Award Winners | Suggestions | Read-Alikes | Trivia

Award Winners

The Best Picture Book of the year wins the Caldecott Medal.  See the list here:
Caldecott Medal Winners

 

The best children's book of the year wins the Newberry Medal. See the list here:> Newberry Medal Winners

Children's Notable Lists
Best books, recordings, videos and software of the year
Children's Notable List

 

The Garden State Children's Book Award
Chosen by NJLA
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/

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Suggestions for Books to Read

          Bookhive
A site designed for children from birth to age 12,          
with recommendations for all
http://www.bookhive.org/
                                                                                  
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Reviews and suggestions
http://www.carolhurst.com/

Children's Literature -- Best Book Lists
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html

Children's Picture Book Database
This database offers abstracts of over 4000 children's picture books (preschool to grade three)
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/

Recommended Literature  
A searchable collection of outstanding literature for children from kindergarten through grade twelve

Kids Reads
An interactive site with recommendations, trivia and contests
http://www.kidsreads.com/

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Read-Alikes

ATN Book Lists (many many "If you like" categories)
http://nancykeane.com/rl/#Readalikes

If you liked Harry Potter
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/potterbib.html

If you liked Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate events
http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklist/Author/65

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Trivia, Quizzes and More

The Scoop
Insight and information from your favorite authors and illustrators
http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/main.html

Famous First Lines
Can you guess which books started with these famous lines?
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dea22/quizjfic.htm

Pronouncing Dictionary of Author’s Names
Learn how to pronounce everyone from Roald Dahl to Maia Wojciechowska.
http://mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us/library/libpg/Dictionary/dict.html

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