Books and Reading
- Book Awards — Check the catalog to find these award-winning books for kids
Books to Help Kids with Problems
Abandonment | Adoption | Aging | Death | Divorce | Fear | Hospital Stay | Honesty | Moving | New Baby | Sexual Abuse | Sibling Rivalry | Step Families |Tolerance
Holidays and Celebrations
Groundhog Day | Purim | Chinese New Year | Valentine’s Day | Passover | Halloween | Thanksgiving | Hanukkah | Christmas | Kwanzaa
Popular Series
Redwall | Dear America | My Name is America | The Bailey School Kids | Magic Treehouse | Junie B. Jones | The Royal Diaries | Time Warp Trio | Lemony Snicket
Other Websites about Books
- Lookybook — Click the pages to read whole picture books online
- KidsReads.com — Lots of book reviews, ideas for starting your own book club, addresses of authors, quizzes and more!
- Harry Potter — Read more about Harry, an 11-year-old boy who is plucked from his mean aunt and uncle’s home and shipped off to a school for wizards!
- Jack Gantos — Learn more about Jack Gantos, the author of books about Rotten Ralph, Joey Pigza and Jack Henry
- Jan Brett — The popular children’s book illustrator offers art and activities
- Into the Wardrobe — This Web site celebrates the life and works of C.S. Lewis
- Dinotopia — The official website for James Gurney’s lost island world where people and dinosaurs live in harmony
- Goosebumps on the Web — Scholastic Books offers this official site devoted to the popular horror novels by R.L. Stine.
- Ann M. Martin — The official site for the Babysitters Club and California Diaries
- Animorphs — Five ordinary kids are told by a dying Alien prince that Earth is being invaded by the Yeerks, and are given the power to morph
- Seussville — This is the official Dr. Seuss site from Random House