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Thematic Lists | Special Interests | Links | Recommended Books and Awards

Thematic Lists

• Adoption: International
• American Tall Tales
• Artistic protagonists
• Biographies Highlighting Human Values
• Black Cowboys
• Boat Names
• Chinese New Year
• Cinderella Books From Around the World
• Circus Books
• Civil War: fiction, short story, and picture books
• Dance Books: all types, various age groups
• Deaf Characters
• Environmental Themes
• Fifty Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
• Graphic Novels for YA
• Hawaii Stories
• Historical Fiction: Ancient Civilizations to the Middle Ages
• Letters and Diaries: Books in diary or letter format
• Mysteries for 7-10 Years Olds
• Native Americans - A Resource List for Teaching
• Philip Pullman's Equals -- Recommended Authors and Titles
• Storytelling texts
• Time Travel/Time Slip Novels

Special Interests

• Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I" Is Not for Indian: the Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People, annoated list with an introduction
• Texts on Social Histories of Childhood
• Index to Andrew Lang's Color Fairy Books

Links to Other Book Lists Collections

• 1996 New York City Summer Reading List: Read to Win: Team up with Books
• Recommended Books and Bestsellers at Children's Literature Web Guide, an extensive list
• Reading Rainbow's Book List and Reviews
• CCBC's Publications on the Web (including several book lists)

Recommended Books and Awards

• Newbery Books: the official site of the Newbery Awards -- including all winners and honor books.
• Caldecott Books: the official site of the Caldecott Awards -- including all winners and honor books.
• Notable and Award Winning Children's Books and More: ALSC/ALA
• Winning (YA) Titles: selected by the Young Adult Services Association of the American Library Association.
• "On-Lion" Reading & Books: Book lists for holidays and other themes from Children's Services at NYPL.
• The Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College: including The Best Children's Books of the Year and other awarded titles.
• International Reading Association's Choices Lists
• 1996 Aesop Prize
• Recommended Books by people on rec.arts.books.childrens
• Children's Choices 1995
• YA's Choices 1995
• Books Recommended by 5th and 6th graders
• Favorite YA titles of the CHILDLIT listserv members
• Hidden Gems: Books worth introducing to kids members
• Books for Beginning Readers: from CCBC's Publications on the Web