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PAST CONFERENCES

MEMBERSHIP

ABOUT ASTAL

LINKS

NEWS & EVENTS

AUTHORS

MULTICULTURAL YA LITERATURE

LITERATURE INVOLVEMENT STRATEGIES

YOUNG ADULT BOOK LIST

CENSORSHIP

RIC HOME PAGE

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Professional Organizations

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/

ALAN - Adolescent Literature Assembly of NCTE
http://www.alan-ya.org/

New England Association of Teachers of English (NEATE)
http://www.neate.org/

International Reading Association (IRA)
http://www.reading.org/

Rhode Island Council of Teachers of English (RICTE)
http://www.ricte.org/

NCTE - SLATE
http://www.ncte.org/about/issues/slate

Rhode Island Educational Media Association (RIEMA)
http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/index.html

CHILDSPAN
http://www.childspan.net/

Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE)
http://www.msu.edu/user/mcte/

Selected Sites for Young Adult and Children's Literature

ALA - Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm

Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism
http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr/

Clearinghouse on Reading, English & Communication at Indiana University
http://reading.indiana.edu/

ENC - Selecting Children's Literature
http://enc.org/classroom/focus/childlit

Favorite Teenage Angstbooks
http://www.grouchy.com/angst/

Kids Web Literature
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/Arts/literature.html

Mailing Lists Related to Children's Literature
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/listserv.html

NCSS Notable Social Studies Books for Young People
http://www.ncss.org/resources/notable/

Newbery Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Overbooked (Book Links) - Young Adult Literature
http://freenet.vcu.edu/education/literature/yalit.html

Readers Theatre
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/langrt.htm

Reading Rants: Teen Booklists
http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html

Scholastic Home Page
http://www.scholastic.com

Storyreading Home Page
http://www.gurman.org/storyreading/

Vandergrift's YA Lit Page
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/YoungAdult/index.html

Selected Book Review, Indices, and Database Sources

The ALAN Review
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/

Your Kids Library
http://www.yourkidslibrary.com

Cynthia Leitich Smith - Awards for Children's and YA Books by State
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/newreadingd.htm

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/

Doucette Index-K-12 Teaching Ideas for Literature
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/

Horn Book Guide
http://www.hbook.com/publications/guide/default.asp

Midwest Book Review Children's Bookwatch
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/cbw/index.htm

Notes from the Windowsill Book Reviews
http://www.armory.com/~web/notes.html

Your Kids Library
http://www.yourkidslibrary.com

Authors Pages

Avi
http://www.avi-writer.com/

Joan Bauer
http://www.joanbauer.com/

Chris Crutcher
http://www.aboutcrutcher.com/

Christopher Paul Curtis
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=6203

Karen Cushman
http://www.eduplace.com/author/cushman/

Lois Duncan
http://loisduncan.arquettes.com/

Brian Jacques
http://www.redwall.org

Madeleine L'Engle
http://www.madeleinelengle.com/

Janet Taylor Lisle
http://www.janettaylorlisle.com/

Katherine Paterson
http://www.terabithia.com/

Gary Paulsen
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

Carolyn Reeder
http://www.reederbooks.com/

ACHUKA
http://www.achuka.co.uk/

ALA - Banned books
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top100bannedbooks.html

ALA - Best Books
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bestbooksyoung.htm

The Author's Corner
http://www.carr.org/authco/

Bibliography Central - Santa Clara County Library
http://www-lib.co.santa-clara.ca.us/teen/biblcent.html

Book Spot - Young Adult Literature
http://www.bookspot.com/youngadultfeature.htm

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
http://clcd.odyssi.com/welcome.html

CMC/EBSS Webliography - Children's and Young Adult Literature
http://www.uncc.edu/cimc/literature.htm

Cool Books for Tough Guys
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Baines.html

Cool Reads
http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/

Horn Book Guide
http://www.hbook.com

IPL Kidspace: The Author Page
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/Biographies.html

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

Pioneer Picks - Book Reviews
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/whs/authors.htm

Random House - Teens@Random
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/authors.html

Rhode Island Authors (West Warwick Public Library)
http://www.wwlibrary.org/MAIN/Kids/rhodeislandauthors.html

Rhode Island Book Award
http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/ritba.html

Teen Reads
http://www.teenreads.com

Young Adult Literature : Middle & Secondary English-Language Arts - Curriculum Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm

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