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Good Reading
section of the library's Web site.
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BookPage
Recommendations of the
best books for readers of all types, with a focus
on new releases.
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Book Report Network
A network of Web sites for
readers of all ages that combines book reviews, author
information and other book-related content.
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BookSpot.com
A site that simplifies finding
the best book-related information on the Internet.
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Fantastic Fiction
Bibliographies for thousands
of authors and information on thousands of books.
Features new books, most popular books, lists of
books in series and much more.
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Oprah's Books
Information about Oprah's Book Club. Features various
book lists including
previous Book Club selections back to September 1996.
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Read.gov
The Center for the Book in the
Library of Congress presents book lists, author
Webcasts, books online and more for children and adults.
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Talking Book Program
A free program providing braille
and audio materials from the
Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped. Access to the program is
provided through Fairfax County Public Library's Access
Services branch.
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What's Next
Use this handy resource
to find out all the titles of all the books
in a series.
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For bestsellers lists with links to the library's holdings
and the ability to place holds, see the library's online
Catalog. |
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ALSC Awards
The Association for Library Service to Children
of the American Library Association presents yearly awards for
outstanding books and media for children and young adults.
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Caldecott Medal
Awarded by the American Library Association
to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for
children.
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Coretta Scott King Award
Awarded by the American Library Association
to authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished
books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American
dream."
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Jefferson Cup
The Youth Services Forum of the Virginia
Library Association's award for an American biography, historical
fiction or history book for young people.
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Newbery Medal
Awarded by the American Library Association
to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American
literature for children.
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Printz Award
Awarded for a book that exemplifies literary
excellence in young adult literature.
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Pura Belpré Award
Presented to a Latino/Latina writer and
illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural
experience in a work of literature for children and young
adults.
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Virginia Readers Choice
Awards are presented to noteworthy books in
the field of children's/young adult literature representing each of
the following reading levels: primary, elementary, middle and high
school.
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For lists of award winning titles with links to the library's holdings
and the ability to place holds, see the library's online
Catalog. |
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CliffsNotes
View the full text of these
synopses of literature classics. Each title includes
a list of characters, chapter by chapter summaries,
character analysis and critical essays.
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LitLovers
An online community dedicated
to books and book clubs. Unique features include free
online literature courses, recipes to go with books
and ideas for children's and teens' book groups.
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Random House Reading Group Guides
Questions for discussion,
author biographies, review excerpts and conversations
with authors on selected titles.
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Reading Group Choices
Dozens of selections
from a variety of publishers. Each discussion
guide includes a brief biography and topics
to consider.
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Reading Group Guides at HarperCollins
These guides from HarperCollins
Publishers include discussion questions, a brief
author biography, and a chapter excerpt.
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ReadingGroupGuides.com — Find a Guide
Browse by title or author,
or use one of many subject guides to find suggestions
for topics for book discussion groups.
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Book Page
New book reviews, author
interviews, and an archive of reviews going back to 1996.
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Book World
The Washington Post provides
book reviews, local literary news, online book
discussions and
Chapter One, the first chapters of selected
new books.
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BookBrowse
Browse for book reviews and
excerpts of books by author, title or genre. Includes
brief biographies of authors, interviews and reading
guides.
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The Complete Review
This site describes itself as "A
selectively comprehensive, objectively opinionated survey
of books old and new." For each of the wide variety of
books covered, the site includes basic information about
book and author, a graded review prepared by site editors,
and links to media reviews and related Web sites.
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New York Review of Books
Newest issue and archives
to search by title, author, reviewer, etc.
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The New York Times Sunday Book Review
Features include a searchable
database of book reviews back to 1996, and
First Chapters, selections from books reviewed
or listed on The New York Times' Best Sellers list.
Note: Free Registration is required.
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Abebooks
A multi-dealer, searchable site
for used books. Allows searching by publisher as well
as title and author.
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AddALL Book Searching and Price Comparison
The AddALL site allows
you to search several sites simultaneously for
either used or new books.
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Alibris
This site searches a
variety of book dealer holdings for used and
rare books.
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Amazon.com
New and used books and textbooks.
Provides advanced search options.
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Barnes & Noble.com
New and used books and textbooks.
Search by title, author, keyword or ISBN.
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Bookfinder.com
Search this metasite
for new and used books by author, title or type
of book.
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American Folklore
Short entertaining stories
which include tall tales, folktales, ethnic tales
and famous characters.
