On This Page:

• Favorite Children’s Stories
• Expanding the Classics
• Authors and Illustrators
• Look It Up!
• Children’s Book Awards

Other Sites for Children:

• Arts and Entertainment Part 1
• Arts and Entertainment Part 2
• People Past and Present Part 1
• People Past and Present Part 2
• Planet Earth and Beyond
• Science and Technology

• Aesop’s Fables. This online version of Aesop’s Fables includes the full public domain texts—638 fables. There are images from the Dore illustrations and the beginnings of audio texts. http://www.AesopFables.com

• Aesop’s Fables Read. Aesop’s Fables, in two versions for each tale, all with illustrations done by students in a computing art class. http://www.umass.edu/aesop

• The Alice Fan Club. The characters in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Alice series endure all these dilemmas—and more. This fan area is your chance to read all about Alice and her friends, make some new friends of your own, and hear from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor herself. http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=183&pagename=newalice

• American Girls Series. An American Girl is a unique current girls’ series by Valerie Tripp, Janet Beele Shaw, Connie Porter, Susan S. Adler, and Maxine Schur. The series title is American Girls Collection. The American Girls stories are told through the eyes of girls living in different time periods. This site expands on the stories and has a club for fans of American Girls. http://www.americangirl.com/

• Animorphs Page. The home page for this popular paperback series of young people with the capacity to morph into animals of great power in order to fight alien enemies. Written by K. A. Applegate. http://scholastic.com/animorphs/

• The Arthur Page. For Arthur fans everywhere! This site is maintained by PBS and features games and children’s art. A very popular site for younger children who love the character created by Marc Brown. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/

• Baby-Sitters’ Club Page. What’s happening at the Baby-Sitters’ Club? Visit this site to learn about the characters and adventures. http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/bsc/index.htm

• Berenstain Bears. The official Berenstain Bears site, includes activities and lists of books. http://www.berenstainbears.com

• Betsy-Tacy Homepage. Maybe this Web page is the first you have ever heard of the well-loved series about girls growing up in turn-of-the century Minnesota. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Lights/4859/

• Bookmuse's Kid's Corner. This site promotes the reading of great books through provoking questions and support materials that encourage reading and book discussion. Arranged by reading level and genre. http://www.bookmuse.com/pages/kids/common/kidscorner.asp

• Children’s Storybook Online. Read lots of exciting stories like “Round Bird Can’t Fly,” “Grow Your Own Gargoyle,” and “The Wumpalump.” http://www.magickeys.com/books/

• Fun with Spot. Fans of Eric Hill's Spot books will enjoy playing these games and reading the animated versions of some of these books. Shock wave plugin required. http://www.funwithspot.com

• Goodnight Stories. This is the place to come if you want to curl up with a good cyber book or just play a game. http://www.goodnightstories.com/

• The Goosebumps Page. Enter if you dare! Meet R. L. Stine and the many tales he has created for you in this scary place. http://place.scholastic.com/Goosebumps/index.htm

• Guys Read. Author Jon Scieszka makes suggestions for a literacy program that connects boys with books they want to read. http://www.guysread.com

• HarperChildrens.com. A place to do fun things, learn about books, and meet authors. This is an exciting site maintained by HarperCollins for its children’s books. http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/

• Harry Potter. Scholastic has created a fun-filled site for Harry Potter fans of all ages. Click on this site and find a trivia game, a pronunciation guide, owl posts and more. http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp

• Kidsreads.com. This site offers a place for parents and children to explore books and their reviews. http://www.kidsreads.com

• Kino’s Storytime. And this is the place to visit if you like children’s books, because it has THE BEST BOOKS with eye-popping pictures and terrific stories. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/storytime/

• Lemony Snicket. As Lemony Snicket says, this site is filled with "dreadful images," "wretched information," and "unnerving games." http://www.lemonysnicket.com

• Magic School Bus Page. What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now? This site encourages you to work with many aspects of the Magic School Bus Adventures. http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/home.htm

• My Little House on the Prairie Home Page. From Jennifer Slegg, a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, this site explores a classic series of books by Wilder. http://vvv.com/~jenslegg/index.htm

• Narnia. This elegantly designed site devoted to C. S. Lewis's fantasy classics provides information about the books, the creatures and people of Narnia. http://www.narnia.com

