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HOMEWORK HELP

Multnomah County Library Homework Center

Multnomah County Library: Other homework reference sources

Kidsclick! Websearch for kids by Librarians

Virtual Reference Desk: Click on "Help" to get started

READING RECOMMENDATIONS

American Library Association annual awards

CALDECOTT MEDAL: "awarded to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children."

NEWBERY MEDAL: "awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children"

SIBERT MEDAL: "awarded to the author of the most distinguished informational book"

CHILDREN's NOTABLE LISTS: "the best of the best in children's books"

Boston Globe-Horn Book awards for excellence

awarded in three categories: Fiction & Poetry, Nonfiction and Picture Book, for books published in the United States by citizens of any country

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "BLUE RIBBON BOOKS"

best of the year's literature for youth in the categories: picture books, fiction and nonfiction

Children's Book Council Bibliographies

The CBC, a trade organization "dedicated to the use and enjoyment of children's books," is a partner in sponsoring the following annual booklists:

CHILDREN's CHOICES (top 100 children's books as chosen by 10,000 children nationwide; NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES TRADE BOOKS for young people; and OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS for students K-12.

Also available is a list of books to grow on for children up to 3 years old, and 75 AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW.

Click here for all CBC reading lists.

British Children's Book Awards

Many of these books are published in the United States after winning acclaim in Great Britain.

CARNEGIE MEDAL -- "awarded annually for an outstanding book for children and young people"

KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL "for distinguished illustration in a book for children"

Nestle's SMARTIES BOOK PRIZE -- awarded annually to works of fiction and poetry for children, written in English by a citizen or resident of the United Kingdom. These prizes in children's literature for three age categories are determined by the votes of 25,000 schoolchildren 11 and under.

MUSEUMS

World Wide Web Virtual Library: "Museums in the USA" --Directory of websites for museums in the U. S.; continuously updated

Science Learning Network -- a consortium of museums in the U. S. and abroad working together to develop online science education: includes such innovative institutions as SanFrancisco's Exploratorium

American Museum of Natural History -- Take a look at its Expeditions site!

CRAFTS

Enchanted Learning: Crafts for kids

Family Fun activities and crafts from Disney Online; a great source of imaginative but easy crafts (we gets lots of ideas for storytime crafts from this site!)

Kidsdomain: Crafty Kids (includes links to other craft sites)