Children's Book Week 2009

This year Children's Book Week will be observed May 11-17.

Children's Book Week Links

• Children’s Book Week Website
• Celebrate National Children’s Book Week (Read. Write. Think)
• Celebrate National Children’s Book Week (Scholastic)
• Children’s Book Week Goes Digital (Publishers Weekly)
• Celebrate Children’s Book Week, May 11-17 (School Library Journal)

Book Lists

• Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books, 1938-Present
• Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present
• School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2008
• ALSC: 2009 Children’s Notable Books
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2008 (Published January 1, 2009)
• 2008 Boston Globe Horn Book Awards
• Horn Book Fanfare: Best Books of 2008
• Charlotte Zolotow Book Awards
• 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center: CCBC Choices 2008
• Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year (2008)
• The Reading Teacher: Teachers’ Choices 2008
• Children’s Choice Book Award Finalists 2009 (Winners will be announced on May 12th.)
• From The Children’s Literature Assembly: 2009 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts
• From the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE): 2009 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
• National Science Teachers Association: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2009 (Books published in 2008)
• Parents’ Choice Book Award Winners for 2008: Includes book awards in a number of different categories—including picture books, fiction, and non-fiction
• Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008 (December 19, 2008)
• The Bulletin for the Center of Children’s Books 2008 Blue Ribbons (January 1, 2009)
• Eating Up the World: Picture Books of Distinction in 2008 (Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art)
• The 35 Best Picture Books of 2008 (Examiner.com)
• These Books Are Great from 2008 (Peggy Sharp)
• Kidsread.com: Great Books for Boys
• Susan Thomsen has compiled the ultimate list of the best children’s books (with links) at her blog Chicken Spaghetti: The Best of the Best—Kids’ Books 2008
• Notable Children’s Books of 2008 (New York Times)
• Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2008 (New York Times)
  

Oprah’s Book Club: Kids Reading Lists

• Infant-2 Years
• 3-5 Years
• 6-9 Years
• 10-12 Years
• 12 Years and Up