Choosing+Books

=** Choosing Books **=

Booklists of Books that Children Love
A Book and A Hug

ALA 2011 Notable Children's Books

Award Winning Book Sources from Reading Rocket

A Commonsense Guide to Finding Books

ALSC: Various Award Designations and Winners Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to the Notables Criteria, "notable" is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, or outstanding. As applied to children's books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways. Books that win the Newbery and Caldecott Awards are automatically included in this list. Search for past winners of various award types.

Bank Street College: The Best of the Best

This list contains books that received stars for outstanding merit in the 1998 through 2009 editions of //The Best Children's Books of the Year// published by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College. The books on the list were all published between 1997 and 2008. We are pleased to offer this compilation as a free service and we hope that this list will be useful to you as you look for exciting and appealing suggestions for gifts for, or to read with, the young people in your life.

Brooklyn Public Library Recommendation Lists

Charlotte Award Winners Named for the main character in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, the purpose of the Charlotte Award is to encourage students to read outstanding literature and ultimately become life-long readers.

Hedgehog Books Experienced teachers have organized lists of great read aloud books for children from pre-K to 8th grade.

Great Books for Kids The American Library Association has compiled lists of books and grouped them by age. These books make excellent presents and provide the perfect excuse for reading with the children in your life. Guys Read A site designed to get boys reading. Offers a list of books recommended by the webmaster, children's author Jon Sczieska. Our mission is to motivate boys to read by connecting them with materials they will want to read, in ways they like to read. Judy Freeman JUDY FREEMAN is a well-known speaker and writer on reading aloud, storytelling, booktalking, and all aspects of children's literature.

International Reading Association Teacher Reading Choice List The Teachers' Choices logo that Chris Van Allsburg created illuminates the idea that good books reach out and tap us on the shoulder to get our attention. Each year since 1989, the International Reading Association's Teachers' Choices project has identified outstanding trade books, published for children and adolescents, that teachers find exceptional for curriculum use.

Monster Librarian This website for children 12 and younger recommend scary stories for children to read.

New York Public Library Recommendation Lists

NYPL Staff Recommendations

 * "Love to Read" - Recommended Titles for the Third Grade
 * 100 Favorite Children's Books
 * 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
 * [|2004 Award Winners]
 * Back to School
 * Celebrate Read...1999!
 * Celebrate African-American History Month
 * Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
 * Celebrate Women's History Month
 * Children's Books 2009: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
 * Children's Books 2006
 * Children's Books 2005
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 * Children's Books 2003
 * Children's Books 2002
 * Children's Poems to Share
 * Discover Read 2000
 * Go Wild! Read...1997
 * Read to Win: Team Up With Books...1996
 * Regreso a la Escuela: Back to School
 * Solve It @ the Library...1998

PBS Parents Bookfinder

Read Kiddo Read: ReadKiddoRead is a group dedicated to get kids reading.

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