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BOOK REVIEWS Review note: many authors and illustrators have included reviews of their work as part of their sites. So when looking for reviews of a particular work the author's own site might be a good choice. Otherwise just go to BCCB or Horn Book for good reviews and Achuka or Amazon for reviews and a look at the cover. http://kidsbooks.about.com About.com Children's Books, some well written reviews are here. Can access past reviews by book title, author or illustrator. Links to other reviews are also available. http://www.achuka.co.uk/index2.html Achuka, children's books UK. A site bookmarked by writers, illustrators, and the book trades for its original, reliable, informative, thought provoking content. Also shows current prizewinners and has featured artists, with old reviews online. Mailing List available. Interviews. http://www.amazon.com/kids Amazon Kids: provides a list of recommendations, articles about recent books, excellent reviews by many sources, and many cover illustrations that enlarge so you can really see what they are like. http://www.ala.org/booklist American Library Association: recent reviews, feature articles, awards and reviews index of past years reviewing journal issues. For more than 90 years Booklist has been the librarian's leading choice for reviews. Last year reviewed 4,000 adult books, 2,500 plus children's, 500 reference books and electronic reference tools. In-depth reviews. http://homearts.com/depts/relat/bookintr.htm Books Every Child Should Read: prominent writers suggest books with comments on reading, check it out! http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/ Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "One of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians", it is affiliated with the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. Monthly online features include: Starred Titles, Bulletin Dozens a theme-based lists of titles, the Big Picture, a monthly in-depth look at selected new titles and trend, and Rising Star, a focus on a particular author or artist. Founded in 1945, the Bulletin is devoted entirely to the review of current books for children. http://www.carolhurst.com Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: reviews are searchable by title, author, type of book, and grade level with reference to teacher resources. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html Children's Literature Web Guide and go to Lots of Lists for a roundup of books that kids should and shouldn't read. Features award winners, bestsellers, with resources for parents, teachers, and storytellers. The educational link for literature from Calgary.http://family.go.com/ Disney Family site: reviews "The Best Kids' Books" with links to their bulletin boards and chat rooms, games, fun and more. A great place for parents to start, with links to local parenting sites. http://duthiebooks.com/Readers/ Duthie Books of Vancouver, BC provides reviews of children's literature from Canada and elsewhere. Use the author's index to find the review you are looking for or search by issue. Good graphics. http://www.hbook.com Horn Book the bi-monthly children's literature journal now has a Web site, hopefully the site will match the excellence of the US journal. News and current issues, reviews, editorial, articles, some graphics, Hunt Breakfast, now where are all the ads that are in the print version? http://www.publishersweekly.com/bestsellersindex.asp Publishers Weekly Bestseller List, listing of best sellers in hardcover fiction and non-fiction, mass market paperbacks, trade paperbacks, audio books, children's books, and computer books. Reviews are easy to read. http://www.washingtonpost.com/books Washington Post reviews, full review, loads fast, good read, all topics, quick index, includes first chapter of the book. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/features/chapone.htm Washington Post first chapters of reviewed books. |
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