Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Young Adult Lit Resources

Here are a few resources I know of....if you are interested, I can make reccomendations of books for specific topics also. I also have a pretty large collection of YA books, if you want to borrow any some time.


www.booksense.com- a website of independent bookstores

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awardrecipients- the American Library Associations website for awards they’ve given out, including the Newbery, the highest award in YA literature.

http://booklust.wetpaint.com/?t=anon Nancy Pearl, a Seattle Librarian, her website about Books

Also check out Book Lust by Nancy Pearl

http://theliterarylink.com/yalink.html- a website that discusses why YA lit is good for the classroom and provides suggestions

Reading Their World: The Young Adult Novel in the Classroom by Virginia Monseau and Gary Slavner -a great resource with practical info for teachers

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