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Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Print out a custom list
based on criteria such as suggested reading
level, genre, format, gender of protagonist,
setting or historical period.
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Guys Read
". . . if you’re looking for
something to get a guy reading," book recommendations
from teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers,
parents and guys themselves.
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Horn Book Magazine's Recommended Books
A collection of annotated
lists of literature for children and young adults,
including their popular list of
Children's Classics. Other interesting areas of
the Horn Book Web site are the sections
for teachers and parents, authors and illustrators,
news and current issues.
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International Children's Digital Library
A project of the University
of Maryland and the Internet Archives, the
International Children's Digital Library offers a
large number of full-text children's books, including
illustrations, in several languages. Enter the
library to browse by subject, geographical setting or
origin.
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Juvenile Series and Sequels
This database can be searched
by author, title, series title or by subject. Books
are classified by reading level as either juvenile
easy, juvenile, or young adult. The Web site is produced
by Mid-Continent Public Library, Missouri. Fairfax
County Public Library owns many, but not all, titles.
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KidLinks — Books and Reading
Reading lists, organized
by type of book, include an image of each title
and a short summary. The site also offers lists
for beginning readers, books in series and
links to author Web sites.
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Kidsreads.com
Part of The Book Report
Network, this site for children's literature
includes book reviews, articles, author profiles
and interviews, information on series books,
synopses of new releases and literary games and
contests.
Early Literacy is what children know about
reading and writing before they can actually read and write. Below
are some Web sites for parents, caregivers and educators which
provide guidance to help children develop literacy skills and
encourage reading.
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For additional resources,
see the library's list of
eAudiobook databases. |
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For additional resources,
see the library's list of
eBook databases. |
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Bartleby.com
Full-text access to a wide variety
of reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction titles.
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Bibliomania.com
Thousands of e-books,
poems, articles, short stories and plays by
the world's greatest authors; includes
important nonfiction texts, study guides and
teacher resources. All are free.
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Digital Book Index
Links to more than
105,000 titles of electronic books from more
than 1,800 publishers. At least 60,000 are
available for free. Search by author and/or
title, and browse by subject, author or
publisher. Note: Free registration is required.
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Online Books Page
An index linking to more
than 20,000 online text resources in English as
well as to works in other languages. Includes
archives of freely accessible serials (magazines,
journals, newsletters, etc.).
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Project Gutenberg
Links to the full text of
thousands of books, including books written in more
than 40 languages.
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Poetry
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Short Stories
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Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Graphic Novels
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Horror
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Inspirational
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FaithfulReader.com
For those interested in
religion and the spiritual life. Includes reviews,
book excerpts, study guides, author bios and more.
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Mystery
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Historical Mysteries
Search for historical
mysteries by time period or by author.
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The Mystery Reader
Read the latest reviews
of mystery novels listed by category, or search
the archives for earlier reviews and links to
other Web sites.
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Stop, You're Killing Me!
A resource for mystery, crime,
thriller, spy and suspense readers. Includes author
and chronological series lists, read-alikes and indexes
by location, job, historical period and diversity.
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Romance
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All About Romance
"The back fence for
lovers of romance novels." Reviews, articles,
message boards and the "who's who and what's
what in romance fiction today."
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The Romance Reader
A site with "The
very latest news and views of romance novels."
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Urban Lit
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Books of Soul
Recommended urban fiction
from a forum dedicated to books by and about
African Americans.
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Street Fiction
Author interviews, reviews
and news of urban fiction.
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Urban Fiction Booklist
List presented by the
Cincinnati Public Library "portraying African
American, or sometimes Latino, characters on the
gritty streets of the city where their lives are
circumscribed by racism, drugs, violence and sex."
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Western
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BookLoons' — Teens
Excerpts of new releases,
games and contests, as well as links to full-text
short stories, the complete works of Shakespeare,
fables, classics, jokes, folklore, myths and
more.
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Reading Rants!
"Out of the ordinary teen
booklists." A source of up-to-date book reviews and
an interactive blog where teens can read reviews,
respond to them or write their own.
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Teenreads.com
Comprehensive site for teen
readers includes monthly reviews of books, manga
and paperbacks; The Ultimate Teen Reading List;
books into movies, reading group guides and more.
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YA Book Blog Directory
Links to blogs by readers and
authors of Young Adult literature.
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YALSA Booklists
Young Adult Library Services Association
of the American Library Association provides list of recommended
books and
graphic novels for teens, each including it's own "Top Ten" list.
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