Reading Suggestions
Do you love the reading suggestion lists that you can pick up in our room? Now you can view and print the same lists online! Click here to see a table of contents , and click on the link to view and print the list you are interested in.
Book Suggestion Lists from MyBook Cafe:
If you have attended one of our MyBook Cafe book discussion groups for 4th and 5th graders, or if you just like the books we chose, this is the place for you. Here you will find a list of the books we read in the past, and suggestions for read-alikes -- so you can decide what to read next. This feature is currently under construction, so check back for future updates! Click here to see recent MyBook Cafe books and their read-alikes!
Tumblebooks:
Ebooks, games and puzzles for kids.
International Children's Digital Library:
The International Children's Digital Library collection includes over 4,000 books in 54 different languages. You can search for books by country or language. Kids can also search for books with animal characters, imaginary creature characters, by age, length, or even search for books with a red cover! Lots of fun!
The ALSC media awards below are announced every January at a Monday morning press conference that takes place during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.
(John) Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
(Randolph) Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
(May Hill) Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
The Arbuthnot award honors an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature, of any country, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.
(Mildred L.) Batchelder Award
The Batchelder Award is given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
(Pura) Belpré Medal
The Belpré Medal honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
(Andrew) Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal honors the producer of the most outstanding video production for children released during the preceding year.
(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Medal
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.
(ALSC/Booklist/YALSA) Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
The Odyssey Award will be awarded annually to the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
(Robert F.) Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Sibert Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year.
(Laura Ingalls) Wilder Award
The Wilder Medal honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
Related Links
Schneider Family Book Award
ALSC Childrens Notable Media Lists
Printz Award (YALSA) Home Page
