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Best Books for
Young Adults
(YALSA)

 

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya

The BookHive: Your Guide to Children's Literature & Books

 

"A guide to children's literature and books sorted into categories by genre and reading level... this site contains hundreds of recommended book reviews... parental notes... Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages, and even favorite illustrator." http://www.bookhive.org/

The Booklist Center

 

"The Booklist Center provides the largest selection of international book lists on the web in all age groups and categories. The site contains the lists with the award-winners listed by year." http://www.booklistcenter.com

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." http://www.carolhurst.com/

Children's Book Center

 

http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Children's Literature Network

 

"This is a nonprofit organization in the State of Minnesota whose members include authors, illustrators, teachers, home educators, professors, librarians, media specialists, children's literature students, editors, publishers, art directors, booksellers, book reviewers, parents and grandparents, children's book enthusiasts." http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org



Children's Literature Web Guide

 

 

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Encyclopedia Mythica 

 

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica

National Book
Foundation

 

http://www.nationalbook.org

Quick Picks

 

Quick picks for reluctant young adult readers and top 10 quick picks for young adults (YALSA).
http://www.ala.org/news/v8n2/2002yalsaquickpicks.html

Reading Zone

 

http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=rzn0000

Sites of Children: Literature and Language

 

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/lit.html

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