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
- 2020 Newbery Award WinnersThe 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".
- 2020 Caldecott WinnersThe 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.
- 2019 Coretta Scott King Award WinnersThe 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
- Resources for TeachersInformation for teachers regarding primary sources and guided lesson plans.
Teen Booklist Guides
- YALSA Book FinderSearch over 4,000 great teen books.
- 2019 Teen's Top Ten BooksTop ten official titles from teen's.
- VOYA Top Shelf Reading for MIddle Grades2018 top shelf reading for middle grades.
- BookAwardsAwards that are given for teen books.
- Parent FlyerInformation for parents and caregivers to get teens interested in reading.
- YA Ultimate BookshelfList of books every teen should read.
- Teen Literacies ToolkitOffers tips on discerning the difference between valid and invalid information.
- Best Books - Young AdultList of the best Young Adult books from Publishers Weekly.
- Best books - Middle GradesBest middle grade books from Publishers weekly.
Juvenile Booklists
- Booklist Guide for Back to SchoolNanuet Public Library offers a list of books about going to school.
- Books on BullyingNanuet Public Library offers a list of books about bullying.
- Early Chapter BooksCornwall Public Library offers a list of early chapter books.
Children's Readers Advisory
- NoveList K-8Book reviews, information on series and on upcoming children's and young adult books.
- School Library JournalInformation regarding what is popular in school librarians and teachers, offering reviews and award winners.
- Commonsense.comreviews of media that kids are interested in.
- Best Books - Picture BooksList of the best picture books from Publishers Weekly.
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Young Adult Award Winners
- 2020 Margaret Edwards Award WinnersThe 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".
- 2019 Coretta Scott King Award WinnersThe 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.
- 2020 Michael Printz Award WinnersThe 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".