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ALA: Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most |
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ALA: Coretta Scott King Award
Information about current and past medal/award winners. |
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ALA: John Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished con |
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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
A network of over 3,700 children's and youth librarians, children's literature experts, and publishers committed to improving and ensuring the future of the nation through exemplary library service to children, their families, and others who work wit |
604 |
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Booktalks Quick and Simple by Nancy Keane
Short booktalks about well-known children's and young adult books. This is useful for learning more about books or for reader's advisory work with children. |
648 |
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Books in a Series (Monroe County Public Library)
Useful bibiliography of books by series title. |
620 |
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Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
Searchable database of recommended books in Spanish. Maintained by Isabel Schon, author of Books in Spanish for Children and reviewer of Spanish books for Booklist. |
677 |
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Cooperative Children's Book Center-University of Wisconsin
CCBC has an electronic forum to discuss children's books, link of the month and a virtual CCBC. |
503 |
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Reviews of children's books often with suggested activities, booklists by subjects and themes. |
412 |
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Children's Book Council
Ideas for promoting reading, information about Children's Book Week, author profiles, booklists, and other useful information. |
411 |
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Children's Literature Web Guide
Links to authors, reviews, book awards, books discussions, activities to use with books. A must site for children's librarians. |
452 |
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Children's Literature - Electronic Journals and Book Reviews
Review sources for children's books. |
631 |
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Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
A searchable bibliography of over 3,600 picture books. |
501 |
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Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Search for books by age of reader, historical period, genre, setting, ethnicity, and other characteristics. This is very useful for developing booklists or helping children find books on a particular topic. |
426 |
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Historical Fiction Listed by Date
Useful for finding fiction set in particular time period. |
619 |
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KidLit: Reviews of Kids' Books
Book reviews by kids. |
638 |
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Multnomah County Library Kids Page
A terrific library web site with lots of good booklists. |
611 |
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Notable Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
An online version of a wonderful resource for the best in social studies books of the past year. The list is arranged by subject. The new version comes up in the spring of each year. |
686 |
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Notes from the Windowsill
An Independent, electronic journal of book reviews by Wendy E. Betts. |
610 |
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Once Upon a Lap
Reviews, interviews, bibliographies, commentaries, links. |
586 |
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The Reading Corner
Short reviews of children's books. |
536 |
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SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club
Designed for Florida's library media specialists but equally useful for public libraries, this site takes a different topic in the collection each month. It gives examples of the types of books to weed, including examples of titles and then provides |
627 |
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Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
Good information on book evaluation with links to bibliographies. |
601 |
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World of Readers
An open collection of book reviews written by kids! |
512 |
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