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Authors
Children's Book Awards
Children’s Literature Organizations
Community Reading Programs
Publications
Reading and Discussion Ideas
Reading and Literacy Programs
Services for Book Clubs
Authors
Invite an Author Program
List of authors willing to speak to your book club by phone
Good Conversations
Videotapes and DVDs for purchase, featuring interviews with many
contemporary children's authors (including authors featured in The
Kids’ Book Club Book)
Visiting Authors
A directory of authors who speak at schools
Authors and Illustrators
Authors and illustrators who visit schools
Children's Book Awards
Pura
Belpré Award
Caldecott Medal
Coretta Scott King Book Award
Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread Book Awards)
Michael L. Printz Award
National Book Award
John Newbery Medal
Children’s Literature Organizations
Children's Book Council
Website for adults working with children and children's books
Children's Literature Network
Connects, informs, and educates those who have an interest in
children's books, authors, and illustrators.
Foundation for Children’s
Books
Organization that helps teachers, librarians, and parents select
and use quality children's literature
Community Reading Programs
“One Book" Reading Promotion Projects (Center for
the Book, Library of Congress)
Community reading programs listed by author and community
National
Endowment for the Arts “The Big Read”
Program providing citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss
a single book within their communities
Publications
Bookmarks Magazine
A reader's guide to the best in books, including a section for
children
The Edge of the Forest
Monthly online journal devoted to children's literature
The Five Owls
Quarterly publication devoted to children's literature, book
reviews, articles about books and reading, and interviews with
leading authors and illustrators
The Horn Book Magazine
Reviews of children's books and articles, and interviews with
authors and illustrators
School Library Journal
Publication for school librarians
Wee Ones Magazine
Online children's magazine devoted to bringing children and parents
together through reading, learning, and having fun
Reading and Discussion Ideas
All About the Book
Videotapes and DVDs for purchase, featuring book discussions
with children
American Library Association Great Websites for Kids
Internet guide of child-safe sites selected by a committee of
the American Library Association.
American Library Association Teen Reading
Recommended reading, awards, Teen Read week, and more
The Book Club Cookbook
The definitive guide to matching recipes with to literary
works for adult and teen book club meeting.. Website includes
book recommendations, Invite an Author program, and newsletter.
Book Clubs Resource
A resource and guide for book clubs, including on-line groups
The Book Nut's
Reading Club
Book lists, reviews, advice for parents, and more
BookHive
Recommended books and reviews for elementary and middle grade
readers
Children’s Literature.com
Alphabetical listing of links to biographies, publisher author
pages, and personal web sites of children's authors and illustrators
Class of 2k7
A group of 38 debut authors for children and young adult readers
Guys Read
Book recommendations for boys by children's author Jon Sczieska
and visitors to the website
Internet School Library Media Center Multicultural Page
Resources for teachers, librarians, parents and students
Journal
of African American Children's Literature
Provides
information about the journal links to websites about African
American Children’s Literature, spotlights African
American authors and illustrators, and features book reviews
and news
Kids and Reading
Explores
how kids learn to read, with tips and advice on how to help your child learn to read
Kids Reads
Book reviews, author interviews, trivia games, and more for young
readers
Readergirlz
Featured book selection, questions, and ideas for book discussions
Talk it Up! Book Discussion Groups for Kids
Discussion guides for one hundred-fifty books for children of
all ages
Teen Reads
Reading guides, contests, author interviews, and biographical
information for teens
Young Adult Library
Services Association (YALSA)
Website of the Young Adult Library Services Association
Reading and Literacy Promotion Programs
Association for Library Service to Children
Network of more than 4,000 children's and youth librarians, children's
literature experts, publishers, education and library school
faculty members, and other adults
First Book
Provides disadvantaged children with new books
International Reading Association
Professional organization for those involved in teaching reading
and promoting literacy
National Center for Family Literacy
Programs on family literacy and links to community programs
Library of Congress, Center for the Book
Promotes books, reading, libraries, and literacy
Reach Out and Read
Provides new books to children growing up in poverty
Reading Is Fundamental
Nonprofit children's literacy organization
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Sends professional writers into schools to teach imaginative writing
Services for Book Clubs
Generous Books
Personalized services for book clubs
