• California Young Reader Medal (htttp://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org):  The California Young Reader Medal program encourages young people of California to honor their favorite books and authors, recommend them to others, ane enjoy recreational reading.
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (http://www.carolhurst.com):  This site contains ideas of ways to use books in the classroom, activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
• Center for the Book (http://www.calbook.org):  This agency celebrates California's rich literary heritage and promotes reading, libraries, literacy, and authorship.
• Children's Book Council (http://www.cbcboooks.org): The Children's Book Council promotes children's books and reading, encourages literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books.
  

• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html):  Search this database, created by Lisa R. Bartle, a reference librarian at California State University, San Bernardino, to locate award winning juvenile books that fit your criteria.  Many features can be specified including age, genre, award, ethnicity of protagonist, gender of protagonist, historical period, etc.
• For Reading Aloud  (http://www.trelease-on-reading.com):  Author of The Read Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease, has put together a useful site of read-aloud-suggestions and more.
• For Boys (http://www.guysread.com):  Jon Scieszka offers a list of books that are especially appealing to boys.
• From the California Department of Education (http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/):  Search the annotated list by author, title, keyword(s), grade level, language, culture, genre, type of book (classic, picture book, counting book, etc.), curriculum connections, and literary awards.  A great resource for teachers, librarians, students, and parents wanting to compile recommended reading lists.
• Children's Literature (http://www.childrenslit.com): An independent review source to help teachers, librarians, childcare providers and parents to make appropriate literary choices for children. 
  
• Children's Literature Council  of Southern  California (http://www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org):
• Children's Literature Web Guide (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html):
• Vandergrift's Children's Literature (http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander):
• Webtime Stories (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webtime):
• Passport: International Children's Literature (http://imaginarylands.org):
• The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (http://www.picturebookart.org):
• Discover the Fine Art of Reading (http://www.nea.org/readacross):

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