• Online Adventures of Captain Underpants. Scholastic's site for fans of Captain Underpants is not to be missed. Of course, there is a load of "fun stuff" - Click-o-Rama, Professor Poopypants' Name Change-o-Chart 2000, and Make your own Comic. In addition, there is information about the author and the characters. http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm

• The Peter Rabbit Web Site. The official and definitive site on the world of Beatrix Potter. Potter's favorite characters and other aspects of her work can be viewed at a wide selection of art exhibitions, theatrical performances, displays and local events. http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk

• The Phantom Tollbooth. Information on this favorite book by Norman Juster, including bibliographies and other things. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/

• Random House Kids. Explore online with your favorite books and characters; you can even submit your own book reviews for online publication. http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/

• Seamonkey Oz Home Page. Here you will find Oz-related links, philosophical musings, creative writing, and lots of artwork by the inhabitants of Oz created by Baum. Many of these Ozians are very young, but they have e-mail addresses and would like to hear from you. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/oz/

• Seussville. The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss’s playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more! http://www.seussville.com/seussville/

• Stories from the Web. Using story starters or going solo, children can write their own tales, poems or book reviews and hang them in the on-line gallery. Or, read a story from one of your favorite authors. http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/

• Treasure Island. An informative site very neatly designed for children by a librarian in Britain. Learn all you can about this novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Web Site. Oz first started as a book by Frank L. Baum, then a series of books. The incredible world of Oz is explored in these pages. There is much to know about this wonderful land, and on these pages you will be told quite a lot about it, and helped to find out where to find out more. http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/index.html

• Louisa May Alcott Web. Who was born on the 333rd day of the year, has had books on the bestseller list more than 100 years after her death, and has a crater on Venus named after her? Excellent collection of resources on this treasured author of Little Women. http://www.alcottweb.com

• Jane Austen Information Page. An electronic text of Pride and Prejudice is available, as is information and links to other sites with details on Jane Austen. http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html

• Babloo. Babloo is a multi-lingual and audio-integrated site that includes everything from folk tales to safety and good manners, science activities, and much more. http://www.babloo.com

• The Brontë Web Site. This site is from Japan, and offers excellent photographs and links to all kinds of resources on the Brontë family. http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Bronte.html

• Julius Caesar. This paraphrase of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is intended as a supplement to the original work. Read it along with the original as an aid to comprehension. This includes a number of links to relevant materials. http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/caesar/

• The Camelot Project. The Main Menu lists Arthurian characters, symbols, and sites. You may move from any highlighted element to a submenu of basic information, texts, images, and a bibliography about that subject. http://www.ub.rug.nl/camelot/

• The Charles Dickens Information Page. A very complete site from Japan on Charles Dickens, including links to a large number of additional resources.
  http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html

• Project Bartleby. Featuring 48 authors, this online literature project concentrates mainly on poetry and includes works by Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, and Walt Whitman as well as poetry anthologies. Authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. E. B. DuBois, Carl Sandburg, and, of course, Herman Melville also are represented. http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

• Invisible Ink: Books on Ghosts & Hauntings. Read reviews and excerpts of more than 500 ghostly titles from around the world. Learn how to write your own ghost book. Educator pages feature activities using ghost books, where to find ghost stories, and a bibliography. http://www.invink.com

• KidzPage. Opportunity to read poetry from Ogden Nash and other famous poets. Contributions from young readers, too! http://www.veeceet.com

• The Many Faces of Alice. A fully illustrated (by students at the Dalton School in New York), full-text version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, accompanied by student essays and teaching packet. http://www.dalton.org/ms/alice/

• Timeless Hemingway. This site offers photos, FAQ's, a family tree, trivia, and links related to this famous American author. http://www.timelesshemingway.com

• To Kill a Mockingbird: Then and Now. A site on this work of Harper Lee created by students for a ThinkQuest Project. Most useful for the study of the novel and the film. http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/

• Robin Hood Project. The Robin Hood Project is designed to make available in electronic format a database of texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the Robin Hood stories and other outlaw tales. http://www.ub.rug.nl/camelot/rh/rhhome.htm

• Shakespeare and the Globe. This Web site provides information on the reconstruction of the Globe and an archive on Shakespeare in Performance at the Globe, featuring illustrations and texts on the building of the original Globe, staging at the original Globe, and staging at the New Globe. Check their Quick Guide for help in navigation. http://www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/

