CMC/EBSS WebliographyChildren's and Young Adult Literature
Current Selector: Vanessa J. Earp
Major Resources || Specialized Resources 
Major Resources
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults This has been THE children's literature web site leading to dozens of other sites and leaving very few web sites for children's literature not connected. Included are ALA "best" and award lists, parent, writer's and storyteller's resources, full text children's books, publisher's information, discussion listservs, author's pages, etc. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
A collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, and themes. http://www.carolhurst.com/
Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication
Formerly one of the ERIC Clearinghouses. A repository of the Indiana University School of Education that is dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and coursework to every interested in the language arts. http://reading.indiana.edu
History of Children’s Literature
This site includes bibliographies for the history of children’s literature and children’s illustration, anthologies of historical children’s literature, a list of children’s classics, helps for studying juvenile literature, and more. http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/HistoryofChildLit/index.html
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
The literature and language arts page is filled with links to reviewed sites for children, teachers, and parents. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html
Kidspace at the Internet Public Library
Description: Information about authors, booklists, creative writing and other resources for children, teens and teachers. http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Smaller/More Specialized Resources
American Library Association Booklinks Magazine
The online version of Booklinks Magazine, which includes teaching guides to children’s books, author interviews, and bibliographies of children’s books at all reading levels related to subjects of current interest. http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/
American Library Association—YALSA Booklists
The Young Adult Library Services Association’s recommendations for young adult reading. Students and teachers can also nominate titles in several "best book" categories. http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/
The Bookhive
This site, sponsored by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, is very kid-friendly and interactive, with pictures and reviews of children’s books divided into interest categories. http://www.bookhive.org/ Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Award winners since 1997 as well as the best of those that didn’t win are included in this site. Articles from the current issue of the Bulletin are included and there is subscription information that gives print subscribers access to the entire Bulletin online. Also included is a description of the Center for Children’s Books. http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb Caldecott Awards and Newbery Awards
These sites give the history, criteria for selection and story synopses of the Caldecott and Newbery award winners. http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html; http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
T he Children’s Book Council
Links to authors and illustrators web sites and Children’s Choices, a graded list of favorite books selected by children. http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Coretta Scott King Award
This award honors African American authors and illustrators for outstanding contributions to children’s and young adult literature that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all people to the realization of the American Dream. http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
By using the search engine in this web site, you can choose books for readers based on a variety of criteria, including age of the reader, genre, historical period, and sex of the protagonist. http://dawcl.com
DeGrummond Children’s Literature Research Collection
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection is one of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature. Its main focus is on American and British children's literature, historical and contemporary. Of special interest are online exhibits related to several authors, including H.A. and Margret Rey, Jack Ezra Keats, and Kate Greenaway. http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
Of particular interest in this site are an extensive list of thematic reading lists and a reading room that includes links to magazines and periodicals of potential interest to teachers. http://www.fairrosa.info/
Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC)
The (ISLMC) Children's Literature and Language Arts page contains a variety of information related to children’s literature and language arts. Of special interest is a section related to enrichment activities including reader’s theater and storytelling. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
Multicultural Resources in Children’s Literature
Internet resources and annotated bibliographies of books from many cultures. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub.htm
Timeless Classics
A graded (K-6, 7-8, and 9-12) list of classic children’s literature from the National Endowment for the Humanities. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/timeless.html
