General Sites
CBC Magazine: an online publication of the Children's Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/
Children's Book Council: The nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/index.html
Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland) has an excellent site about Reading and Language Arts. Look here for information about components of a balanced literacy program, as well as the separate components: Read-Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, Reading Workshop for fluent readers, Independent reading, Literature Circles, and more.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/comp_effect_rwinstr.htm
Vermont Online Library: Full-text articles from many journals. Wonderful for all kinds of research.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/vol_st3s
Vermont Strategic Reading Initiative has many useful resources. Spend a little time exploring their site.
http://www.vermontinstitutes.org/vsri/
Information Book awards and honors
National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Award
http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus
Robert F. Sibert Medal (Association for Library Service to Children)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm
Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Award
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/awardnonfiction.htm
Leveled Books and Publishers
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page has lots of links to leveled lists.
HarperCollins Nonfiction
Scholastic
National Geographic Books
Lists and Articles about Information Books
"Exploring Social Studies Through Children's Books": Article from the Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Note: the books on this list are not all Non-fiction.
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200509/SocialStudiesBooksBTJ905.asp
More Sites to Come!
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