Boston Public Library offers an incredible collection of children’s booklists. The lists range from picture books to items for older children. If you are interested in books for teens, they also have several Booklists for Young Adults.

Seattlepi has a great article: Slide into summer reading: A pool of inviting kids books is now open. It offers a list of some of the top releases of the summer as well as a collection of recommended new picture books, children’s books, teen novels, nonfiction, poetry, and reissues. Very nice.

Kids-In-Mind is a very handy site for parents looking for information on movies. They rate films in three categories: sex and nudity, violence and gore, and profanity. I appreciate the fact that it is not all mixed into one rating, allowing parents to decide what fits their own family best.

A team of six readers from the Henderson Libraries in Henderson, Nevada are trying to break the Guinness World Record for reading aloud continually. See their blog: 100 Hours to Guinness Glory!

Reading Really Matters is an incredible site on reading. It offers author information, book awards, news, and online discussion. It also offers a special section on school libraries. This is a UK site, so it has a British perspective.

Flashlight Readers from Scholastic is an interesting blend of books and technology for kids who love to read. Right now there are three books for kids to examine: Because of Winn Dixie, Holes and Esperanza Rising. The site offers information on the authors, book discussion, and interactive websites on the books. This is very slick and also has teacher’s guides and parent guides to the online services.

American Libraries reports the good news that the New York Board Rejects Labeling for Explicit YA Book. The Guilderland Public Library Board had been considering labeling all of their teen books that have sexually explicit passages with bright orange PG stickers. Luckily, the community got involved and ensured that there would be no labeling. Hurrah!

eSchool News online reports on the amazing number of preschoolers who are going online. 23% of three, four and five year olds have been online with 32% of kindergarteners having used the Net. Whoa!
Then I realized that my four year old has been online. He loves the NickJr website where he can play simple games with Blue and Dora. We also find preschool math games that he can play, because he is obsessed with numbers and math. So I do contribute to those incredible percentages.

Book Buds Kidlit Reviews is a blog that features reviews of recent children’s books by two journalist mommies. It is a lot of fun to find a newly recommended book in your RSS feed!