A Guide for Reader's Advisory and Collection Development: Children's and Young Adult
This LibGuide offers an array of websites, webinars, articles, and blogs providing helpful information to help staff members in their interactions with patrons.
Children's and Young Adult
Find award winner books, book reviews, and tips on helping your teen find books they are interested in.
Children's Award Winners
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The Newbery Award is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".
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The Caldecott Award is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
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The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
Resources for Teachers
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Information for teachers regarding primary sources and guided lesson plans.
Teen Booklist Guides
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Search over 4,000 great teen books.
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Top ten official titles from teen's.
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2018 top shelf reading for middle grades.
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Awards that are given for teen books.
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Information for parents and caregivers to get teens interested in reading.
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List of books every teen should read.
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Offers tips on discerning the difference between valid and invalid information.
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List of the best Young Adult books from Publishers Weekly.
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Best middle grade books from Publishers weekly.
Juvenile Booklists
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Nanuet Public Library offers a list of books about going to school.
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Nanuet Public Library offers a list of books about bullying.
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Cornwall Public Library offers a list of early chapter books.
Children's Readers Advisory
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Book reviews, information on series and on upcoming children's and young adult books.
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Information regarding what is popular in school librarians and teachers, offering reviews and award winners.
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reviews of media that kids are interested in.
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List of the best picture books from Publishers Weekly.
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Young Adult Award Winners
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The Margaret A. Edwards Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes an author and "a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".
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The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
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The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit".