Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm
The ALSC is a 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 committed to
improving and ensuring the future of the nation through exemplary library service to children, their
families, and others who work with children.
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/
This website includes 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, themes and professional topics.
Center on English Learning & Achievement (CELA)
http://cela.albany.edu/
Provides research-based information on what elements of curriculum, instruction, and assessment are essential to developing high literacy and how schools can best help students achieve success.
Children’s Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org
The Children’s Book Council is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books.
Children’s Literature
http://www.uen.org/themepark/imagination/childlit.shtml
Learn more about children's literature.
Children's Literature & Fantasy Research Resources
http://ace.acadiau.ca/~aschwenk/ChLitResources.htm
A list of books, journals, and websites.
Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
This website categorizes the growing number of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Much of the information found on this website is provided by schools, libraries, teachers, parents, and book professionals (such as authors, editors, and booksellers). It includes quick references to lists of award-winning and bestseller children’s books, teaching resources, links to parent resources, and journal and book reviews.
DMOZ - Children’s Literature
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Children's/
Links to children’s literature websites.
Engaging Students in the Disciplines of English: What are Successful Schools Doing?
http://cela.albany.edu/publication/article/engaging.htm
This article addresses ways to keep students interested in literature, composition, and language study.
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) Data base
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
A data base of journal and non-journal education literature. ERIC provides a public Web site for searching nearly 1.2 million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, accessing more than 110,000 full-text materials at no charge.
Newbery Medal Homepage
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
Information about the Newbery Award and its winners.
Publications and Multimedia for Teachers
http://www.nea.org/publications/
From the National Education Association, links to various recommended and well-known teacher publications.
Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/
Contains a database of recommended books in Spanish for children and adolescents published
world-wide.
