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Award Winners & Lists

• Award Winners
  • The Caldecott Medal Home Page
  • The Newbery Medal Home Page
  • The Coretta Scott King Award
  • The Giverny Book Award - Given each year to a children's science picture book by the 15 Degree Lab at LSU.
  • Bookwire Index to Book Awards
• Lists of Recommended Books
  • East Baton Rouge Parish School System Summer Reading Lists - Grades PreK-2***
  • East Baton Rouge Parish School System Summer Reading Lists - Grades 3-5***
  • East Baton Rouge Parish School System Summer Reading Lists - Grades 6-8***
  • Zachary Elementary Summer Reading List- 2nd Grade
  • Zachary Elementary Summer Reading List- 3rd Grade
  • Copper Mill Elementary Summer Reading List
    
  • Accelerated Reader Lists Online - Search your EBRP public school library catalog under Reading Programs.
  • Recommended Library Titles for 0 - 3 year olds***
  • 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
  • Best Books of the Year
  • Kids Reading Lists from Oprah's Book Club
  • Classic Books - The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project
  • International Children's Digital Library - Read books in many different languages!

Online Full-text Books and Magazines

The Tale of Peter Rabbit By Beatrix Potter Alice's Adventures In Wonderland By Lewis Carroll Fairy Tales and Stories By Hans Christian Andersen Anne of Green Gables By Lucy Maud Montgomery The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L. Frank Baum The Real Mother Goose Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project - the largest collection of illustrated antique children's books online. Visit Online Children's Stories and Reading Room - Fairrosa Cyber Library for more full-text children's books! BookPALS - Storyline Online - A streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud. Launch Pad - A literary and arts magazine for material created by kids aged 6-12.

Favorite Authors & Characters

• Favorite Series - Listed in order from Mid-Continent Public Library 
• Favorite Author Pages
  • Dav Pilkey's Web Site O' Fun
  • Brian Jacques' Home Page
  • Avi's Home Page
  • Jan Brett's Home Page
• Favorite Character Pages
  • The Official Peanuts Website
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog
  • Arthur: The World's Most Famous Aardvark
  • The Berenstain Bears
  • The Magic School Bus
  • Junie B. Jones
  • Hardy Boys
  • Nancy Drew
  • Harry Potter

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