Reading Resources
These online resources are sure to help you broaden your child’s literary experience.
American Library Association
Current notable children’s books selected by the American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
Embracing the Child
This site offers booklists and recommended children’s literature broken down by both genre and age. Links to crafts, activities, music, dance, nature, popular authors and diverse genres such as Black and Women’s history can be found. Check out the featured "book of the week" and special book award links.
http://www.embracingthechild.com/index.php
Guysread.com
Author Jon Scieszka’s recommended reads for reluctant boy readers of all ages.
http://www.guysread.com
Horn Book Parent’s Page
Several lists by genre are available from one of children’s literature’s oldest and most renowned literary review magazines.
http://www.hbook.com/category/choosing-books/recommended-books/
Jim Trelease’s Recommended Reads
A sampling from Jim Trelease’s Read Aloud Handbook.
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah-treasury-intro.html
PBS Parents’ Guide to Reading and Language
Learn how children become readers and writers and how you can help them develop by talking, reading, and writing together every day.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/
Reading Rockets : Launching Young Readers
Offers a wealth of strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn to read.
http://www.readingrockets.org