• Snow White. This site examines the Snow White story in text and images over the last 100 years. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/snowwhite.html

• Mark Twain from about.com. A thoroughly long list of links to Twain and more Twain. http://marktwain.about.com/cs/twainmark/

• Mark Twain and His Times. This site focuses on how “Mark Twain” and his works were created and defined, marketed and performed, reviewed and appreciated. The goal is to allow readers, scholars, students, and teachers to see what Mark Twain and others from his times said about each other, in ways that can speak to us today. http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/

Sites With Many Authors and Illustrators

• ACHUKA. News, reviews, interviews, and author profiles of British authors and poets. Interviews with authors/illustrators like Anthony Browne are a special treat. http://www.achuka.co.uk/index2.html

• Authors & Illustrators (Simon & Schuster). If it’s information on an author or illustrator that you require, this site has just what you need. http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=183&pagename=authors_illustrators

• Centro para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles y Juveniles en Espanol. (Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents) A large site on books written in Spanish for children. http://www.csusm.edu/csb/espanol/

• Children’s Literature Web Guide: Authors. Information about children’s authors and illustrators, and their books. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Individual Author Sites

• Laurie's Bookshelf. The author of acclaimed novels Speak and Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson, has created pages about her life, works and her own teen read and web site recommendations. http://www.writerlady.com

• Avi’s Home Page. Avi, author of such stories as The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Nothing But the Truth, and The Fighting Ground, answers questions and talks about his books.
  http://www.avi-writer.com/

• Haemi Balgassi. She is the author of Peacebound Trains and Tao’s Sonata. http://www.haemibalgassi.com

• John Bellairs. Bellairs is the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls and The Curse of the Blue Figurine. http://www.compleatbellairs.com

• Ludwig Bemelmans. Enjoy the fun of getting to know the creator and his books about Madeline. http://www.martinburks.com/allison/madeline.html

• Enid Blyton. Visit and learn about the author of the Famous Five, Secret Seven, Malory Towers, and St Clares series. http://www.blyton.com/index.htm

• Jan Brett’s Home Page. You’ll find everything from trolls to armadillos on this author/illustrator’s page. She has created The Mitten, That Hat, Armadillo Rodeo, The Trouble with Trolls, and Berlioz the Bear. http://www.janbrett.com/

• Official Eric Carle Web Site. For fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books such as The Very Hungry Catepillar, Do You Want To Be My Friend, and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me. http://www.eric-carle.com/

• Lewis Carroll Collection. For lovers of the author of Alice in Wonderland. http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/carroll.html

• Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden, Portland, Oregon. There are sculptures of Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ribsy in a park only a few blocks from the real Klickitat Street! http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/cleary.html

• The Roald Dahl Home Page. This is a treasure house of information about the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Requires Flash plug-in. http://www.roalddahl.org/index2.htm

• Kristine O'Connell George.This site promotes poetry and activities involving poetry for children. George also includes information about her life and books. http://www.kristinegeorge.com

• Virginia Hamilton. A wonderful author who wrote The House of Dies Drear and The People Could Fly. She also won the Newbery Award for M.C. Higgins the Great and was awarded the Newbery Honor for The Planet of Junior Brown and Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. http://www.virginiahamilton.com

• Deborah Hopkinson. Author of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt and Birdie’s Lighthouse. http://www.deborahhopkinson.com

• Official Brian Jacques Home Page. If you’re a fan of the Redwall books, here’s the site for you! It includes information on the author of Redwall, Mattimeo and The Long Patrol. http://www.redwall.org/dave/jacques.html

• Jane Kurtz. Welcome to the site of the author of Fire on the Mountain and Pulling the Lion’s Tale. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5232/index.html

• The Mary E. Lyons Den. Learn about the author who wrote Sorrow’s Kitchen and Letters from a Slave Girl. http://www.lyonsdenbooks.com

• Suse MacDonald. Learn about the author/illustrator of the Caldecott Honor book Alphabatics. http://www.create4kids.com/

• Ann McGovern. Look at actual photos showing the author swimming with sharks and sitting on a camel. She is the author of many books including Lady in the Box and If You Grew Up in Colonial Times. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/mcgovern.html

• Robin McKinley. The official site for this fantasy author who wrote Blue Sword and Beauty and won the Newbery for The Hero and the Crown. http://ofb.net/~damien/mckinley/

