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Book Lists / Literature Sites
ALSC - Association for Library Service to Children
Books award lists, resources for teachers and students as well as organizations and current issues.
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Wonderful language arts reference site. Includes complete works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and reference online.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's book reviews. Books lists grouped by themes and by subjects.
Children's Literature Web
Guide
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Categories and links include: Children's Book Awards, Best sellers, Authors on the Web, Stories on the Web, Book Reviews, and
Resources for Teachers, Parents, Storytellers, Writers and Illustrators.
Choices
Booklists
Sponsored by the International Reading Association. The Choices Booklists highlight favorites of children, young adults, teachers, and librarians around the United States. Choices booklists are used in classrooms, libraries, and homes to help young people find books they will enjoy reading.
ISLMC General
Children's and Young Adult Resources
Wonderful collection of links that lead to children and young adult literature.
Louisville Free
Public Library
The Louisville Free Public Library offers many pages for teen readers, including this book list for young people.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
This list, created by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association, is
intended as a tool for a variety of audiences -- college bound students, educators, librarians, and parents. It is divided into five sections: fiction, biography, nonfiction, drama, and poetry. In selecting these works for the list, the committee used a variety of criteria: readability, cultural and ethnic diversity, balance of points of view, contemporary and classical works, different genres, and availability.
St. Charles Public Library: Youth Recommended Reading Lists
Wonderful resource for youth reading material. Sorted by fiction/nonfiction and then by topic and some by grade level.
The Bulletin of the
Center for Children's Books
Homepage of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians.
The Children's Book Council
The Children’s Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books, and is the official sponsor of Young People’s Poetry Week and Children’s Book Week each year. Sections of the site include: Bimonthly Showcase, Meet the Author/Illustrator, 75 Authors that Everyone Should Know, New Book Releases, and Awards and Prizes.
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