Resources
The English
Companion Ning
Social network
where English teachers meet to help each other
The OWL at Purdue
Free Writing Help and Teaching Resources. Includes APA
Formatting and Style Guide.
American Library
Association
Links to many Book,
Print, & Media awards
Frequently Challenged Books
National Council of
Teachers of English
National Council of
Teachers of English Anti-Censorship Center
Offers advice,
helpful documents, and other support to teachers faced with challenges to texts
or teaching methods used in their classrooms and schools. Guidelines on how to
write a Rationale for selection of a text.
The International
Reading Association
See especially
Children’s Choices and Young Adults’ Choices Booklists, where children young
adults evaluate the books and write reviews of their favorites. Go to
Resources, then Reading Lists, then click on the Booklist.
The Public Broadcasting Service
Awards
Michael Printz Award
Award sponsored by ALA to honor excellence
in young adult literature
Young Adult Library
Services Association/YALSA (of the American Library Association)
See especially link
for Booklists and Book Awards
Alex Awards
Honors books written
for adults that have special appeal to young adults
YALSA Award for
Excellence in Non-Fiction
Honors the best
nonfiction book published for young adults
Association for
Library Service to Children/ALSC (of the American Library Association)
Home for Caldecott
and Newbery Medals and Children’s Notable Lists
Newbery Award
Award sponsored by ALA to honor most
distinguished contribution to American literature for children
The National Book
Foundation
See especially the National
Book Award for Young People's Literature
Sibert Award
Award sponsored by ALA to honor most
distinguished informational book published
Pura Belpré Award
Award sponsored by ALA to honor
Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and
celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature
for children and youth
Award sponsored by Salem State
University
Coretta Scott King Award
Award sponsored by ALA to honor
African-American authors and illustrators who create outstanding books for
children and young adults
Orbis Pictus Award
Award sponsored by
NCTE promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for
children
Tomás Rivera Mexican
American Children’s Book Award
Award to honor
authors and illustrators who create literature that depicts Mexican American
experience
Américas Book Award
for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Award to honor U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or
non-fiction published in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly
portray Latin America, the Caribbean , or
Latinos
Sydney Taylor Award
Award to honor books
for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience
Stonewall Book Award
Award for
exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience
Cybil Awards
Children’s and young
adult bloggers’ literary awards
Schneider Family Book Award
Honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an
artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent
audiences
Literacy Journals
The ALAN Review
English Journal
Official publication
of the Secondary Section of NCTE
Language Arts
Official journal of
the Elementary Section of NCTE
Voices from the Middle
Official journal of
the Middle/Junior High Section of NCTE
The Reading Teacher
Official publication
of the International Reading Association published for teachers of students up
to age 12
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Official publication
of the International Reading Association published for teachers of older
learners
VOYA: Voice of Young Advocates
The Library Magazine
Serving Those Who Serve Young Adults
School Library Journal
The world’s largest
reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens
Hornbook
Publications about
books for children and young adults
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's
Books
One of leading
children's book review journals for school and public librarians
See especially Blue
Ribbon Lists
Scholastic
Teaching resources,
student activities, and information on books and authors
The Lion and the Unicorn
Theme- and
genre-centered journal of international scope committed to a serious, ongoing
discussion of literature for children
The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on
Children's Books
An electronic
journal about children's literature
Publisher’s Weekly
News and reviews
from the publishing world
Great YA Lit
Blogs
Reading Rants! Out
of the Ordinary Teen Booklists
A blog by Manhattan middle school
librarian Jennifer Hubert Swan with fantastic reviews of YA books organized by
theme and genre
I Read Banned Books
Young Adult Book Reviews focusing on
Intellectual Freedom
Kidlitosphere
A "meta-blog"
site with links to any children's lit or YA lit blog you could ever hope to
find
I’m Here, I’m Queer, Now What do I Read?
Booklists for guys of all ages
Green Bean Teen
Queen
Children's, Tween
and Teen Librarian's reviews (middle grades focus)
Reading in Color
Book blog that reviews YA/MG books about
people of color
Blog, reviews, contests, book lists for YA’s
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