Library Research Guides: Discovery Tools for Topics &amp; Subjects in Youth Literature: Home

General Selection Resources

TeachingBooks
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Developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.
Please note: users need to create a free login to access all aspects of the site.
Novelist Plus
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A comprehensive online readers' advisory tool. Search hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.

Cooperative Children's Book Center | School of Education, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison
A vital gathering place for books, ideas and expertise, the CCBC is committed to identifying excellent literature for children and adolescents and bringing this literature to the attention of those adults who have an academic, professional or career interest in connecting young readers with books. (from website)
AdLit | All About Adolescent Literacy
AdLit is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. We are an education service of WETA , the flagship public broadcasting station in our nation’s capital.
AdLit is made possible by a generous grant from the National Education Association. (from website)
Children's Book Council
New titles, curated lists from booksellers, teachers and librarians.

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
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Reviews of thousands of children's and young adult books, videos, and software. This resource includes robust search features including reading level, interest categories, awards, and more.
Includes critical reviews of children's books, videos and software, ranging from the earliest baby board books to novels and nonfiction for young adults. CLCD is not affiliated with any publisher and accepts no advertising. Children's Literature reviewers are book authors, librarians, writers and editors, teachers, children's literature specialists and physicians. Also includes entries for more than 200,000 awards, prizes, best book list and reading list entries.