About Children's Books

About.com's guide to children's books.

ABC Lit

An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship. Theories and criticism on children's literature.

Alfy's Storyville

Storyville is a collection of online animated children's books.

Authors on the Web

This is an online directory of author and illustrator websites.

Book Adventure

Book Adventure is a free reading motivation program. Teachers and students can register book lists and work toward reading goals.

Book Pals

Book Pals is an all-volunteer program of the Screen Actor's Guild. Actors volunteer in the schools, reading to students. In addition, Book Pals offers telephone and online stories read by celebrity volunteers.

Doucette Index

The Doucette Index is a Calgary-based reference list of teaching resources.

Literacy Hour

This British site includes animated online books, web and classroom activities for primary students.

Magic Keys

Magic Keys has a variety of online children's books, organized by age level. The books are simple, the illustrations are animated, and they often include sound.

Monroe County Public Library Book Lists

Monroe County (IN) Public Library maintains an excellent list of children's books by category.

Nursery Rhymes

Smart Central maintains this repository of nursery rhymes and the music that goes with them.

Reading Online

The official website of the International Reading Association.