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- Newberry Medal-winning Books 1920s-2020s
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Poetry – Free KidsBooks
Children’s Librivox Audiobooks – Free KidsBooks
Children’s Librivox audiobooks were recorded by volunteer readers from books in the public domain (usually pre-1930). You can listen online or download MP3 files to your device without registering.
Free Librivox Children’s Audiobooks – Series and Authors Children’s Books for Girls and Boys
Audiobooks at Librivox were recorded by volunteer readers from books in the public domain (usually pre-1930). You can listen online or download MP3 or MP4 files to your device without registering. These sections have vintage series for young people, and additional popular authors.
Series Marketed for Girls, and for Both Girls and Boys
Authors of Series for Girls, and for both Girls and Boys
Adventure Series Marketed for Boys – Public Domain Audio Books
Authors of Books for Boys – Librivox Free Audiobooks
Reading Guides – Free Children’s Literature KidsBooks
Children’s Core Collection
Fiction and Story Collection
Corsaro, Julie, et al.
Wilson 2015
The Guide to Fiction and Story Collections has thousands of books recommended for children from pre-school through Grade 6, containing review sources and professional aids for librarians. H.W. Wilson has been a major publisher of reference works for librarians for more than a century.
Something about the Author (Volumes 1-238)
Kumar, Lisa, ed.
Gale 1971 – 2012
“Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People” – Publisher.
100 Best Books for Children – Children’s Literature KidsBooks
Silvey, Anita
Houghton Mifflin 2004 Dewey Dec. 016
The author’s “long experience as a book reviewer and editor makes her list pretty much spot-on… . Each title gets a short essay that not only discusses the book and what it has meant to its audience but that also supplies wonderful behind-the-scenes information. … A helpful list, ‘Beyond the 100 Best,’ points parents in the right direction for more good reads.” -Booklist.
The Best Children’s Literature: A Parent’s Guide
Trachtenberg, Ellen
Parent’s Guide Press 2003
“With more than 1,000 titles represented, this book comes complete with developmentally appropriate recommendations and an extensive subject index that enable children, parents, caregivers, and educators to find books that are appropriate for particular skills and levels of interest. Also included are interviews with parents and children about their favorite books, a list of awards and their recipients, featured author profiles, and discussions on developing children’s love of reading in this age of multimedia.” – Publisher. ChildrensBooks.
Vintage Reading Guides – English Reading Stories PDF
Vintage Books – These books were published before 1930. The copyrights have expired on nearly all, so you can legally download them as well as read them online.
VINTAGE – Young People Reading Guides – Children’s Literature Books PDF Download Free
List of Series and Sequels for Juvenile Readers (Useful References Series)
Wead, Katharine H.
Faxon 1923.
The volume lists all the books in each of more than 100 series for children and teens.
Children’s Catalog of Thirty-Five Hundred Books: A Guide to the Best Reading for Boys and Girls
Based on fifty-four selected library lists and bulletins; arranged under author, title and subject; with analytical entries for 700 volumes
Wilson, H.W.; Bacon, Corinne, comp.
Wilson 1917
Children’s Catalog Supplement: A Guide to the Best Reading for Boys and Girls
Four Hundred and Fifty Books chosen chiefly from books published between June 1, 1916, and January 1, 1918; arranged under author, title and subject; with analytical entries for 78 volumes
Wilson, H.W.; Bacon, Corinne, comp.
Wilson 1918
Includes children’s American historical fiction books.
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