Great links to resources for children's literature from the American Library Association.

Provides book reviews, thematic teaching units, etc.

Housed at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a lively place of knowledge and research about children's books.

Academic website providing teachers and librarians with an annotated bibliography for designing literature-based thematic units in all disciplines. Database contains over 5000 picture books for children preschool through grade 3.

Includes "Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts," booklists from 1997 through the current year.

is a gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is a noncirculating research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature.

The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997.

The Center conducts and disseminates basic research on reading, reading growth, reading assessment, and reading instruction that will contribute to the scientific knowledge of reading and benefit students in Florida and throughout the nation. Includes lesson plans incorporating children's literature.

The Internet School Library Media Center's index to authors and illustrators internet sites. Also includes nursery rhymes websites, and internet sites listing recommended reading for children and young adults.

When you enter a lexile range on this page, it will return a long list of books that will fit that range. You can select titles by genre and interest.

Resource for literacy lessons and activities.

Compiled by the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

An annual list of the best in children’s and YA lliterature, chosen by the Bulletin staff.

Guide to theme-related listings of booklist sites.

Current & previous year's annual lists of social studies titles recommended by the NCSS back to 2000.

Annual list of titles recommended by the NSTA (the National Science Teachers Association) and the CBC (the Children's Book Council). 1996 to date.

Compilation of Best Books lists for the previous year for teens and younger children. Scroll down for "CHILDREN and YOUNG ADULT LISTS."

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
Mission: to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books.

A class-created online exhibit archived on the open access COVE digital humanities platform.
"COVE is Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education, a scholar-driven open-access platform that publishes both peer-reviewed material and "flipped classroom" student projects built with our online tools."