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New! This year's Award Winning Books - 2006!

Newbery Award Winning Books - 1922 to Present

Best Books for Young Adults
The titles are selected from the year’s publications and include significant adult and young adult books, fiction and nonfiction.


Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

To encourage teens to read for pleasure, one to five lists of paperbacks on popular or topical subjects are selected each year.

Printz Award
First given in January 2000, the award honors the young adult book that best exemplifies literary excellence.

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
This list is for young adults who, for whatever reason, do not like to read.


Rebecca Caudill Award  Books
- Caudill Book Award Winners from 1988 to the Present.


Children’s Literature Web Guide - Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults

Vandergrift’s Literature Page - Ideas and information for those interested in literature for chil dren and young adults.

School Library Journal
- A subscription is necessary to receive access to all of the material on this website, but a variety of resources are available without a subscription. Sections include News, Features, Book of the Week, Sites of the Week, Video of the Week, and Audio of the Week.

Coretta Scott King Award - Recipients of the Coretta Scott King Award are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site - this is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topic.

Association for Library Service to Children(ALSC) Award Winners - past and present

 

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Last updated 08-06-06