• Learning About Jim Murphy. This site should answer your questions about the author of The Great Fire and A Young Patriot as well as offer some special insights into his work. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/murphy.html

• Leslea Newman's Kids Page. Newman is the author of picture books, chapter books, and books for high school students including Heather Has Two Mommies, Cats, Cats, Cats!, and Fat Chance. http://www.lesleakids.com

• Katherine Paterson Web Site. The official site called Terabithia that explores the work of the author of Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie, and Jacob Have I Loved. http://www.terabithia.com/

• Dav Pilkey. Great fun wondering through this site created by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey who wrote The Paperboy, Kat Kong, and Dogzilla. http://www.pilkey.com/

• Gary Paulsen. Here is the author of Hatchet, Dogsong, The Crossing, The Winter Room, and other great reads. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/paulsen.html

• Robert Quackenbush. This site presents the author, his books, school visits, and workshops. His books include Henry Babysits, Sherlock Chick and the Giant Egg Mystery, and the Miss Mallard Mystery Series. http://www.rquackenbush.com/

• Cynthia Leitich Smith This official Web site not only includes biographical and bibliographical information but also includes recommended fantasy, horror, and multicultural books by other authors. http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com

• Janet Stevens. She is the illustrator of To Market, To Market and Gates of the Wind, and she wrote and illustrated From Pictures to Words (A Book About Making a Book). http://www.janetstevens.com/

• Colin Thompson. Australian author/illustrator of wonderful stories like Tower to the Sun. http://www.colinthompson.com

• Megan Whalen Turner. Includes reviews and analysis of this author’s Newbery Honor winning book The Thief. http://home.att.net/~mwturner/

• Learning about Laurence Yep. He is the author of many novels set in both China and the United States such as Child of the Owl, Dragonwings, Sweetwater, and Dragon’s Gate. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/yep.html

• ARTFL Project: Roget’s Thesaurus Search Form. Find synonyms (words that mean the same thing), antonyms (words that have the opposite meaning), and similar words and phrases. http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html

• Bartleby.com. This searchable collection of reference books, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction allows young researchers to find just what they need. http://www.bartleby.com

• A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms. Learn sign language online!
  http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

• Book Hive. The Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Public Library created this children's book review site. Search for reviews by author, title, genre, reading level, or number of pages.
  http://www.bookhive.org

• Easybib.com. If you need help creating a bibliography, this is the site for you. The online templates offer a wide range of bibliographic forms that are quick and easy to use. http://www.easybib.com

• Encarta Concise Free Encyclopedia. A free abridged version of Microsoft’s CD-ROM encyclopedia. http://www.encarta.msn.com/

• English Grammar. A dictionary of English grammar. http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

• Fact Monster.com. Find information about a variety of subjects ranging from weather facts to homework help to quizzes and games. http://www.factmonster.com

• Internet Citations. Designed for use by school kids, this is very helpful site for adults as well. http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml

• KidsConnect: Ask a Question. Are you a K–12th grade student looking for information on the Internet for a report or project to do for school? Let KidsConnect, the online question answering and referral service, help you out! http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html

• KidsConnect Favorite Web Sites. Point-and-click your way to the Web sites our KidsConnect school library media specialists have found most helpful for K–12 students! http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kcfavorites.html

• Kids Zone. A collection of Web sites and activities that range from teaching the ABC’s to researching homework topics. Also includes resources for parents and teachers. Requires plugins. http://lycoszone.lycos.com/

• Merriam-Webster Online. Aside from the wonderful access to the dictionary, this site offers words games and a word for the day. http://www.m-w.com/

• Moms Helping Moms Helping Kids. A portal of rated Web sites for children, organized by age groups. http://bandwidthmoms.com

• Online ASL Dictionary. Watch the sign language gestures and learn! http://dww.deafworldweb.org/asl/
• The Quotations Page. Search for a quote or read the quote of the day! Great links to other quotation sites. http://www.quotationspage.com/

• Reference Desk. A wonderful starting place for Internet users, this site attempts to organize a multitude of sites into a useable index. http://www.refdesk.com/

• Researchpaper.com. One of the Web’s largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school-related research projects. They show you how to make the most of your time online. http://www.researchpaper.com/

