Teacher Book Wizard - This tool by Scholastic allows you to search for books by grade level, reading level, genre and other criteria.
Recommended Books and Links - This is a PBS site. There are monthly reviews. Make sure to check out the archives for many more titles.
Best Books - for students and classrooms. Also lists of best books for teacher professional development and for parents. These lists are from Education World. You may also submit reviews of books.
Thrifty Reference Sources - If the price of reference books is straining your budget, you will find help in this article by Mary Ellen Quinn in Booklist Online, Jan. 14, 2009.
Cooperative Children's Book Center - This site has bibliographies of children's books created by librarians and book reviews. By the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Children's Book Awards - by the Association for Library Service to Children. This site has winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards.
SOL: Spanish in Our Libraries - An online newsletter for librarians who work with Spanish speaking patrons. There are useful tips for collection development. Also check out the related site PLUS which has Spanish language signs, bookmarks, and other library related materials.
Comic Books - Internet resources. This site is by the University of Buffalo.
Monster Librarian - Reviews of horror novels for children, teens and adults. Note there is also a page for collection development resources.
The Brood of Frankenstein - An article by Amy Luedtke, Sarajo Wentling, and Jody Wurl about selecting horror novels for Young Adults. From School Library Journal, July, 2006.
Titlewave - From Follett Library
Resources. Search for books, AV, or CD-ROM's by many criteria. Reviews are included for many of the
titles. This is an excellent collection development tool.
California Learning Resources Network
- Searchable guide to videos, software, CD-ROM's and videodiscs. You can search by keyword,
subject, grade level, language, technology and platform. Results include a description of the item,
a rating, address of publisher, and suggestions for use in the classroom. This is a very, very
useful site for locating instructional media.
Kids First! - Searchable listing of
videos and CD-ROMs reviewed by both adults and children. By the Coalition for Quality Children's
Media.
A Look at Subscription Web Sites - An article from Multimedia and Internet@ School by Charles G. Doe, Jan, 2005. An evaluation of subscription sites for teachers and students.
Girls Tech - This is a framework developed by Rutgers
University to assist in the selection of web sites which will interest girls and encourage them to become more
involved and proficient in the use of technology. Sample sites are given.
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