Moving Beyond Review Journals

LLA 2011 Conference

Kimberly Callais, Bossier Parish Libraries
kimberly.callais@gmail.com

Resources

A Fuse #8 Production: http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production

twitter: @fuseeight
Battle of the Kids Books: http://sljbattleofthebooks.com/
twitter: @sljsbob
Bookshelves of Doom: http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/
Goodnight Dune: http://goodnightdune.com/index.html
Kirkus: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/young-adult/
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/
100 Scope Notes: http://100scopenotes.com/
twitter: @100scopenotes
Abby (the) Librarian: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/
twitter: @abbylibrarian
American Indians in Children’s Literature:
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
twitter: @debreese
Diversity in YA: http://www.diversityinya.com/
The Brown Bookshelf: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/
Guys Read: http://www.guysread.com/
twitter: @guysread
Cybils: http://www.cybils.com
twitter: @cybils
Early Word: http://www.earlyword.com/
twitter: @earlyword
Awful Library Books: http://awfullibrarybooks.net/
twitter: @awfullibbooks
Emily Reads: http://www.emilyreads.com
twitter: @emilyreads
LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com
twitter: @librarythingtim
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/
twitter: @goodreads
Shelfari: http://www.shelfari.com/
twitter: @shelfari

Listservs/Newsletters: YALSA_BK
Child_Lit
GNLIB
Cynopsis Kids
Shelf Awareness
 Other Great Resources

Children’s Book Reviews Wiki: http://childrensbookreviews.pbworks.com

- Collects reviews from different blogs; divided by categories
Kidlitosphere Central: http://www.kidlitosphere.org/
-Click on the “Members” page for links to hundreds of children’s/YA blogs

SLJ Blogs:
All Blogs:
A Chair, A Fireplace
and a Tea Cozy:
Adult Books 4 Teens:
Good Comics for Kids:
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/allblog.php
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy
twitter: @lizb
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/adult4teen
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/goodcomicsforkids

Other Journals:
Bookends (Booklist): http://bookends.booklistonline.com/
Read Roger (Horn Book): http://readroger.hbook.com/
Shelf Talker (Publisher’s Weekly):
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/

Voice of Youth Advocates: http://www.voya.com/

ALA:
ALSC Blog: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/
YALSA Blog: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/
 Other Great Resources
Children’s/YA Blogs:
Green Bean Teen Queen: http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/
Story Siren: http://www.thestorysiren.com/
Angieville: http://angieville.blogspot.com/
Shelf Elf: http://shelfelf.wordpress.com/
The Ya Ya Yas: http://theyayayas.wordpress.com/
Educating Alice: http://medinger.wordpress.com/
Anita Silvey’s Children’s Book-A-Day Almanac:
http://childrensbookalmanac.com/
Interesting Nonfiction for Kids:
http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/
Hi Miss Julie: http://himissjulie.com/
Jen Robinson’s Book Page: http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast:
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings
From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors:
http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/
Guys Lit Wire: http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/
The Boy Reader: http://theboyreader.blogspot.com/
Mother Reader: http://www.motherreader.com/
Welcome to my Tweendom: http://tweendom.blogspot.com/
Read Kiddo Read: http://readkiddoread.com/
Reading in Color: http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/
Color Online: http://coloronline.blogspot.com/
Fat Girl, Reading: http://www.fatgirlreading.com/
I’m Here, I’m Queer: What the Hell Do I Read?:
http://www.leewind.org/
Queer YA: http://daisyporter.org/queerya/
Mitali’s Fire Escape: http://www.mitaliblog.com/
A Year of Reading: http://readingyear.blogspot.com/
Evergreen Junior High Library:
http://evergreenjuniorhighlibrary.blogspot.com/
Reading @ Berkeley High: http://bayareabibliophile.wordpress.com/
Eating YA Books: http://eatingyabooks.blogspot.com/
Forever Young Adult: http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/
Oops, Wrong Cookie: http://oopswrongcookie.blogspot.com/
Page Turners: http://www.pageturnersblog.com
Reading Rants: http://www.readingrants.org/
Steph Su Reads: http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/
Teen Reads: http://www.teenreads.com/
YA Bliss: http://www.yabliss.com/
Not Just For Kids: http://notjustforkids.blogspot.com/
Mr. Schu Reads: http://www.mrschureads.blogspot.com/
The Unquiet Librarian: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/
The Daring Librarian: http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/