Useful Websites

ALAN, the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English. ALAN's journal, The ALAN Review, is available online. 

Ask the Author  The Internet Public Library's interviews with some well-known writers for children and young adults.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site Reviews of children's books, ideas for teachers, and information about writers.

Children's Book Council  Links to children's book publishers, information about writers, bibliographies, and more.

Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism  An online version of Linnea Hendrickson's 1987 book. 

Children's Literature Association  Contains information about this professional organization.

Children's Literature Web Guide Librarian David Brown's clearinghouse site for Internet resources about children's and young adult literature.

The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, at The University of Southern Mississippi, has information about the collection and its programs.

Fairossa Cyber Library of Children's Literature  A fun, comprehensive website with lots of links.

Kay Vandergrift's Home Page  A Rutgers University professor of literature takes a scholarly approach to literature for young readers. 

Loose Leaf Book Company  A weekly radio show for adults about children's books.  The website includes transcripts of past shows.

Not Required Reading A site for and by high school students, reviewing books they love to read.

The Purple Crayon  Children's book editor Harold Underdown's site for writers, teachers, librarians, and others interested in literature for young readers.

Sharyn November  A children's book editor with an attitude. Her website has some wonderful links to sites about literature for teenagers.