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Youth Literature Resources

For other aspects of collections and Readers' Advisory, see other specialized sections on Collection Development Resources, Readers' Advisory Resources, Literature and Fiction Resources

Topics include

General Resources | Children's |  Cybersites for Children | Hi-Lo Books |  Series | Young Adults

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General Resources

• Bibliotherapy: helping children with books

• Resources: A Selected Reading List on Canadian Children's Literature and Illustrated Books This web site provides information about the research project and the research team, and provides links to resources on selected aspects of Canadian children’s books, and to resources on illustration and publishing, as well as a list of pertinent web sites.

• 50 multicultural books every child should read (National Education Association)

• 100 picture books everyone should know On-Lion For Kids. New York Public Library booklists

• The Art of Illustration: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Children's Book Illustrators (Library and Archives Canada - Electronic Exhibits

• Authors and Illustrators on the Web websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers. 

• Banned Books Online

• Best of the Best of Kids Audio 2003   AudioFile editors compile the year's 80 best audiobooks for children and teens, recognized on notable lists by librarians and teachers from the children's and young adult divisions of the American Library Association and Capitol Choices.

• Book Lists (Children's Literature Web Guide) Lots of lists, Recommended Books

• Canadian Best Bets 1998 The OLA Canadian Materials Committee consists of librarians from across Ontario. The titles included in this annual list of recommended new Canadian titles are selected based on their distinctiveness, their quality and their appeal to children. Books are listed for each of three categories: Picture Books, Fiction, and Non-Fiction. 

• Canadian Children's Literature Service (Library and Archives of Canada)

• Canadian Children's Bestsellers

• Publisher's Weekly Children's Books.

• Children's Literature Web Guide (U Calgary) The best of the best.

• Children's Writers and Illustrators Resource List
• Database of Award Winning Children's Literature A database designed to locate award-winning juvenile books that fit your criteria. Many features can be specified including age, genre, award, race or gender of the main characters, historical period, and more.

• deGrummond Children's Literature Collection (U Southern Mississippi)

• Fairy Tales: Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page Community learning Channel (Open Learning) 

• Great Websites for Kids Association for Library Service to Children  (ALA) Look under "Literature and Language"

• Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Internet Page

• Once upon a time - a children's literature website: Mary Ellen Van Camp (Ball State University)

• One Hundred Best Canadian Books for Children (Toronto Public Library) Picture books, novels, non-fiction and poetry

• Read Up On It! Kit (Library and Archives of Canada)

• Resources: A Selected Reading List on Canadian Children's Literature and Illustrated Books This web site provides information about the research project and the research team, and provides links to resources on selected aspects of Canadian children’s books, and to resources on illustration and publishing, as well as a list of pertinent web sites.

Hi-Lo Books

• Graphic Novels (School Library Journal) Recommended for reluctant readers

• Hi-Lo Books for Teens (Haverhill PL, Ma)

• Hi-low Books (Resource Room) Lists of books which librarians & publishers have gathered 'for reluctant readers,' and sites with books specifically written with "hi-low" readers in mind

• Hooking Struggling Readers: Using Books They Can and Want to Read (Reading Rockets)

• Top 10 Hi/Lo Booklists for Reluctant Readers (About.com)

Series see also Literature and Fiction Resources

• The 'Juvenile Series and Sequels' database (Midcontinent Public Library, Montana) Currently contains over 15,000 books in series titles that are classified into three audiences: Young Adult -- for high school-aged readers; Juvenile -- appropriate for grade school through junior high-aged readers; Juvenile Easy -- for young readers just beginning to read
• What's Next: a searchable database of novels in series, developed by Kent District Library, MI

Young Adults

• Booktalks - Quick and Simple  - " The purpose of a book talk is to "sell" the book. You want to give enough of the plot to interest the listeners but you are not giving a summary of the book" - Quick and Simple was designed to be used by librarians and teachers and features tips on using the site resources to do your own "book talking." 

• Genres: looking for Horror, Sci-fi, Mystery, Romance titles? Check out these lists of sites selected by SOLS

• How Novel! Canadian Young Adult Literature (from Saskatoon Public Library, with Industry Canada)

• Teen Reading (Young Adult Library Services Association, ALA)

• Teen Space (Internet Public Library) 

• Vandergrift's YA Literature Page

• Virtual YA: Public Libraries with Young Adult Web Pages

• Young Adult Librarian's Help/Homepage

• Young Adult Library Services Association. Booklists and Book Awards

• Youth Recommended Reading Lists St Charles Public Library