Check out the new children’s lit blog on fantasy and science fiction: Wands and Worlds. As far as I am concerned, there can never be too much talk about kids’ books, fantasy and science fiction in particular!

Teenlibrarian offers a podcast interview with VOYA editor, Cathi Dunn MacRae that gives a glimpse behind the scenes of VOYA . If you haven’t tried listening to podcasts yet, this is a great way to get started.

The Escapist is an intelligent online gaming magazine. This is exactly the sort of information that libraries wanting to do gaming programs for teens are interested in.

wayfarers all is a children’s lit blog. Recent posts have been on the new Willy Wonka movie and Harry Potter 6.

The Journal of African American Children’s Literature offers a website that provides links to useful websites, features African-American authors and illustrators, and lists news and book reviews.

The Claremont Review is a literary magazine that publishes writings by teens. The site features some samples from their first issue, as well as information on their writing contests and resources to aid young adults in getting their writings published.

Spank! Youth and Teen Culture Online is a site that offers teens online forums, articles, website directories, and more. Teens contribute to the site via comments and forum postings.

The Kids’ Pages at the Enoch Pratt Free Library is an amazing website that opens with a silly video of a purple cat. The site offers e-stories, lists of great books, library programming, and cool links. it has a completely kid-focused feel to it that I haven’t seen before in children’s library sites. Wonderful!

Multnomah County Library’s Readers’ Choice! is a great collection of booklists for kids. From infants through eighth graders, the lists cover specific ages, themes, and award winners.