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This category features sites which provide reviews of children's literary works.

Subcategories

• Children's Literature Awards and Bestsellers

Resources in This Category

• Agate Books

  http://www.agatebooks.com/index.html
  Summaries of classics from preschool to young adult, with RSS feed and links toward purchase.

• Bookhunger

  http://www.bookhunger.blogspot.com/
  Written by a home-schooling mother of two, the site reviews family-oriented books.

• Booktrust

  http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/
  Recommended books for ages 0 to 16, plus interviews with authors, features, articles, and free resources for teachers.

• Building Rainbows

  http://www.buildingrainbows.com/
  Comments and rankings by young adults on young adult books.

• Canadian Children's Literature

  http://ccl-lcj.ca/index.php/ccl-lcj
  Bilingual scholarly journal of Canadian books and other media with recent reviews and archives for children and young adults.

• Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children

  http://www.capitolchoices.org/
  Recommendations by librarians, teachers, booksellers, children's literature specialists, and magazine editors in the Washington, D.C. area.

• Carol Hurst's Book Reviews

  http://www.booksintheclassroom.com/allreviewed.php
  Lists books by title, author, and grade level, and features teaching and learning activities.

• Children's Bookwatch

  http://www.midwestbookreview.com/cbw/index.htm
  Features recent and past articles published in Midwest Book Review's monthly publication for community and academic libraries.

• Children's Literature

  http://www.childrenslit.com/
  Offers reviews and critiques of a broad selection of children's books. Presents an annual list of 150 outstanding books, and a selection of author profiles, themed reviews and teaching aids. Links to various literary resources, other book lists and awards, and to the CLCD database. Portions of the site are fee-based.

• Curled Up with a Good Kid's Book

  http://www.curledupkids.com/
  A small database of book descriptions arranged by age and genre.

• DaddyRead

  http://www.daddyread.com/
  A short collection of preschool-to-early chapter books, linked for purchase, as well as advice for parents on reading aloud to children.

• Doug's Reading Corner: Literature Reviews

  http://dougsreadingcorner.tripod.com/
  Features information targeting parents and educators on current children's books, including Newbery and Caldecott winners. Also provides links to learn about grammar, learning braille, and reading analysis.

• Education Oasis Book Reviews

  http://www.educationoasis.com/ch_book_reviews/childrens_book_reviews.htm
  Browse by title or author to find children's book information based on genre, reading level, author, and illustrator.

• KidsBookshelf

  http://www.kidsbookshelf.com/
  Provides numerous book descriptions, contests, tips for parents and teachers, author links, book purchase options, and invites and posts kids writing.

• Kidsreads

  http://www.kidsreads.com/
  For kids and parents, features a vast book database, contests, articles, author news and links, and many lists, including of newly published books.

• Little Light, Little Seal

  http://littlelightlittleseal.blogspot.com/
  Blog reviewing children's books primarily, and occasionally music, toys, t.v. shows, educational products and related issues.

• Look to the Books

  http://sites.google.com/site/looktothebooks/
  Links to book review sites dedicated to kids, parents and educators.

• Mrs. Mad's Book-a-Rama

  http://www.mrsmad.com/
  Summaries of books, including style dissection and plot breakdown, and options to purchase.

• Notes From the Windowsill

  http://www.armory.com/~web/notes.html
  Summaries and descriptions of classics, with links to buy.

• Novel Teen Book Reviews

  http://www.jillwilliamson.com/novel-teen/
  Site with religious slant features a poll, and a small number of reviews.

• Richie's Picks: Great Books for Children and Young Adults

  http://richiespicks.pbworks.com/
  Summaries and personal observations of books by former bookseller and teacher. Includes archives.

• Science in Kids' Books

  http://mariannedyson.com/spacebooks.htm
  Children's space and science fiction books summarized and rated based on scientific authenticity by former NASA Flight Controller Marianne Dyson.

• Second Star To the Right: Bookworms

  http://www.secondstartotheright.com/
  Books summaries written up until 2001, author links, and book jacket pictures.

• Spaghetti Book Club

  http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/
  Offers database of book descriptions written and illustrated by children. Schools participate by purchasing membership.

• Story Time Reviews

  http://www.bravemonster.com/current_kidreview.htm
  Children recommend books and write summaries to be included in database on site of children's book author Ken Baker. Updated monthly.

• Teen Ink Book Reviews

  http://www.teenink.com/Books/
  More than 700 teen-written book reviews collected by Teen Ink magazine.

• The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

  http://bccb.lis.illinois.edu/
  Online companion to print journal which provides children's book information for librarians.

• The Inter-Galactic Playground

  http://farah-sf.blogspot.com/
  Reports, reviews and discussions about children's literature, in particular science fiction for children, by literature critic Farah Mendlesohn.

• The Kiddosphere

  http://kiddosphere.blogspot.com/
  A youth services weblog that offers book, CD, and DVD reviews, as well as other reader resources. A project of the Fauquier County Public Library.

• Tracy's Book Nook: Children's Books

  http://www.tracysbooknook.com/childrens_books/childrens_books.html
  Short reviews of books deemed relevant to Christians by the reviewer.

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