Website: www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music/juvenile-series
The Mid-Continent Public Library’s Series and Sequels database can be used to identify the books in a series by series title, series subject, book title, or book author.
Selection Tools
A Book and a Hug
Website: abookandahug.com
A Book and a Hug is a website that recommends books based on interest, age, and reading ability. Some unique features of the site that can aid in book selection include:
- Read Around the World Map: Allows you to choose a continent and a country to view books with characters from the selected country.
- Reader Types: book recommendations based on “reading personalities”
- Book searches for preteen readers who are reading above grade level using the Advanced Search selecting a Reading Level age range and selecting “Careful Content.”
Thank you to Gladys Coleman of Adamson Middle School for sharing this resource.
Book Awards
The following book awards for children and young adults are awarded annually. The list of nominees can be a valuable resource when seeking out new selections for your library collection:
National Awards:
Batchelder Award: Awarded to the best children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States
Belpré Medal: Awarded to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth
Caldecott Medal: Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children
Coretta Scott King Awards: Awarded to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values
Geisel Award: Awarded to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers
Newbery Medal: Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
Orbis Pictus Award: Awarded to the author of the best nonfiction book for children
Sibert Medal: Awarded to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book
YALSA Nonfiction Award: Awarded to the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18)
State Awards:
Georgia Picturebook Award: Awarded to the best picturebook based on votes from the students of Georgia from a list of books nominated by Georgia teachers and media specialists
Georgia Book Award: Awarded to the best chapter book based on votes from the students of Georgia from a list of books nominated by Georgia teachers and media specialists
Georgia Peach Book Award: Awarded to the best literature for high school age students based on votes from the students of Georgia from a list of books nominated by Georgia public librarians and school media specialists
First Book
Website: www.firstbook.org
From First Book – “First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 100 million free and low cost books in thousands of communities. “