Wilde Books

Wilde Writing Works from Susie Wilde, offers reviews, interviews, bibliographies and more on children’s literature. She also gives out two sets of awards, Picture Book and Longer Book.

Wands and Worlds

Wands and Worlds: Young Adult and Children’s Fantasy and Science Fiction is a great site that lists authors, series, subjects, and much more for science fiction and fantasy books for youth. The contents of the site are amazingly up-to-date and comprehensive. A wonderful place to look for recommendations for kids or for yourself.

Childhood Under Threat

UNICEF — Childhood Under Threat: The State of the World’s Children 2005 tells the stories and shows the statistics of children around the world living in poverty, caught in conflict, and suffering from HIV/AIDS.

Sydney Taylor Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Awards are given by the Association of Jewish Libraries to the best Jewish children’s literature of the year. This year, Real Time by Pnina Moed Kass won the award and six books were chosen as Honor Books. Thirty-one notable books were also chosen.