Web Sites to Know and Visit (often):
www.ala.org/yalsa For over 50 years the Young Adult Library Services Association has been advocacy and training for librarians specializing in teen services. A section of the American Library Association, they sponsor the Michael L. Printz Award, the Best Books for Young Adults list, the Quick Picks list and, now, the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. And that's just the beginning. This fall they'll host their first YA Lit Symposium in Nashville.
http://www.alan-ya.org/ The Adolescent Literature Action Network holds an annual workshop which draws 400 of the most enthusiastic YA Lit educators, reviewers, editors and writers from around the country.
http://professornana.livejournal.com/ If Teri Lesesne, The Goddess of YA Lit, does not know something about teen lit, it is not knowable.
www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom A go-to resource for titles for younger readers
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc The Cooperative Children's Book Center, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of the premier research centers for children's literature.
http://www.facebook.com/ Little, Brown School is now on Facebook. We'll have video and photos from our various events. Become a fan today!
Go to Librarian Lisa von Drasek has a new blog on all things children's lit related.
Visit http://www.earlyword.com/ to see what she has to say.
www.readingrockets.org has great author video and interviews to share with fellow educators, librarians and young reades alike.
Do you have news and web site to share? Let us know at LittleBrownSchool@hbgusa.com!
