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Caldecott
Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
The
Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator
Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library
Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the
artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children
Newbery
Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
The
Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery.
It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a
division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most
distinguished contribution to American literature for children
Books
in Print.com
www.booksinprint.com
Bowker's
Books in Print is "the first place to fins books, audios, and
videos." The Quick Search feature and the Browse by General Subject
and the Browse by Index areas are just the beginning of what this site has to
offer. Forthcoming Books, Publishers Homepages, and a Children's Room all
make this site a must for avid readers.
BookSpot
www.bookspot.com
BookSpot
is one of the best resources on the web for readers. Not only are the
regular What to Read features and the New and Noteworthy books worth checking
out, but the site also is a well organized resource on anything and everything
related to reading and books.
Bookwire
www.bookwire.com
"BookWire™
provides articles on the latest industry news, access to literary journals and
reviews, and an expansive directory of book sites around the world. Users can
also search updated bestseller lists, find listings of literary events, and read
author interviews"
Bookbrowse
http://www.bookbrowse.com/
Wouldn't it be great if there was a place where you could read the opinions of
multiple reviewers and browse the book itself? Well, as you might
have guessed there is - and you've already found it - BookBrowse.com
Booknotes
on C-SPAN
www.booknotes.org
Fans of
cable's C-SPAN Booknotes series will find this site a good companion to their
television viewing.
Library
Of Congress Catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov
Search
the nation's library by author, title, subject or keyword to find out more
information about new, out of print or rare books
NoveList
http://novelist4.epnet.com/novelist/default.asp
NoveList
is an electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers of all
ages in finding new authors and titles. Users can search in a variety of
ways, including by themes, character type, plot, award winners, or genre
Oprah
Book Club
http://www.oprah.com/books/books_landing.jhtml
Curl up
with a good book! Browse through all of the Oprah's Book Club selections, and
print a list to take to the library with you!
Internet
Public Library Online Texts Collection
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/
The IPL
Online Texts Collection contains over 17,000 titles that can be browsed by
author, by title, or by Dewey Decimal Classification
Online
Medieval and Classical Library
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/
"The
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of the
most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization."
Project
Gutenberg
http://sailor.gutenberg.org/
"The
Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials
available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers,
programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search"
Shakespeare
Bookshelf
http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html
Can't
find a copy of MacBeth? The Internet Public Library has the full text
works of William Shakespeare at your fingertips.
Literary
Criticism from Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
"The
IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 4637 critical and biographical
websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title,
or by nationality and literary period."
