http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/Tutorial/index.html Chebucto Internet Guide and tutorial, Getting Started Guide. An easy way to slide into using today's technology, nice, simple. If new to all this start here.  Version française available (To see past sites of the week go here.)

http://www.netrax.net/~rarebook/   For the book collector: Ron Lieberman's Rarity of the Day web site has fascinating historical descriptions of rare and interesting books. From here also connect to ABAA booknet, ABE booksite, and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. http://lila-ilab.org/ilab/ With two thousand members in twenty-one nations.

http://www.themoonlitroad.com  The Moonlit Road storytellers from the "American South, telling their ageless tales of the spooky, the odd and the unexplained to all who will listen." Featured stories change regularly and are available as text, or text with audio, both feature graphics and history.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/authordate.html   Children's books authors' birthdays by date.

http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/aa/aa.htm   Author Anniversaries is not just a listing of birthdays by date but is also the anniversary of their deaths. From this page you can connect to the King Kong site for online books index.

http://www.amazon.com  Amazon Books/ browse/ Children's Books and hit the Bestsellers or New in Paperback or Classics by Age or Award Winners on the Children's Books Essential Bookshelf and you will have the best graphics and reviews in one place. Not just a list of winners. Look at the cover enlarged, get an idea of what the book is about from the reviews.

http://kidsbooks.about.com/   About.com Children's Books, some well written reviews done by their guide are here, along with some submitted online. Can access past reviews by book title, author or illustrator.

http://www.amazon.com/kids  Amazon Kids provides a list of recommendations button. To reach articles about recent books and excellent reviews by the best reviewing sources such as Horn Book, New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher's Weekly or Smithsonian, among others.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/bestSellers.html   Publishers Weekly up to the minute list of current and all time best sellers for kids. In-depth reviews available here.

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html   ACQWEB the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection. Library Conferences lists includes listing of book exhibits.

http://www.abaa.org/bookfairs/index.html   ABBA Booknet for a listing of ABBA International Antiquarian Book Fairs and a current list of regional shows, provided courtesy of AB Bookmans Weekly.

http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/   Book Wire Events Calendar: everything from book fairs to conferences to seminars. Quite a list for every one from young authors to collectors to librarians to you.   Check out their Authors On The Highway to find out who is in your town or nearby.

http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/interaction$/forum/conferences   CLWG David Brown's Conference Bulletin Board, up-dated often and has international listings with links for information.

http://www.rarebooks.org/Ringchildrens.htm   International Book Collectors Association collecting children's books news letter, announces upcoming conferences, workshops and book fairs with the appropriate contact links.