READERS ADVISOR
READERS ADVISOR Award Winners Reading Recommendations Author Web Sites
BOOKLIST
Booklist is published by the American Library Association and has many useful links and reviews. The Media center also subscribes to the print version of the periodical.
AMAZON
Largest on-line bookstore that allows you to search for almost any book. Includes reviews and reader comments about individual books.
Award Winners
YALSA:
YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
NEWBERY AWARD WINNERS
The American Library Association's division
to promote teen reading compiles lists of award winning books that are available at this web site.
Complete list of the all the Newbery winners and a good place to start looking for a great book to read.
NUTMEG AWARD HOMEPAGE
The site for update information on the award nominees, past awards, and events.
ADOLESCENT LITERATURE GENREFLUENT
INTERNET
PUBLIC LIBRARY: BOOKS
The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature based at Rhode Island College offers this wonderful web site with some great bibliographies.
This is a site that reviews books for teens
and provides links to sites of interest to teens.
Explore the extensive lists on authors and
books in the teen division.
SERIES AND SEQUELS YOUNG ADULT SERIES AND SEQUELS
What do you read next? This web site and the one that follows help sort out series.
Have you just read a great book and wondering what is next in the series? Want to read a series in order? This is the site from the Mid-Continent Public Library is for you.
KENT
MEMORIAL LIBRARY TEEN READING PROGRAM
READING
RANTS: OUT OF THE ORDINARY TEEN READING
VIRTUAL
YA: PUBLIC LIBRARIES WITH YA PAGES
JIM
TRELEASE READ ALOUD SITE
Local program at the town library that promotes
reading for teens. Visit the Web site or drop by in person!
Offers lists in several genres for those tired
of Gary Paulsen and Judy Blume. Avoids run-of-the-mill-suggestions.
See what libraries around the country are
recommending to teen readers.
Jim Trelease has published books about the
best books to read aloud and share. His web site offers many suggestions,
book lists, and links.
COOPERATIVE CHILDRENS' BOOK CENTER
The Children's Cooperative Book Center site
offers detailed reviews of popular fiction for children and young adults. The site names a book of the week; scroll to
the bottom of the page for an archive of past reviews.
INDEX TO INTERNET SITES: AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Very complete list of authors and illustrators of children's books with links to biographical info, reviews, and teachers' materials.
AUTHOR CONNECTIONS
Easy to use list that links author web pages provided by the Bettendorf Public Library.
AUTHORS ON THE WEB
Another list of links to author web pages from the University of Calgary's Children's Literature Web Guide.
YAHOO: YOUNG ADULT AUTHORS
Collection of pages with links to information about authors of young adult literature.
ALA AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
This is part of a site put on the Net by the American Library Association. Click on "authors and illustrators" for great links to info on your favorite author.
revised 7/18/07