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Where to find good books

book lists

Chicago Public Library - Best of the Best ( Updated each February)
Barnes and Noble
New York Times Best Sellers List
Publishers Weekly
Parent's Choice Awards
Oprah
Peggy Sharp

Magazines
Library Sparks-  (readers theater online)
ALA Book Links
Booklist online

Book Publisher Websites
Publisher’s Weekly
Random House
Capstone
Penguin Putnam
Harper Collins

Book Seller Websites
Anderson’s Bookshop          
Amazon.com (best books of the year archived lists)
Scholastic Book Clubs

Other Websites
Public Library Book Series Database
Teaching books (subscription: Author videos, pronunciation guide)
Guys Read
Reading rockets: author videos
Scholastic books/authors/LIST EXCHANGE:

Illinois State Readers Choice Book Lists:
Monarch Grades K-3
Blue Stem Grades 3-5 
Caudill Grades 4-8

More readers theater:
http://www.worldbookonline.com/dramaticlearning/home

Blogs-Read at your own Risk!

Planet Esme ( a Chicago author/librarian)
Chicken Spaghetti

Educating Alice
 A Book a Day
Books for Kids
Mother Reader
Mrs. Kochel’s
Common Sense Media 
Read kiddo read
http://www.kidsreads.com/

Written by Kids:
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http://flamingnet.com/

http://novelnovice.com/

http://www.readingrants.org/

http://www.yabookscentral.com/


Blogs for YA Readers
Harrington Library-Reviews by students
Guys Lit
Book Cellar - a teen blogger

100 best blogs for books

In my mailbox:
http://www.thestorysiren.com/2007/12/in-my-mailbox.html

http://www.katiesbookblog.com/

http://www.thestorysiren.com/

http://www.candacesbookblog.com/2011/07/in-my-mailbox-70.html

http://www.iswimforoceans.com/

http://solittletimeforbooks.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-my-mailbox-90.html


Leveling Books

Scholastic Reading Counts

Scholastic’s Book Wizard : http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do

Lexile : http://www.lexile.com/about-lexile/grade-equivalent/grade-equivalent-chart/

Charts:
Capstone http://www.capstonepub.com/content/TEACHER_LEVELING

Scholastic’s Version: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/classroombooks/browse_level.asp

Book Trailers + Video Streaming


Apps to use in order to download youtube videos
videobox http://www.tastyapps.com/
tubesock http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/download.html )

Amazon ( sometimes on hardcover version)
http://www.amazon.com/Suryia-Roscoe-Story-Unlikely-Friendship/dp/0805093168/ref=pd_sim_b_2

Harper Collins
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/kids/gamesandcontests/features/video/

Barnes and Noble Story Studio
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bn-studio/videos-podcasts/index.asp


Scholastic http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/video.jsp

  http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3751638

Story Tube http://www.storytubes.info/drupal/

Youtube (search and download at home)

d64's library catalog


http://de.d64.org/

Search : book trailer, author trailer, lexile, reading level

 

ebooks + interactive books

Ebooks
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-me-stories-childrens/id362042422?mt=8

www.mycapstonelibrary.com   
http://mycapstonelibrary.com/subscribe.html
www.capstoneinteractivelibrary.com

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You will notice there are over 400 titles now. Many ages. We can also now provide the library Marc records to the capstone enhanced ebooks so kids can find them through the library catalog.

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