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SCLS YOUTH SERVICES Books for Young Readers - Monthly Review List:

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• November 2010 *NEW*
• October 2010
• September 2010
• August 2010
• July 2010
• June 2010
• May 2010
• April 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010
• December 2009

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• ACHUKA:CHILDREN'S BOOKS UK - A daily online newspaper covering news, articles, interviews and information about children's books all over the world.
• AJL's Jewish Valuesfinder - A free online searchable database for librarians, teachers, parents and clergy, which identifies children's books featuring Jewish values.
• Bank Street College of Education - An excellent collection of resources reflecting this institution's heavy emphasis on language arts. Includes a link to the Bank Street bookstore.
• Capitol Choices - An annual annotated list of recommended books for children and young people from birth to age 16, archived back to 1996.
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Book reviews, classroom activities, lists of similar books, story themes for discussion and other ideas for teaching with literature.
• CHILD_LIT - A non-moderated discussion group convened for the purpose of examining the theory and criticism of literature for children and young adults.
• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) - An acquisition, research and reference source that offers over 1,400,000 MARC records and over 260,000 reviews of children's books, all full-text and searchable from 35 review sources.
• Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University - Over 5,000 abstracts, searchable by keyword which provides capability for designing literature-based thematic units.
• Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Information about the CCBC collection, services, publications, upcoming events and CCBC-NET, plus links to other resources in the field of children's literature.
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - Provides the opportunity to create tailored reading lists using selected criteria including awards.

· Fractured Fairy Tales - Stories that extend, or parody, or re-cast the traditional fairy tale in a new light.

· Grand Comic-Book Database - A free database of over 70,000 titles with complete credits and publishing information, searchable by title, character, editor, writer, penciller, inker, letterer or colorist.

· Internet Library for Librarians - Children/Youth Services - Educational, recreational, and software resources for K-12 age group users, parents, teachers, librarians, children's book writers, including links to sites related to giftedness, home schooling and child abuse.

· Kids' Webrary - A large collection of booklists on subjects including Cinderella variants, differently-abled kids, favorite non-fiction, humor and much more.

· Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies - This annotated bibliography for kindergarten through eighth grade is prepared annually by the National Council for the Social Studies in cooperation with the Children's Book Council.

· Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children - This annotated bibliography for kindergarten through eighth grade is prepared annually by the National Science Teachers Foundation in Cooperation with the Children's Book Council.

· Oyate - A Native organization which works to evaluate texts, resource materials and fiction by and about Native peoples; includes catalog of recommended titles.

· Purple Crayon - Useful articles, mostly for writers and illustrators; selected links to online resources for writers, editors, teachers, librarians, parents.

· The Reading Corner - Categorized, annotated lists of children's books for grades 2-8, including state awards, new books, and an author corner.

· Retold Fairy Tales and Legends - Perfect for anyone who has ever enjoyed fairy tales. These stories may be compared with the originals, or appreciated for their breaks in established form.

· SUNLINK Weed-of-the-Month Club - Designed to provide guidelines to Florida's school library media specialists for keeping their collections relevant and current, this site focuses on a different Dewey subject area each month and is very useful for public library collection development.

· Superkids:Educational Software Review - Maintained by Knowledge Share LLC, this is a searchable site of information on CD ROMs including reviews, articles, links, a product support directory and a buyer's guide.

SERIES

· Bettendorf Public Library's Teen Page - A searchable database of series and sequels for children of all ages.  Browse, or search by author, series title or individual book title.

· Children's Books in Series - An alphabetical listing (by author) of fiction series for children, maintained by the Monroe County Children's Department (IN).

· Juvenile Series and Sequels from the Mid-Continent Public Library - A database of over 23,000 books in series titles classified into three categories: Young Adult, Juvenile, and Juvenile Easy.

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Last updated: 12/02/10