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Recommended Websites

Youth Services recommends these websites to help you explore more on a variety of topics and interests. Need additional assistance? Call Youth Services at (847) 725-2167.

• General & Award Winners

  General

  • Kulture Kids
  • The Learning Network (NY Times)
  • Story Arts Online
  • Storytelling: Benefits and Tips

  Award Winners

  • Caldecott Medal
  • Children's Book Awards
  • Coretta Scott King Award
  • Newbery Medal
• Authors & Illustrators

  Authors & Illustrators

  Lloyd Alexander Sue Alexander Caroline Arnold Tedd Arnold Jim Arnosky Avi Jim Aylesworth Haemi Balgassi John Bellairs Ludwig Bemelmans Judy Blume Fred Bortz Paulette Bourgeois Jan Brett Eric Carle Nancy Carlson Judith Caseley Denys Cazet Beverly Cleary Vicki Cobb Babette Cole Nina Crews Margery Cuyler Tomie DePaola Denise Fleming Mem Fox Jean Craighead George Heidi Goennel Taro Gomi Dan Gutman Virginia Hamilton Anna Grossnickle Hines Will Hobbs Pat Hutchins Mick Inkpen Joan Irvine Brian Jacques Crockett Johnson Diana Wynne Jones William Joyce Ezra Jack Keats Steven Kellogg Dick King-Smith Jackie Koller Robin Michal Koontz Kathryn Lasky Madeleine L'Engle C.S. Lewis Jack London Sylvia Long Suse MacDonald Jacqueline Briggs Martin Michael McCurdy

  Ben Mikaelsen Cyd Moore Bernard Most Robert Munsch Walter Dean Myers Laura Joffe Numeroff Mary Pope Osborne Margie Palatini Linda Sue Park Elizabeth Partridge Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Katherine Paterson David Patneaude Korky Paul Gary Paulsen Sylvia Peck Bill Peet Rodman Philbrick Tamora Pierce Dav Pilkey Patricia Polacco Robert Quackenbush Peggy Rathmann Shoo Rayner Dian Curtis Regan Dave Ross Graham Salisbury J. Otto Seibold Dr. Seuss Aaron Shepard Seymour Simon Gloria Skurzynski Irene Smalls Lemony Snicket Zilpha Keatley Snyder William Steig Janet Stevens R.L. Stine Phoebe Stone Hudson Talbott Rob Thomas J.R.R. Tolkien Chris Van Allsburg Lee Wardlaw William Wegman Rosemary Wells Laura Ingalls Wilder Hans Wilhelm Elizabeth Winthrop Audrey Wood Jane Yolen Jane Zalben Charlotte Zolotow

• Book Lists

  Book Lists

  • 75 Authors and Illustrators Everyone Should Know
  • Book Reviews by Kids for Kids
  • Book Spot
  • Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
  • Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resource
  • Monroe County Public Library Staff Picks for Kids
  • New York Public Library Book Recommendations for Kids
  • Picturing Books
  • UK Children's Books
• Books & Online Stories

  Books & Stories Online

  • Aesop's Fable Online Collection
  • Candlelight Stories
  • Children's Storybooks Online
  • Picture Books
  • Short Stories
  • StoryPlace: the Children's Digital Learning Library
• Favorite Characters

  Favorite Characters

  • American Girls Series
  • Arthur
  • Baby Sitters' Club Page
  • Betsy-Tacy Homepage
  • Captain Underpants
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog
  • Curious George
  • Dr. Seuss
  • Franklin the Turtle
  • Goosebumps
  • Hank the Cow Dog
  • Harry Potter (MuggleNet)
  • Harry Potter (Scholastic)
  • Harry Potter by All of the Top Cartoonists
  • Harry Potter Lexicon
  • Judy Moody
  • Lemony Snicket
  • Little Critters
  • Little Golden Books
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • Magic Eye
  • Magic Tree House
  • Maisy
  • Mike Mulligan
  • Mother Goose
  • Narnia
  • Peanuts
  • Reading Rainbow
  • Redwall
  • Spot
  • The Tolkien Trail
  • Winnie the Pooh
• Bulletin Boards & Magazines

  Bulletin Boards

  • Classroom Bulletin Board
  • Classroom Decor Ideas

  Magazines

  • Creative Child
  • The Mailbox
  • Scholastic Magazines
• Homeschooling

  Homeschooling

  • A2Z Homeschooling
  • abcteach
  • Free Homeschooling Resources
  • Free Lesson Plans
  • Homefires: The Journal of Homeschooling Online
  • Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
  • Homeschool Central
  • Homeschool Resource Center (Johnsburg Library)
  • Homeschool Resource Directory
  • Homeschool World
  • Homeschooling Gifted Students
  • Homeschooling Kids Magazine
  • How to Homeschool for Free (or Almost Free)
  • Illinois Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience (H.O.U.S.E.)
  • Internet Field Trips
  • Learning A-Z
  • Library of Congress Teacher Resources
  • Parents' Choice Awards
  • Quiz Hub
  • Teaching Home Magazine