• Safesurf Kidzone. A Canadian-based teacher network provides a large collection of links to safe sites for children, including both school and entertainment sites. The list is arranged in no discernable order but no slow-loading graphics and requires no plug-ins. http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/flack/safesurfkidzoneheaven.html

• Semantic Rhyming Dictionary. You can use it to write bad poetry or even good poetry. Using the three query functions described in this site, you can find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a certain target word. http://www.rhymezone.com/

• A Spelling Test. Test yourself and learn some techniques to improve your spelling. http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

• The Super Sitter. Being a babysitter is a lot of fun, and it’s a nice way to make some money. It’s also a great way to learn about responsibility. The Super Sitter is a guide that can come in handy not only for babysitters but parents as well. And be sure to check out the Baby Safety Checklist, which has valuable pointers on how to keep children safe. http://www.parenthoodweb.com/articles/phw16.htm

• A Web of Online Dictionaries. Provides an easy-to-use search engine for words and the results are quite detailed. Also offers 400 different language dictionaries. http://www.yourdictionary.com

• Writing a Basic Essay. An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Steps to guide you in writing an essay. http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/

• Cyberteens. Mountain Lake publishes educational software as well as the CyberKids and Cyberteens Web sites. Their goal is to create and promote youth community worldwide and to give teens a voice and an interactive place to express their creativity. Young people all over the world make Cyberteens a sharing, caring space. http://www.cyberteens.com/ctmain.html

• The Diary Project. It is a way for young people around the world to share their personal thoughts, feelings, and dreams with one another near and far . . . to ask questions and find answers about growing up at the turn of the 21st century via the Internet. Requires plugins. http://www.diaryproject.com/

• KidNews. This is a free news and writing service for students and teachers around the world. Anyone may use stories from the service for educational purposes, and anyone may submit stories. It invites comments about the news gathering, teaching, and computer-related issues in the Discussion sections for students and teachers. A tremendous source of all kinds of magazines for student-published work. http://www.kidnews.com/

• Kidworld. A good example of kids’ writing on the internet, including particularly good games and puzzles in an online format. http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/CORN.html

• Kid’s Space. The site has rapidly developed into many sections, including creative activities communication pages and sections for learning basic computer skills. Good audio clips of music by kids are available in three options. http://www.kids-space.org/

• Midlink Magazine. This electronic magazine was created by kids, for kids in the middle grades—generally ages 10 to 15. Browse through the interactive space to enjoy art and writing that will link middle school kids all over the world. http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu:80/~MidLink/

• New Moon. This is a site for the magazine for girls writing of their dreams and aspirations. Provides a set of guidelines for writers. http://www.newmoon.org/

• Scriptito’s Place. Especially for young people ages 7–15. Vangar publishes things that people your own age have written to spotlight young talent, and to show you that you can do it too. http://members.aol.com/vangarnews/scriptito.html

• Stories from the Web. Using story starters or going solo, children can write their own tales, poems or book reviews and hang them in the on-line gallery. Or, read a story from one of your favorite authors. http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/

• Writing Den. This is designed for students grades 6–12 who want to improve their English reading, comprehension, and writing skills. Writing Den is divided into three levels of difficulty: Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs. Includes plugins. http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/

• Young Writer Online. Young Writer is a magazine that publishes creative writing from children aged 6–16 from around the world. Fun, instructive, and designed to build a writer’s confidence, Young Writer is a forum for young people’s writing—fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry. http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/index.html

• The Young Writers Club. This club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. The online magazine is called Global Wave. http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html

• Young Writer’s Clubhouse. Created by Deborah Morris, the author of the Real Kids, Real Adventures series. This site offers a great deal of sound information and opportunities for young people through writing. http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml

• Awards for Children’s Books. This project deals with the award origins, criteria, medal descriptions, and award books for Newbery and Caldecott Awards. In addition, it gives more information on the Web for those people who are interested in these award books and other kids’ information. This project is limited to Newbery and Caldecott Awards from 1985–1994, although the Newbery and Caldecott Awards started in 1922 and 1938, respectively. http://ils.unc.edu/award/home1.html

• The Caldecott Medal Home Page. Read about the award books and their illustrators in the Official site. This medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

• Children’s Book Awards. The most comprehensive guide to English-language children’s book awards on the Internet. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html

• Coretta Scott King Awards. Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year. http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/

• The Newbery Medal Home Page. Read about the best books and their authors in their official site. The award is given annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html