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Achuka
An excellent UK website for both adults and children, full of
all sorts of information about children's books. Provides: author
interviews, biographical information about authors and links to
their own websites, where available, suggested reading, news and
links to other websites concerned with children's books and reading.
Kept up-to-date very frequently.
A Canadian based website with excellent information about children's
books — Awards, author information, recommended books (mostly
North American), resources for parents, teachers, Internet book
discussion groups and a very good selection of linked websites.
Some of British Awards information is dated, but otherwise, a
very good site.
Federation
of Children's Book Groups
www.fcbg.mcmail.com
A useful site for parents and teachers who are interested in
the Federations activities. Also has useful links to other sites.
Young
Book Trust www.booktrust.org.uk
The website of an independent charity, founded to promote books
and reading. It provides a book information service, has information
about Awards, including The Smarties Award. It also lists its
publications, including the Children's Book Handbook, an invaluable
guide for schools, plus it has links to other sites for libraries,
publishers and magazines.
Review websites
Open Book
The on-line review of children's books and multimedia
Excellent, easy to navigate site to look for all sorts of things
to do with children's books
Review
websites
Reviews by teenagers about their favourite books to which anyone
can contribute. Also has links to other websites. Produced by
the American Library Association.
An interactive UK website for children to write reviews, exchange
information about favourite authors and read about them too. Encourages
children to join reading groups on-line. For 8-11 year olds.
Author websites
The author's own website, with autobiography, interviews, awards
and frequently asked questions by children.
The official Redwall website, with information about the author,
the books and the characters. Very regularly updated. Lots of
fun for children.
The author's own website, which is as wacky as he is! Author
information, a story, letters page for fans and booklists.
This site is brilliant! Children will love it - information about
Korky, his books and an opportunity to write to him on-line.
An absolutely brilliant website produced by the author himself.
Packed with fun things for children, it has stories, biographical
information, information about his books and ideas for teachers.
Something for everyone.
The official Harry Potter and J K Rowling website produced by
her American publisher, Scholastic. (That is why some of the titles
are different!) Lots of information and activities for fans.
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