Reviews-Books


 * PROFESSIONAL SELECTION TOOLS **
 * *Booklist [| http://www.booklistonline.com]
 * COST: Cost $350/ building for online version
 * PUBLICATION: American Library Association
 * REVIEWERS: Librarians and editors listed on the Web site
 * UNIQUE: Included with //Booklist// is a quarterly supplement called //Book Links// which ties books to classroom assignments, themes, etc.
 * Good for reviews only.
 * SCOPE: Adult fiction and non-fiction; youth fiction and non-fiction, audio, reference, and graphic novels

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 * Bulletin for Children’s Books @http://bccb.lis.illinois.edu/
 * COST: $93/ institutions for print according to John Hopkins University Web site
 * PUBLICATION: The John Hopkins University Press for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science
 * REVIEWERS: Professionals listed on the John Hopkins University Web site
 * UNIQUE: //The Bulletin for Children's Books// is an eleven month journal that gives reviews on new books. Besides the book review, you will also receive a book's strengths and weaknesses as well as suggestions for how to add it to the curriculum.
 * SCOPE: Current children books, and reviews on new professional books and research articles
 * *Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (JCKL database)
 * COST: $295/year digital, web based
 * PUBLICATION: The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
 * REVIEWERS:125 review members that make up of librarians, authors, editors, teachers, etc.
 * UNIQUE: This database background information and teaching materials to supplement trade books as well as an extensive list of picture books that correlate with holidays and themes. The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database provides interviews and Web sites to many children's authors and illustrators. I planned to show and use this Database with my students in the fall.
 * Reviews for material that goes back, MARC records, popular choice in state reading awards.
 * SCOPE: Children and Young Adult books and non-material books
 * Cooperative Children’s Book Center []
 * COST: //CCBC Choices// - Free for Wisconsin libraries and schools, $3.00 for Wisconsin residents, $10.00 for non-Wisconsin residents/ per copy.
 * PUBLICATION: Friends of the CCBC, Inc
 * REVIEWERS: Staff members and librarians for //CCBC Choices//
 * UNIQUE: The CCBC is a non-circulating library intended for study and research. They receive 3,000 newly published books each year. //CCBC Choices// annual reviews 240 of the best books for ages birth to high school.
 * SCOPE: Children and Young Adult books
 * Federal Resources for Educational Excellence [|http://free.ed.gov]
 * COST: free
 * PUBLICATION: Maintained by Peter Kickbush and Kirk Winters, Office of Communications and Outreach, Office of the Chief Information Officer,U.S. Department of Education, and 68 federal agencies listed on the on the About Free page.
 * REVIEWERS: Reviewers would be the federal agencies that maintain and review their own websites.
 * UNIQUE: FREE was founded by a memo sent by former President Clinton when he was in office. He asked for a gathering of information from federal agencies that would help all students and schools have access to excellent teaching and learning resources on the Internet. This is a notable website I will add to my Internet Resources and share with my students when school starts.
 * SCOPE: Educational resources found on the Web, Kindergarten to twelfth grade, educators and students
 * Horn Book Magazine []
 * COST: $49/ year, published bi-monthly
 * PUBLICATION: The Horn Book, Inc, A Media Source Company
 * REVIEWERS: List of editors and professionals located on the page entitled Masthead.
 * UNIQUE://The Horn Book Magazine// features interesting articles, columns and of course books reviews. What makes this magazine unique is that it was launched in 1924. It is published bimonthly and can be accompanied with //The Horn Book Guide// which is a semi-annual review on 2,000 books and //Horn Book Guide Online//, electronically search 80,000 reviews.
 * SCOPE: Children and Young Adults books
 * Junior Library Guild @http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/
 * COST: Free Membership
 * PUBLICATION: Junior Library Guild, A Media Source Company
 * REVIEWERS: Junior Library Guild Editorial Team
 * UNIQUE: Junior Library Guild reviews more than 3,000 newly published books and recommends to their members which books they think will be the best for the member's library. JLG reviews books before they are published, picks out the best 348 books and sends them to the library when the books are first released. They have low priced books, provide self ready services and custom MARC records. The Junior Library Guide has 41 different leveled readers. What also makes this company unique is that Eleanor Roosevelt served on the board and it was founded by her friend Helen Ferris in 1929.
