Comics & Graphic Novels is a great website done by Janice Biebrich, a teacher-librarian from Winnipeg. The site offers information on graphic novels for parents, teachers, librarians and teens. The list of recommended titles is very accessible because each title has an image of the cover with it. It made me want to run right out and read them all!

cynsations is a blog by Cynthia Leitich Smith who offers interviews, nice essay pieces and Cynsational Links that anyone interested in YA and children’s lit will love. One of the best children’s lit blog with some of the best content I have ever seen.

Muller In the Middle is a blog by middle school librarian, Frederick Muller, that gives reviews of the books that he has read.
There is a more complete collection of his reviews on his
Book Reviews site.

The YA Novel and Me is the new blog written by Gail Giles, one of my favorite YA authors. She is the author of Playing in Traffic, Shattering Glass, and Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters. And her blog is a brilliant look into the mind of an author.

Rackham Fairy and Fairy Tale Art is a site that immediately returned me to some of the vintage children’s books I read as a child. Arthur Rackham is an English illustrator from the end of the 19th century. He created illustrations that are ethereal and haunting. Enjoy!

Paddington Bear’s official site offers an activity area with games like Marmalade Mayhem, a fact section with information on how Paddington began and author Michael Bond, and a collector’s section.

CIAKids! is a site done by the Culinary Institute of America specifically for kids. It offers recipes for kids (make sure to look at the past features section), games, a culinary dictionary, and sections for both teachers and parents.

OrlandoSentinel.com: In The Kitchen has an article on the popularity of cookbooks for kids. Both Emeril and Nickelodeon have cookbooks out for children. This is definitely something that a library can be focusing on that will benefit the collection and also offer display and programming ideas as well.

Author tells children race only skin-deep
This is a short article on Julius Lester speaking at an elementary school.
“Asked why he writes for children, Lester said, “They are a great audience to write for. Children deserve good literature. They are also the most honest to write for. If they like it, they tell you, and if they don’t, they tell you.””