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Children's and Young Adults' Literature Resources

The sites listed below are only a few of the places to find material about children's literature. If you do not find what you want or need, please contact the King Library Information Services Desk.

General Resources and Full-Text Sites

• CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center
• International Children's Digital Library

Children's Literature

• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales & Stories (full-text)
• Aesop's Fables (full-text)
• Aesop's Fables Online
• Center for Children's Books - includes collection development and links to other great sites
• Children's Writing Resource Center
• Children's Resource Booklists - Seattle Public Library
• Children's Book Council, Inc.
• Literature for Children State University System of Florida
• Merrycoz.org An anthology of works for children, from 1800 to 1872

Reviews

• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - extensive list of reviews, professional topics, etc.
• Book Links - ALA; connections to quality books for children
• Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism - full-text by Linnea Hentrickson
• Children's Literature.com - great links to booklists and children's literature collections

Authors & Illustrators

• Yahoo! Directory of Children's Authors
• Women Children's Books Illustrators

Young Adult Literature

• All Schools Guide - Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books
• YALSA Booklists - Young Adult Library Services Division of the American Library Association
• Virtual YA Index - Public libraries with young adult web pages from Suffolk Cooperative Library System
• Bibliography Central! - Santa Clara County Library Teen Services; good list of recommended readings
• Reading Rants! - "Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists"
• YA Angst - Favorite teenage angst books lists
• Teen Link - New York Public Library; booklists, recommended titles for young adult reading

Sites for Teachers and Media Specialists / Llibrarians

• The ALAN Review - NCTE's site; teenagers and older children
• Random House - Book lists and teacher guides by grade level
• Young Adult Literature - Michael Pate and Jim Rhodes; a site for teachers and media specialists/librarians
• Eden-Webster Library - comprehensive sites, professional organizations, reviews, plot summaries, and lesson plans

Other

• Internet Public Library Teen Division - Books & Writing Section; wide variety of sites concerned with teen literature; bibliographies
• Banned Books On-Line - from the On-Line Books Page at the Univ. PA