 * SCOPE: Children and Young Adult books
 * *Library Media Connection http://librarymediaconnection.com/ >
 * COST: //Library Media Connection Magazine/// $49 a year
 * PUBLICATION : Linworth Publishing, Inc 
 * REVIEWERS: librarians, classroom teachers, university faculty
 * UNIQUE: This magazine is unique because it focuses on school library media and technology specialists. This magazine has a technology emphasis and the Spanish and bilingual reviews also makes this magazine original. It's purpose is professional development and exchange of ideas.
 * Subscribe to.
 * SCOPE: technology focused: books, software, videos, and online resources
 * Publishers Weekly @http://www.publishersweekly.com/
 * COST: Print $249.99/ year, this is a weekly publication, free eNewsletters- Children's Bookshelf
 * PUBLICATION: PBxyz, LLC
 * REVIEWERS: Editors, list found on Publishers Weekly Staff
 * UNIQUE: Publishers Weekly claims to be a leading International news magazine that covers all aspects of creating, publishing and marketing. They review over 7,000 books and media formats and are known for their bestseller lists. Publishers Weekly was founded in 1872.
 * SCOPE: All levels- not just children and young adult- book, audio, video, electronic formats
 * *School Library Journal @http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
 * COST: $136.99 for 15 issues
 * PUBLICATION: Library Journals, LLC, A Media Source Company
 * REVIEWERS: librarians, educators, teachers and subject specialists, also found a page thanking the volunteer reviews of print and nonprint materials
 * UNIQUE: School Library Journal reviews over 400 books, has a technology focus and the latest practices. SLJ's slogan is "The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens."
 * Subscribe to.
 * SCOPE: Children and Young Adult, mostly books, also audio, video and the Web.
 * *Teacher Librarian @http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
 * COST: US $56/ five issues a year
 * PUBLICATION: E. L. Kurdyla Publishing LLC.
 * REVIEWERS: Practicing school librarians and professionals
 * UNIQUE: Teacher Librarian is a professional development magazine for practicing school librarians. I was able to read their magazine for free, electronically under the Digital Teacher Librarian link. They have a focus on collaborating and 21st century learning.
 * Good professional development magazine, on a philosophical level
 * SCOPE: Children and Young Adult, non-fiction books, videos and computer software
 * *VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) @http://www.voya.com/
 * COST: $46.95 Individual/year, or $57.00 Institutional/year- 6 issues
 * PUBLICATION: E. L. Kurdyla Publishing LLC.
 * REVIEWERS: Young adult librarians and youth advocates
 * UNIQUE: VOYA has 300 reviews per issue, top ten lists in many genres, focuses on middle school fiction and nonfiction. As the title suggests, this magazine advocates for youths, so they may have practice with decision making and responsibility. I was able to read their magazine for free, electronically under the Digital VOYA link.
 * YA literature, liberal point of view, well respected
 * SCOPE: Young Adult, ages 12-18- programming, graphic novels, audio books, and books for boys
 * *Wilson Catalogs (for example, Senior High School Core Collection) (JCKL database)
 * COST: Digital Subscription $245.00
 * PUBLICATION: H.W. Wilson Company
 * REVIEWERS: specialists in young adult and high school library services
 * UNIQUE: Recommends books and collection development for high school libraries. Senior High School Core Collection provides a wide variety of topics as well as curriculum based material in science and social studies . School Library Journal gave Wilson's Senior High School Core Collection an A+ for a database and in the Top Ten for Best Digital Resources.
