review.
• Literature for Children - Digitized collection of children's literature from 1850 to 1950 from the collections of several Florida colleges and universities. The books may be viewed online or downloaded. This project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
• 19th Century American Children and What They Read - Extensive collection of books and magazines.
• Girl's Series Book Rediscovered - Information about Nancy Drew and other authors of books for girls. Use the menu at the top of the page to find this information. From the Maryland University Libraries.
• Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era - Books from the 1920's and 1930's from McGill University Libraries
• Fold, Flap, Peel, Pull, Pop - An exhibition of moveable books from the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah.
• A History of Movable Paper in One 9000 Book Collection - Pop-ups, harlequinades, and Meggendorfers.
• What are Movable Books - From Penn State.
• 19th Century Schoolbooks - From the Nietz collection at the University of Pittsburg library.

Journals and Research in Children's Literature

• The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• Children's Literature - The annual journal of the Modern Language Association Division on Children's Literature and the Children's Literature Association.
• The Horn Book, Inc - Journal of articles and reviews of children's books.
• Kirkus Reviews - Reviews of children's and adult books.
• The Looking Glass - "New perspectives on Children's literature". An online journal.
• School Library Journal

Young Adult Books

• No Flying, No Tights- A website reviewing graphic novels for teens.
• Reading Rants - Teen booklists and reviews.
• Teen Read Week - YALSA site with information about the week and links to teen reading sites.
• Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels - From the Mid-Continent Public Library

This site is maintained by Linda Bertland, retired school librarian, Philadelphia, PA. Please address any comments, additions, or corrections to info@sldirectory.com