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Recommended
Web Sites - Books and Reading
Find out about the world of children's books--authors,
awards, and more!
Awards for the Best Books for Young People
 The Pura Belpré Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/belpre.html
For excellence in works by Latino/a authors and illustrators
The Randolph Caldecott Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
For excellence in illustration for children
The Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
For excellence in works by African American authors and illustrators
The John Newbery Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
For excellence in writing for young people
The Nutmeg Children's Book Award
http://www.biblio.org/nutmegaward/
Connecticut's own book award for young people
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/sibert.html
For excellence in nonfiction books for young people
For and About Children's Book Authors and Illustrators:
Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
One of the best and oldest sites on Children's
Literature. Author Links help you learn more about some great
authors and illustrators.
Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/
Kay Vandergrift of Rutgers University, NJ, has assembled an awesome collection of links to sites about all kinds of
authors and illustrators for young people, historical and current.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org
The best organization for published and "pre-published" authors
and illustrators.
Canadian Illustrated Books Project
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/saltman/ccib/home.html
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