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100 Favorite Children's Books

Ten categories of favorite books including animals, biographies,
mysteries, fantasy, humor, and more.


100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know

The most popular picture books of all time for every child prepared 
by the New York Public Library.


101 Out-Of-This-World Books for 
Kids Ages 8-13
A list of adventure, humor, historical fiction and more 
from the Arrowhead (Wisconsin) Public Library.


ATN Book Lists

A searchable database of over 100 thematic 
and graded booklists.

Baltimore County Public Library 
Booklists for Children

Award lists and grade level lists.

Bank Street School of Education - 
Bibliographies

Selected lists prepared by Bank Street 
including award winners.


Beginning Readers

Lists based on elements of beginning reading, i.e., 
repetition, picture clues, sight vocabulary, etc.


Berkeley Public Library – 
Good Books for Children

Grade level lists and specialized lists.

Book Bytes

Many annotated lists for children and teens. 
Updated frequently.


Book Browser by ReadWriteSite

Books for children, by age and reading level.


Book Browser: A Guide 
for Avid Readers

Lists for older teens and adults.


Book Hive

Booklists for children categorized into several genres 
such as adventure, humor, mystery.


Booklists for Children and Adults
Annotated lists organized by theme from the 
Arrowhead Public Library System in Wisconsin. 
Includes lists such as
  African American Voices in Children’s Books,
African American Voices in Popular Fiction, 
101 Out of This World Books for Kids Ages 8-13, and 
College Bound Reading List
and Book Club Discussion Guides.


Booklists for Young Adults

An index to hundreds of links to booklists
for young adults (grades 6-12).
Updated frequently.


Book Lists from the Fairrosa Cyber Library
Thematic lists, award lists, and general links to other lists.


Caldecott Medal Home Page

Lists of all Caldecott Medal and Honor books.

Caldecott Winner and Honor Books
A complete list of award winners including 
the art media used to create the book.

California Reading List

Selected children's and young adult books
by interest level and book type.
Developed by Follett and Harcourt-Brace
for the California Department of Education.


Children's Books Mean Business
Bibliographies that address how young people learn
about and cope with difficult issues such as moving to a new school,
bullying, war, abuse, social justice, prejudice, etc. 


Children’s Bibliographies
Lists by subject (humor, mystery, sports, etc.) and 
by grade level (K-8) from the Tempe Public Library in Arizona.


Children's Choices 2001
A joint project of the International Reading Association and
the Children's Book Council since 1975. Arranged alphabetically
within three main groups: Beginning and Young Readers,
Intermediate Readers, and Advanced Readers


Children’s Classics – Nonfiction

A list of the best children's nonfiction classics
as determined by Horn Book magazine.

Children’s Literature Gopher
A gopher site with bibliographies from 
New Mexico State University. 
A little difficult to maneuver.

Children’s Services - Book Lists

Lists from Allen County Public Library in Indiana 
arranged by topic and theme including a 
Newbery quality ranking list.


Children's Top 100 Book List
Book list compiled from a “favorite books” 
survey of students of NEA members.


Concordance of Great Books

A concordance of over 700 titles of classic literature.


Cooperative Children’s Book Center
A limited number of book lists including 
Books for Beginning Readers divided 
into dominant characteristics.


Coretta Scott King Awards
Award and honor books from the past 30 years.


Database of Award-Winning 
Children’s Literature

A searchable database useful for creating 
personalized reading lists.


Favorite Teenage Angst Books
Books with particular appeal to teenagers and their problems.

Fifty Great Books for Grades 3 & 4
A list from the Johnson (Kansas) Public Library.

Fifty Great Books for Grades 4 & 5
A list from the Johnson (Kansas) Public Library.

Finding Comfort in Books
A list of 275 fiction, poetry and other books that can be
used in time of crisis, such as tolerance, peace, unity, conflict resolution,
fear, historical perspectives of war, and retribution.
Compiled by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Good Books: 
Recommended Titles for Young Adults

Thematic lists for teens from the New York Public Library 
including a list of best recommended books 
from the previous publishing year.

Grow-a-Reader Booklists

Booklists arranged by age groupings along with
reading interests and developmental milestones
for children from infancy through age 12.

Guys Read
Examines the role gender plays in the book choices given to boys.
Includes a list of books recommended for guys.

High School Reading List 
A annotated list for female readers
from the Women's Studies Center at the University of Texas.

I Like Picture Books About
...
Thirty-nine categories of pictures books for preschool children. 
Compiled by the Fairfax County Public Library.

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