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Books & Reading

  • Beaverton School District Leveled Books Database
    This database provided by the Beaverton School District allows searching for leveled book by either the Reading Recovery or Guided Reading methodologies.
  • Booklights
    PBS Parents blog all about children's books.
  • BookSpot
    Book lists, reviews, online books, podcasts and more.
  • Children’s Book Council
    The non-profit trade association of publishers of Children’s and Young Adult books.
  • Children’s Picture Book Database at Miami University
    This helpful site allows teachers, parents and librarians to search for picture books on a specific topic.
  • ELSIE: Early Literacy Storytime Exchange
    The ELSIE database allows you to search for picture books based on the six early literacy skills children need to develop before they enter school.
  • Harcourt Storytown
    This website supports the Beaverton School District’s Literacy and Language Arts learning targets.
  • Juvenile Series and Sequels
    Have you ever wondered what book is next in your favorite series? Do you want to know if a favorite book has a sequel? This web page, part of the Mid-Continent Public Library System in Missouri, has the answers.
  • Kidslitosphere
    This website provides a comprehensive list of children's and young adult literature blogs.
  • Lexile Reading Level Book Search
    Using this tool from the Lexile Framework for Reading website, you can search for books by Lexile range, author, title or keyword.
  • Lexiles in Oregon
    The Oregon State Department of Education provides information for parents and teachers on Lexiles in the school curriculum. You can submit text to be analyzed for the Lexile level. Of special interest to parents and students are the Reading Pathfinders based on a child’s Lexile level.
  • Reading Rockets
    This site includes activities, lessons and tips on helping young children learn to read.

Books Awards

American Library Association Awards

  • The John Newbery Medal
    Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
  • The Randolph Caldecott Medal
    Awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
  • The Coretta Scott King Award
    Given to African American authors and illustrators for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.
  • The Pura Belpre Medal
    Presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
  • The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
    The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
  • The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
    The Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
  • The Robert F. Sibert Medal
    The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.
  • The Mildred L. Batchelder Award
    The Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.

Other Children’s Book Awards

• See also Books & Reading for Big Kids.