Booklinks offers parts of their current issue online. This month’s issue has several great articles online, including Field Guides to Fantastical Worlds and Do As I Do: Teachers Who Read Children’s Books.

Poetry for Kids is a site filled with poetry fun from Kenn Nesbitt. They have funny poems, recommended poetry books, related links, contests, and much more to help you celebrate April as National Poetry Month.

My Inner Child is Reading is a blog that offers reviews of children’s books from an elementary school teacher.

Kid-Lit.Com offers a wonderful service for parents and teachers, one that I have never seen offered online before. You can find the right books for your kid based on their gender, age, reading level, genre and even the ethnicity of the characters. Because the child’s age and their reading level are separated, you can find books for kids who are reading way above or way below their age. The site is easy to use and the collection of books in the database is extensive.

The Independent Online Edition has an article on the new wave of spy fiction for kids. Best of all, it had a list of the upcoming releases complete with descriptions. Perfect for making sure you have ordered the best of the bunch.

Technology Blackout Day on April 20th, is a way for classrooms to examine the power of technology in today’s world. Participation is free and the site includes lesson plans for Kindergarteners through high school.

Powerful Libraries Make Powerful Learners is a study done by the Illinois School Library Media Association. The report speaks to the importance of school libraries in the overall learning of students.

Resources for School Librarians is a great site filled with lots of top resources. They cover subjects like teaching, information access, program administration, technology, employment, and continuing education.

Horn Book has a great href=”http://www.hbook.com/editorial.shtml”>magazine editorial that is available on their website. It asks Mrs. Bush to face the evolution vs. creation issue head-on, like a librarian should. It ends:
“Covering students’ eyes and ears to the things we don’t want them to see or hear does not make those things any less true. Perhaps, Mrs. Bush, you could paraphrase a predecessor of yours and Just Say Know.”