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Children's Services Round Table (CSRT)
Collection Development
AbeBooks.com
http://www.abebooks.com
Use abebooks.com to access the bookshelves of thousands of used, secondhand, rare and out-of-print booksellers around the world. Shop online, search by author-title-keyword, or browse. There is a children's area that is separated by Children's & Illustrated, Juvenile/Juvenile Series, Teen/YA, English Fairy Tales And Folklore, and more.
Alibris: Books you thought you'd never find
http://www.alibris.com
Alibris offers millions of out-of-print books, used, foreign language and collectible books from a worldwide network of booksellers and their own shelves. Shop online or browse. There is a section on children's books!
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com
The place to find and discover anything you want to buy online; offers excellent reviews.
Annick Press
http://www.annickpress.com
One of Canada's most successful children's book publishing companies. Their motto: "excellence and innovation in children's literature".
Barnes and Noble
http://www.bn.com
Purchase books online. Read reviews. Also has links to book awards.
BOOK Magazine
http://www.bookmagazine.com
Web site of book reviews, author interviews, publishing trends and more. Look for the Young Readers links.
Booklist
http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html
The digital counterpart of the American Library Association's Booklist magazine, with book reviews and links to ALSC awards and notables and YALSA booklists. Also links to reviews in back issues.
BookNook.com
http://www.booknook.com
This site has feautures, and lists both paper and audio versions of titles. Search on a title, author, keyword or ISBN. Order online, or just read about the books!
Bookwire
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire
Bookwire is an online guide to book resources, offering reviews, author interviews and more. Don't confuse bookwire's search interface with Google's!
The Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/index.html
The Children's Book Council (CBC) offers hot of the press reviews monthly, provides information on authors and illustrators, as well as publishing FAQs.
Children's Book Press
http://www.cbookpress.org
a nonprofit publisher of multicultural and bilingual children's picture books.
Dorling Kindersley
http://www.dk.com
An international publishing company specializing in the creation of illustrated information books, interactive software, and online resources for children and adults.
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com
Global children's publishing and media company, and the largest publisher and
distributor of children's books in the world, including the phenomenally successful Harry
Potter, The Babysitters Club, Dear America, The Royal Diaries, Captain Underpants, Animorphs, Magic School Bus series, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. This site is great for kids too!
UK Children's Book Publishers
http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk/pubs.html
A comprehensive listing of children's book publishers in the UK.
HarperCollins Childrens Books
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch
HarperCollins Children's Books is one of the leading publishers of children's books. It is home to many of the classics of children's literature including Goodnight Moon , Where the Wild Things Are, The Giving Tree, Charlotte's Web, Ramona , Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, I Can Read beginning reader series and more. This is also a great site for kids!
Related Bibliography
Booklist. (periodical). Chicago: ALA.
Childrens Magazine Guide: Subject Index to Children's Magazines. (9/year). NJ: R.R. Bowker.
Choosing the Best in Children's Video: A Guide for
Parents and Everyone Who Cares about Kids. (1990). Chicago: ALA. [Video].
Gillespie, J.T., and Naden, C. J. Best Books for Children: Preschool Through Grade 6 (5th ed.). New York: R.R. Bowker, [periodic new editions].
Katz, B., and Katz, L.S. (Eds.) Magazines for Young People: A Children's Magazine Guide Companion Volume. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker.
Kruse, G.M., and Horning, K.T. (Eds.) Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: a selected listing of books about people of color. Chicago: Diane Publications.
Your reading: a booklist for junior high and middle school (1993). New York: National Council of Teachers of English.
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