YALSA: The Young Adult Library Services Association
Links to YALSA's various selection lists and book awards including the Michael L. Printz Award, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, Best Books for Young Adults, and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
Kay Vandergrift's comprehensive site includes an overview of YA lit, a "top 100" list, bibliographies, and more.
This e-magazine that reviews children's and YA lit is edited by Wendy Betts, librarian.
This site features a collection of YA lit lesson plans and resources by Ed Sass, professor at the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University.
This useful site has many search options and includes YA lit. Frequently updated, it is maintained by Lisa R. Bartle, reference librarian at California State University, San Bernardino.
official web site of children's book author Cynthia Leitich Smith includes author biography, photograph, publication information, and links to Children's Literature Resources
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Includes readers' theater, illustrators, author resources, and publishers.
The Children’s Book Council is the national nonprofit trade association for children’s trade book publishers. The CBC offers children’s publishers the opportunity to work together on issues of importance to the industry at large, including educational programming, literacy advocacy, and collaborations with other national organizations." /><meta name="keywords" content="Children's Books, Children books, children books online, Find publishers of children's books, children's books kids board books chapter books picture books, Authors, Bibliographies, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Book Week, Booklists, Books, Children, Illustrators, Juvenile, Kids, Library, Literature, Literacy, Publishing, Publisher, Poetry, Reading, Art, Bookmarks, Graphics, Illustration, Language Arts, Poetry Week, Posters
A collection of reviews of great books for kids, and classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
Authors4Teens.com - A site about contemporary authors whose books explore all aspects of teenage life.
The National Council of Teachers of English's Assembly on Literature for Adolescents website offers activities, links to related websites, as well as online access to the ALAN Review. ALAN's webmaster is David Gill.
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Here is a running list of some of the best websites for us to use in our curriculum development. If you have a favorite website that you love and find useful that is not on this list, please shoot me an email, and I'll put it up! clydej@davenportschools.org. Thanks! Jen
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