 * Great reputation, great selection for graphic novels
 * SCOPE: Grades 9 through 12, fiction, nonfiction, CD-ROMS, and review sources

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 * ORDERING TOOLS **
 * Bound to Stay Bound @http://www.btsb.com/
 * COST: free processing and free shipping
 * PUBLICATION: Bound To Stay Bound, Inc
 * REVIEWERS: n/a
 * UNIQUE: Bound To Stay Bound's slogan is "We are the world's foremost prebinder of juvenile books." They make very durable books, provide shelf ready services, customize MARC records, stamp your building stamp onto the books and even adds AR, Lexile Levels and Reading Levels directly to the books. My school library uses this company and I have experienced first hand how great BTSB books are. On their Web site, I liked their Links page under the Library Corner tab. They provided Web sites to authors, illustrators, professional organizations and many blogs.
 * SCOPE: juvenile books, media productions
 * Brodart @http://www.brodart.com/
 * COST: n/a
 * PUBLICATION: Brodart Co.
 * REVIEWERS: n/a
 * UNIQUE: Books are shipped completely shelf ready, and cataloged. They are committed to making it easier on the librarian. This company is unique because they not only specialize in books, but also library themed furniture and supplies to help the libraries run smoothly. Supplies range from archive supplies, to arts and crafts to media supplies and cases.
 * SCOPE: four million books, Spanish language materials, audio books and video, as well as furniture and supplies
 * Follett’s Titlewave @http://www.titlewave.com/
 * COST: Free Shipping
 * PUBLICATION: Follett's Library Resources, Inc.
 * REVIEWERS: n/a
 * UNIQUE: Follett's Titlewave has a Titlewave app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and new pocket videos with Playaway View. They also have many books and shelf ready options, as well as easy to use subscriptions called TitleEZ based on age appropriate levels.
 * SCOPE: Over 1 million Prekindergarten to Adult books, audiovisual, early childhood, guided reading, ebooks and Playaways, to name a few
 * Amazon @http://www.amazon.com/ (Keep in mind the reviews on this site are not from professionals. This should make a difference to you, particularly if you are considering a controversial title which you might have to defend at a future date.)
 * COST: free membership
 * PUBLICATION: n/a
 * REVIEWERS: anyone with an amazon account
 * UNIQUE: Amazon could be a good place for librarians to go if they were looking for a specific product not found on a typical school library ordering website.
 * SCOPE: Amazon has the world's largest collection of books, media, software, etc.

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 * FREE TOOLS FROM THE WEB**
 * Bookfinder.com @http://www.bookfinder.com/
 * COST: free
 * PUBLICATION: Bookfinder.com is part of AbeBooks
 * REVIEWERS: produced by high tech librarians and programmers
 * UNIQUE: Searches over 150 million books and every major online catalog. Lets the user buy directly from the original seller without a marked up price. You can look for books in 5 different languages. This would be a great place for librarians to look for a particular books and not have to pay a large corporation such as Amazon.com
 * SCOPE: any types of books including trade books, textbooks and rare books.
 * Reading Rants! Out of the ordinary teen booklists @http://www.readingrants.org/
 * COST: free
 * PUBLICATION: Jennifer Hubert Swan
 * REVIEWERS: Jennifer Hubert Swan, a middle school librarian
 * UNIQUE: Reading Rants give books reviews for teen novels. They have been around for 10 years and the reviews are written for teens. This is a great site to encourage teens to find a book they are interested in. I like their book review lists as well as blogs and websites list.
 * SCOPE: Young Adult/Teen books
 * YALSA best books lists www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/
 * COST: free
 * PUBLICATION: American Library Association- Young Adult Library Services Association
 * REVIEWERS: YALSA selection committees- two year terms
 * UNIQUE: YALSA provides book lists and book awards for the best books for Young Adults. I like how they recommended books for both the avid book reader as well as the reluctant book reader. Not only can teens uses these lists, but so can librarians when working on their collection development. YALSA is an professional organization librarians can join.
 * SCOPE: Teens ages 12-18
 * Green Bean Teen Queen [|http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com]
 * COST: free
 * PUBLICATION: n/a
 * REVIEWER: Sarah Thompson- A 'tween' and teen service librarian
 * UNIQUE: This website has reviews from a teen service librarian. I like how she gives the published book review and then her own review. I also like how she is starting to expand to picture books, (my favorite). Her movie previews to books also makes her website unique. She also gives many booklists and blogs to follow.
 * SCOPE: young adult and teen books