Summer Reading from Scholastic

Scholastic has launched a new site that focuses on summer reading. It offers booklists for children grades K-8, articles on how parents can help their children love reading, activities to inspire reading, and interactive presentations on how to be a reading coach and how to create a home that inspires kids to read.

Teen Writer Wins Award

DesMoinesRegister.com has an article about Amanda Gotera, the teen who won a $10,000 scholarship for winning the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, an annual competition for teen writers. She was also interviewed by NPR where she reads from her work.

Kids Web

Kids Web is a collection of recommended links for children grades K-12. Sites are categorized into arts, sciences, social studies, and miscellaneous. The pages are updated weekly. Also included are a list of other digital libraries and other collections of web sites for children.