Books & Reading

Shelfari – for reviewing new books in the Gandhi Library

What Do I Read Next?

Amazon.com/books – “Customers who bought this book also bought…”

Book Adventure "Help Me Find a Book"
If you're not sure what you're looking for, you can select your grade & which genres interest you, and you will get a list of matching titles that you can print out.

Fiction Connection
This is a fantastic resource for finding books like those you know you enjoy. You can search by author, title, topic, genre, setting, character, location, or timeframe. This subscription database requires a login, but simply viewing the word clouds can be helpful.

FictionFinder
FictionFinder is a project of OCLC Research that provides access to 2.8 million works of fiction found in the OCLC WorldCat database.You can search for books, eBooks, and audiobooks by titles, authors, ISBNs, and other information such as literary awards and book summaries.

Goodreads for sharing books with your friends (login required)

NoveList K-8 Plus
This guide to reading allows the Kindergarten through eighth grade reader to locate a book they have enjoyed, and the database will search for similar books, based on the specific criteria that is input. This database requires a St. Paul Public Library card barcode number and Personal Identification Number (PIN).

NoveList Plus
This works just like NoveList K-8 Plus except it includes young adult and adult titles. Also requires a library card for login.

Overbooked.org
Specializing in genre fiction, this site features reviews, reading lists, and links to related web sites.

Readalike.org
Book reviews and readalike suggestions for genre fiction titles. Information about authors according to genre, including plot summaries, appeal characteristics, similar authors, red flags and other resources. This list grew out of an Indiana University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) reading group.

Reading Lists

Children’s Book Reading Lists

Seattle Public Library Book Lists

Booklist Books for Youth

Notable Children's Books - By the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).

Great Early Elementary Reads – Recommended by the American Library Association.

Books for Reluctant Readers, grades 3-6

Young Adults & Teens

Favorite Teenage Angst Books

Guys Read

Teenreads

What's Next? Teen Series and Sequels

Teens review recent books

Adult Books for HS Students (School Library Journal)

Adult Books for Young Adults (Booklist)

Best Books for Young Adults

Book Awards

Alex Awards (adult books for young adults)

Building Block Picture Book Award

Caldecott Award Winners

Carnegie Medal Award Winners

Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Golden Kite Award Winners

KC3 Reading Award

Mark Twain Award

Maud Hart Lovelace Award winners

Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards for Juvenile Literature

Newbery Award Winners

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Printz Awards (for literary excellence in YA literature)

Show Me Readers Award

Spur Award Winners for Juvenile Fiction

Authors and Illustrators

Spotlight on Award-Winning Author Cynthia Rylant

Hooray for Dr. Seuss

The Artistry and Influence of Maurice Sendak

All About the Berenstain Bears and Their Creators

Beverly Cleary, Creator of Ramona Quimby

Artist Jerry Pinkney and His Children's Picture Books

The Magic of Ezra Jack Keats

Mem Fox: Children's Author and Literacy Consultant

Author and Illustrator Bill Peet

Jane Yolen (David & Alison Stemple’s Grandma!)

Book Reviews

Reviews of new children’s books

Reviews of children’s books by educators

“Kidlitosphere” children’s book reviews by type

Reviews of children’s books by grade

Poetry

Classical Poems for Children

Rhyme Zone - Find rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, and more at this site by Datamuse.

Other On-line Rhyming Dictionaries

Glossary of Rhymes
Includes an annotated list of the different types of rhymes. By Alberto Ríos, of Arizona State University.

Picture Books

Children’s Picture Book Database

Picture Book Artist’s Association

Directory of Children’s Illustration

Good Books to Read Aloud

Marci McGowan's Read-Aloud List

Read Aloud America Book Recommendations

Read Aloud Books on About.com

Free eBooks

General eBook Sources

America.gov free ebooks--books on American life

Authorama (public domain titles)

Bibliomania

Book-bot - Website that lets you read over 14,000 books online. Also remembers what page you were on.

BookGlutton (read books online, discuss them with others)

BooksInMyPhone -- books for cell phones

Digital Media Locator -- Check if your local public library offers free downloads. When the loan period expires the ebook is "returned" to the library

English Server 35,000 ebooks. maintained by Iowa State U.

Free Books - Australian portal site with links to e-book collections from around the world

FullBooks

Google Books -- use "advanced book search" and choose full view only

Internet Archive (texts) -- Select "texts" in the search box

Just Free Books -- searches across ebook websites

ManyBooks -- Over 22,000 free ebooks

Memoware -- E-books for the PDA available in various formats

MobileRead -- Beautifully formatted free books in multiple formats

Munseys -- Several thousand free books in multiple formats

Online Books

Online Books Page-- lists over 30,000 free books available on the Web (UPenn)

OpenSource Shakespeare--text, concordance, characters, much more

OpenSourceBooks

Planet ebook -- free classics

Project Gutenberg -- over 25,000 free books

Questia (more than 5,000 free books)

Read Easily -- Aimed at the visually impaired, this web site allows you to change the fonts and colours to make the books more legible

Read Print

Search ebooks (ebook metasearch)

The e-Book Compendium - designed to link you to news and information about e-Books - electronic (or digital) equivalents of conventional printed books

Universal Digital Library -- million book collection hosted by Carnegie Mellon

University of Adelaide

World Public Library