Rave Reviews Log: Check out our own blog of hundreds of book reviews, divided into different genres like mystery, fantasy and adventure.
Adventure Books: Read about spies, explorers, treasure hunters, surviving in the wild, and more! Favorites like Hatchet can be found here.
Animal Stories: Lists of books starring dogs, cats, horses and other animals, like Lassie, Misty of Chincoteague and Babe the Sheep Pig.
Fantasy Books: Investigate magical worlds beyond Harry Potter!
Funny Books: Laugh it up with these amusing tales, like Hank Zipzer and Wayside School stories.
Historical Fiction: Immerse yourself in times past with these great stories set during the Civil War or prehistoric times or the Salem Witch Trials.
Mystery and Suspense Stories: Ghosts, treasure, monsters and crimes to be solved can be found on this list. Hang with detectives like Encyclopedia Brown or Sammy Keyes or Chet Gecko.
Newbery Medal Award Winners: The ALA's list of the best children's books written over the past 70 years.
Next Good Book: Find a favorite book or look up one you're reading right now and see what other people think of the book. Leave your own comments, a few sentences to help the next reader decide if a book is a good match for them. Keep track of your reading with your own virtual bookshelf and find suggestions of other books to read.
NoveList Plus: Find that next great read! This database includes over 200,000 fiction and non-fiction titles plus lists of award-winning books,recommended reads, and more. Realistic Fiction: School stories, growing up, dealing with real life--stories that you can relate to can be found here.
Science Fiction: Robots, space stories, time travel, possible futures, aliens, science experiments gone wrong--find those stories here!
Sports Stories: Check out baseball, basketball, football and more sports stories NOT written by the famed Matt Christopher.

Picture Book Lists

Our Favorite Picture Books: A list of our personal favorites to read and share.
100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know: The New York Public Library's famous list says it all.
Toddler Books and Authors: A list of authors and titles that should please those wiggly ones.
Caldecott Medal Award Winners: The ALA's list of the best illustrated books over the last 70 years.

Children's Literature Links

Association for Library Service to Children: Lots of links to to award winning booklists
BPL's Book Lists for Kids: Lots of great book lists of picture books, fiction and more from Boston Public Library
Children's Book Council: the architects behind Children's Book Week
Authors on the Web: find websites of your favorite authors
NYPL's Recommended Reading Lists: Best books of the year lists, and other recommended reading for kids
Tewksbury Public Schools Summer Reading Lists: Summer reading lists are usually only available June through September online