Children & Young Adult Literature

Want to find out what is out there for your child or you to read? Use the following sites to find books and other resources to introduce your family to the joys of reading.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site http://www.carolhurst.com/
Contains reviews of books for children and provides links for teachers to books in a variety of subject areas.

Children's Book Council http://www.cbcbooks.org/
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.

Children's Literature http://www.childrenslit.com/
Children's Literature reviewers read and critically review more than 3,000 books annually. Our mission is to help teachers, librarians, childcare providers and parents make appropriate literary choices for children.

The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/
Located at the University of Southern Mississippi, this collection's strength is in its original manuscripts. British and American children's contemporary and historical literature is the collection's main focus.

Favorite Teenage Angst Books
http://www.grouchy.com/
Want to read about someone else's troubles and wallow in the satisfaction that you handle your life better? Than this is the site for you. Links to books arranged by topic area, for example, pressure or mixed-up families.

Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!
http://members.tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/
Created by Jennifer Hubert, Young Adult Librarian at the Queens Borough Public Library in New York City, and Webmaster Andrew Mutch of Novi, Michigan, this site offers booklists for young adult readers "who need a good read, but are wondering if there's life after Judy Blume and Gary Paulsen." Hubert believes that some adults don't give teens enough credit when it comes to reading tastes, and she aims to introduce them to books that are interesting and demand a little more of them than typical young adult selections. The Reading Rants lists are accessed via a pull-down menu in the lower-right section of the Homepage. Highlights include Boy Meets Book: Best Boy Reads, Riot Grrrrl! Reads, Deadheads and Mosh-pits: Books about being in a band, and Bare Bones: Honest Fiction about Weight and Eating Disorders. New reviews and lists are featured on the home page. Hubert notes that some of the titles listed will be found in the Adult rather than the Young Adult section of the library, but that's exactly the point. A fine site for teen readers, teachers, and librarians. -Copyright Internet Scout Project, 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

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Selected Individual Authors

Philip Ardagh http://www.philipardagh.com/
Steve Augarde http://www.steveaugarde.com/
Herbie Brennan http://www.faeriewars.com/
Jan Brett http://www.janbrett.com/
Eoin Colfer http://www.eoincolfer.com/
Neil Gaiman http://www.neilgaiman.com/
Shannon Hale http://www.squeetus.com/index.asp
Beatrix Potter http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/
Philip Pullman http://www.bridgetothestars.net
J.K Rowling http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/
J.K. Rowling http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/main/homepage/intro.html
SF Said http://www.varjakpaw.com/
Dr. Seuss http://www.seussville.com/
Lemony Snicket http://www.lemonysnicket.com

 

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