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Recommended Reading

Our Award Winning & Notable Books and Media page is a good place to start looking for that next great read, but below you’ll find links to more lists of books and media for all ages and interests. Browse the lists and see what treasures you can uncover.

Children | Young Adults | Adults

Children

Amelia Bloomer Project: Picture Books - Fiction and Nonfiction

The American Experience: Strength from Diversity

Archive of Online Articles from ALA's Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms magazine

Asian American Children’s Authors: A Selected Bibliography

Banned Books Week - September 29-October 6, 2007

Best in Children's Literature Bibliographies

Bilingual Books for Children

Booklist Children's Atlas Roundup (grades K-12)

Booklist Children's Dictionary Roundup (grades K-12)

Books Dealing with Diversity

Books Dealing with Hurricane Katrina

Books for the Holidays

Books to Grow On

Born to Read: How to Raise A Reader

El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day)

Great Middle School Reads

Growing Up Around the World - (all lists below are Adobe Reader PDF files)

Growing Up in Africa
Growing Up in the Americas
Growing Up in Asia and the Middle East
Growing Up in Australia and New Zealand
Growing Up in Europe

Growing Up Latino in the USA

Harry Potter-like Books

Native American Youth Services Literature Awards (scroll down to the bottom of the page for the Picture Book and Middle School winners)

New bibliographies boast Best in Children's Literature (June 2007) - Building A Home Library Bibliographies

Positive Portrayals of the Aging and Elderly (Microsoft Word document)

Recommended Book Lists from ALSC, the Association for Library Service to Children

Suggested Books for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America List

Suggested Books for RIF (Reading is Fundamental) List

Summer Reading and Learning for Children

Top of the List Selections from Booklist (2006)

Top Ten Most Re-Read Books List

University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries

Young Adults

Amelia Bloomer Project: Middle Grades - Fiction and Nonfiction

Banned Books Week - September 29-October 6, 2007

Booklist Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers (elementary through high school levels)

Books Dealing with Natural Disaster

"Gossip Girl" -like Books

Harry Potter-like Books

Harry Potter-like Books - more!

Narnia-like Books

Teen Read Week - October 14-20, 2007

Thought Bubbles series of columns on graphic novels by Philip Crawford from ALA's Knowledge Quest magazine

Top of the List Selections from Booklist (2006)

Top Ten Most Re-Read Books List

University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries

Adults

Banned Books Week - September 29-October 6, 2007

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards- list of previous winners

Booklist Announces Prestigious 2006 Top of the List selections (Jan 2007)

Booklist Atlas & Dictionary Update: 2007

Booklist Encyclopedia Update: 2006

Booklist Nonfiction Series Roundup (searchable online database, preschool through high school books)

Resources for Children and Their Parents and Educators Dealing with the Hurricane Katrina Tragedy (Sept 2005)

Thought Bubbles series of columns on graphic novels by Philip Crawford from ALA's Knowledge Quest magazine

Top of the List Selections from Booklist (2006)

Top Ten Most Re-Read Books List (July 2004)