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Reading Promotion/Book Clubs/Review Groups
Amazon, Books for Teens -- Leads to lots of lists
Book Hive This is from the Charlotte North Carolina Public Library - K-5
Book Raps Oz Teachernet from Australia. All nations are welcome. Tool for staff.
Brary Dog - Story Place from the Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Public Library, K-6. For kids, parents and teachers. You can access in Spanish or English
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Daily Lit: Read a book by email
Flamingnet Reviews by teens
Kids' Reads for elementary and middle school
King County Library Teen Zone from the Seattle area. For kids, parents and teachers.
Linda's Links to Lit K-12 -- now is a subscription $25.00 for an individual for one year. There are still some links that do not require a subscription.
Middle School Book Review This is a ThinkQuest site
Literature Circles
Literature Circles from Seattle University
Multnomah County Library: Talk it Up Includes Universal discussion questions
NEA 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Read
Peggy Sharp. Look at her Idea of the Month and check the archives
Reader's Robot
Reading Rants
Scholastic Authors and Books
See YA Around
Spaghetti Book Club book reviews by and for kids
Teenage Angst Books (this hasn't been updated in awhile)
Teen Reading from ALA
Teen Lit Book Reviews This has not been updated in a long time
Vandergrifts Children's Literature PagePublishers
Hachette Book Company, Teens
Harper Collins Reading Guides YA- Adult
Harper Teacher Children's Guides K-5
Hyperion
Orca Books Teacher's Guides
Random House Kids/Librarians
Random House Reading Group Guides Middle and High School
Simon Says, from Simon SchusterGraphic Novels
Comic Books for Young Adults by Michael Lavin
Graphic Novels in the Classroom from BroDart
Librarians Guide to Anime and Manga by Gilles Poitras
No Flying No Tights by Robin Brenner
Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries by Steve RaiteriBattle of the Books Web Sites
The Alaska Association of School Librarians
The Wisconsisn Educational Media Association
Suffolk County Library
Battle of the Books HomeBooks for Boys
“Cool Books for Tough Guys: 50 Books Out of the Mainstream of Adolescent Literature That Will Appeal to Males Who Do Not Enjoy Reading” The Alan Review. Fall 1994.
Custom Books for Boys Print and construct your own book with your name in it. From DLTK
Guy’s Read by Jon Scieszka: A Literary Initiative for Boys
Keene, Nancy. YA Books for Boys and Humorous YA Books for Boys
Moloney, James. Ideas for Getting Boys to Read. Taken from his book Boys and Books.
Odean, Kathleen. “How to Encourage Your Son to Read.”
Real Boys Read Books: Books for Boys in Year 9 and 10 (Australian site)
Schwartz, Wendy. “Helping Underachieving Boys Read Well & Often.” ERIC Identifier: ED467687
Seventeen Highly Recommended Books for Boys Booklist from Random House
Sullivan, Michael. Books for Boys
Top Books for Boys from the UK
25 Terrific Books for Boys. Organized into age groups: picture books and easy readers, intermediate and middle grades, and teen reads.Booktalk Web Help
Booktalking Discussion Group this is hosted by Joni Bodart
Bookwink .
Jan Brett
Booktalks Quick and Simple Collection from Nancy Keene.
Flamingnet Reviews by teens
Just One More Book Podcasts, mostly elementary age books.
KidBibs
Frederick Muller Intended for teachers not students
Nancy Pearls booktalks/reviews in podcast format. Variety of ages
Teen Ink Book Reviews written by teens. Not in any order.
Valenza, Joyce. Voya. Booktalking 2.0Author Visits
Invite an Author to Your School
Kids Book Link: Speakers
Make it Happen: Awesome Author and Illustrator Visits by Leslie Bulion
The Perfect Author Visit by Dan Gutman
Questions you may have about Planning an Author Visit by Verla Kay
Authors in Schools list of authors and tips for a successful visit
Tips on Author Visits from the state library of North CarolinaInspiring Reading Web Resources
Literature Circles Build Excitement for Books by Mary Brown
Internet Author Study. A collaborative Lesson Between Librarian and TeacherMary Costales uses the Jan Brett site in this activity
25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers
Storybook Character Costume Bookings
Read to Succeed from Lawrence High School Library, KansasAdditional Resources
Book Props -- fabric pieces that enhance story telling
Book Spot, Young Adult Books
Children's Storybooks Online --
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature --
IPL Story Hour
Ivy Joy
Online Books from the University of Pennslyvania
Online Children's Stories -- Links to online stories and poems
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers .. ALA
Reader's Theatre from Aaron Shepard
Reading Tools -- Graphic organizers and more from Longview Public Schools
Starfall Pre-K to about grade 3
Storyline Online/Book Pals from the Screen Actor's Guild
Storynory free audio stories for kids
Young Adult Literature -- from ISLMC
Antique Children's Book Online for Free from EdiTech Communications
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