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Carol Hurst's Books : Look for books by grade level, author, title and Featured Books. Children's Books
Award winning books from around the world. Children's Book Awards
Expand your horizons and read around the world! Great Global Reads for Kids
Hundreds of recommended book reviews by the staff of the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC.) Bookhive
Education World Summer Reading
American Library Association - Links to award-winning and notable books for all ages. http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html
New York Public Library - Reading and Books page http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/reading/index.cfm
YALSA Best of the Best - 100 best books for teens http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/2004bestbooks.htm
ALA list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb/index.html
Indiana Dept. of Education Reading Lists - these documents are in PDF format. If you have difficulty downloading and printing, please e- mail me your request with the grade level you are interested in and I will see that you get a copy. (gehring@stjoe.mvillage.com) http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/standards/readinglist.html
NSTA - Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students http://www.nsta.org/ostbs04
Children's Literature Choice List - 2003 http://www.childrenslit.com/clc04.html
BOOKWINK - video booktalks on books for kids grades 3 - 8 http://www.bookwink.com/
Young Adult (& Kids) Books Central - For readers of all ages! http://www.yabookscentral.com/cfusion/index.cfm
Al's Book Club for Kids: Al Roker highlights book picks for kids http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/18179145/
Check back on this one often - Kids review kids books! DogEared Book Blog
Find something new. Book-a-Day Almanac
James Patterson' reading site for kids: ReadKiddoRead
Book Reviews for You Just One More Book
Indiana Children's Authors & Illustrators
Books to keep you reading through the night! Flashlight Worthy Books
Booksite from the UK Children's Books
Internet Public Library - KidSpace All kinds of reading activities! Reading Zone
Don't forget to check the Book Lists page on the SJCPL Children's room site: http://www.sjcpl.lib.in.us/homepage/ChildSrv/biblist.html - you will have to copy and paste this URL.