READING/LITERATURE PATHFINDERS

ATN – Book Lists: http://nancykeane.com/rl

Extensive, comprehensive reading lists by theme, gebnre, school subject, and more. Great resource!

Books In A Series: http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/serieslist.html

Can’t remember which Cam Jansen book came first? Check here, for series authors from Adler to Zindel.

Carol Hurst Children’s Literature Site: www.carolhurst.com

Newsletter, bibliographies, book reviews, lesson plans. Search by subject area or theme.

Children’s Picture Book Database : www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks

A searchable bibliography of more than 5000 picture books, with annotations for each.

Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature : www.dawcl.com/introduction.html

If you’re ONLY looking for books that have won awards, this is the place.

Kay Vandergrift’s Children’s Literature Page: http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/ChildrenLit/index.html

Emphasis on feminist literature, fairy tales and multicultural bibliographies. Links to scholarly articles.

Meet Authors and Illustrators: http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm

Alist of author and illustrator sites.

MIKids: www.mikids.com/Library.htm

Great school library site for all things literature (elementary and MS level). Links to author sites, lesson plans, bibliographies and other links to literature.

Nancy Polette’s Children’s Literature Site: www.nancypolette.com/home.asp

Check out “Best Books” and “Literature guides” – activities and extentions for picture and chapter books.

SciFan: www.scifan.com/series

Lists of series, prequels and sequels for science fiction and fantasy book series. Search by author, title, or series