Books & Authors
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ABEbooks.com
http://www.abebooks.com/
Search over 20 million listings for used and rare books from the world's largest web-based network of independent booksellers.
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/books.html/
Search over 1 million titles; booklists in 20 categories.
American Booksellers Association Bookstore Directory
http://www.bookweb.org/bookstores/
Search or browse listings of more than 4,500 booksellers.
American Library Association Children's Notable Lists
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/
Notable books, recordings, videos, and software for children.
American Library Association Notable Books for Adults
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/rusanotable/notablebooks.htm
Notable fiction, non-fiction and poetry books for adults.
Barnes & Noble
http://bn.com/
Buy books - new books, bargain books, out of print books. Also includes book reviews and author chats
Belpré Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprecurrent/belprmedalcurrent.htm
The Pura Belpre medal is awarded annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Bibliofind
http://www.bibliofind.com/
More than ten million used and rare books, periodicals and ephemera offered for sale by thousands of booksellers around the world.
The Book Report Network
http://www.bookreporter.com/
It's all about books: book reviews, features on books and authors, author profiles and interviews, excerpts of new releases, literary games and contests.
The Bookie.Online
http://www.wsubookie.net/
The Students Book Corporation at WSU.
Bookpeople of Moscow
http://www.bookpeople.net
Local bookstore offers book and movie reviews, calendar of events.
BookWire
http://www.bookwire.com
This Publishers Weekly site includes book reviews, bestseller lists, book awards, author information & links to other booksites including genres such as Science Fiction and Mystery.
Caldecott Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
Awarded annually to theartist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children.
Coretta Scott King Award
www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm
Presented annually to authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream.".
Esme Raji Codell
www.planetesme.com
Search the wealth of children’s literature, hosted by the renowned Children’s Librarian and author, Esme Codell.
Ezra Jack Keats
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/
Home page for award-winning children's author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.
Newbery Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newberry.html
awarded annually tothe author of the most distinguished contribution toAmerican literature for children.
New York Times Books
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books
Over 50,000 book reviews back to 1980; bestseller lists; best books lists; many features only available online, including section on business books, forums and discussions on authors and their books.
Novelguide.com
http://www.novelguide.com/
Literary analysis of classic and contemporary literature.
Online Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Links to over 1,000 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.
Orbis Pictus Award
http://www.ncte.org/about/awards/sect/elem/106877.htm
annual award for outstanding nonfiction for children.
Overbooked
http://www.overbooked.org/
This readers advisory site includes recommended booklists in genre fiction, a discussion area, "hot lists" of forthcoming hardcover fiction releases, and lists of books that received at least one "starred review" in a major journal.
Pink Monkey.com
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/
Free registration required for access to MonkeyNotes and Barron's Booknotes, which are summaries and study guides for popular and classic books, to a digital library of over 1,800 full-text literary classics, to study guides for tests and classes, to test preparation, college planning and parent guides, and more.
Sparknotes
http://www.sparknotes.com/
Study guides and discussion boards for literature, academic subjects, and tests.
