Youth Services

Kids Choice Award

Summer Library Program



Websites for Reader's Advisory

Book Adventure – http://www.bookadventure.com/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp

Navigation: Enter grade level information and select a list   |    Annotations: Some   |   Age / Grade Level: Y

Notes / Features: A variety of lists can be customized by grade level and fiction or non-fiction. Click on the globes for annotations.

Bookhive: Your Guide to Children’s Literature and Books – http://www.bookhive.org

Navigation: Select “Find a Book,” Zinger recommends, or scroll to “Zinger’s Booklists” at the bottom of either page   |    Annotations: Yes   |   Age / Grade Level: Y (Can limit by ages/grade level)

Notes / Features: Comments from readers and parents; “If you liked” lists.

Bookwink – http://www.bookwink.com

Navigation: Select from choices   |    Annotations: Some    |   Age / Grade Level: Y

Notes / Features: Aimed at grades 3 to 8, lists can be expanded by clicking on the author’s name or “related subjects.” An ALA great website for children.

The Center for Children’s Books – http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/bibliographies.html

Navigation: Choose desired list   |    Annotations: Yes    |   Age / Grade Level: Y

Notes / Features: Up-to-date lists, many with newer books only. Most have grade levels given in annotations. Can choose lists by date created.

Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature – http://www.dawcl.com

Navigation: Enter dawcl…search dawcl   |    Annotations: Yes    |   Age / Grade Level: Y

Notes / Features: A site that lets you customize reading lists to age level of reader, genre, etc. Covers over 40 awards from English speaking countries.

Early Literacy: Predictable Books – http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/predictable_books.htm

Navigation: Scroll to lists   |    Annotations: No    |   Age / Grade Level: N

Notes / Features: Explanations and lists of pattern stories.

Highland Park Public Library – http:www.hplibrary.org/kids/booklists/super2.html

Navigation: Click on desired list or on Kid’s Home, bibliographies, then special subjects.   |   
Annotations: No    |   Age / Grade Level: S

Notes / Features: Some useful lists: “Character Matters;” bullies; graded and age level lists.

Mid-continent Public Library – http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers

Navigation: Choose from juvenile selections in box.   |    Annotations: Yes    |   Age / Grade Level: S

Notes / Features: “Juvenile Series and Sequels” is a terrific feature; includes books which have future publication dates.

Morton Grove Public Library – http://www.webrary.org/kids/kidsmenu.html

Navigation: Click on “Booklists”   |    Annotations: Yes    |   Age / Grade Level: S

Notes / Features: Interesting lists: Intolerance and the Holocaust; Buried Treasures.

Multnomah County Library – http://www.multcolib.org/kids

Navigation: All Books…Booklists   |    Annotations: Some    |   Age / Grade Level: S

Notes / Features: Some contain pathfinders; Can limit some by age/grade level. Useful lists: Reading Up; Books for Book Discussion; Understanding Sex.

Science Fiction and Fantasy for Children – http://sfbib.lib.uoguelph.ca

Navigation: Advanced Search…scroll to “type” and “age” or “grade level”   |   
Annotations: Yes    |   Age / Grade Level: Y

Notes / Features: Can create a customized list by age, grade level, type, etc. Click on titles for annotations. Be judicious using “rating” and “recommendations” tools.