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Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award

The Volunteer State Book Award is sponsored annually by the Tennessee Library Association and the Tennessee Association of School Librarians.

Children's Book Awards

Randolph Caldecott Medal
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
John Newbery Medal
Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Websites

  • A Book and a Hug - Find books by category and reading level simultaneously.
  • AR Bookfinder - students, teachers, and parents can search in English or Spanish using criteria such as ATOS book level or a Lexile™ measure, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, CCSS Exemplars, and more.
  • Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - A nationally-known storyteller, lecturer, author, and consultant, Hurst's site reviews children's books and gives ideas on ways to use them in the classroom.
  • Common Sense Media - "You know your kids. We know media and tech." Find ratings and reviews on books, tv, movies, apps, games, and more.
  • Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) - The CCBC, a research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, supports teaching, learning and research related to children's and young adult literature and provides informational and educational services based on its collections to UW students and faculty as well as librarians, teachers, childcare providers, researchers and other adults.