Fun and Informative Links @ Your UT Library
D.E.A.R.
Teen Reading Sites
Fun Sites
Book Awards
Annual Events
Children's Books and Resources
D.E.A.R. ~ Drop Everything And Read is a form of school-based recreational reading where students read silently in a designated time period every day in school. Students to select their own books and require neither testing for comprehension nor book reports.The choice of reading materials are books, magazines, and newspapers.
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Teen
Reading Sites - If UT Library doesn't have the title, recommend it!
101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers
ALA Teen Reading - Recommended reading for teens
YALSA Teen Booklists - Recommended by ALA's Young Adult Library Services Asso.
Boy Meets Book - Michael Sullivan recommends guy reads.
Database of Award Winning
Children's Literature
Historical
Fiction for Children and Young Adults - Learn
history the "fun" way!
Need a Good Book to Read - OHS recommended list
Read Alikes - If you liked this book, then you might like .
Reading Rants - Out of the ordinary teen booklists!
Teenage Angst Books - presented by the Grouchy Cafte
Teenreads.com - Teens to talk about their fave books & find the hippest new titles!
Teens @ Random - What's new, what's hotfor teens to read. . .
Tumblebooks - Audio books from Tumble from the Illinois State Library
Don't forget to look in Novelist!
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Fun Sites
Brainpop
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
Encyclopedia of Television
Eyewitness
History
State
Government Performance Project
Dole
5 a day website.
The
T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project:
Worst Jobs in History
History Detective
Awesome Stories - Links to some of the best primary sources
Food Timeline - Ever wonder what the Vikings ate? Food history with a buffet of lore and facts.
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Book Awards
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award Developed to encourage children and young adults to read for personal satisfaction. It is an Illinois award for outstanding literature for young people
Monarch Award The Monarch is designed to encourage children to read critically and become familiar with children's books, authors and illustrators. The program is open to all K-3 age children in Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln Award The Abraham Lincoln Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating students in grades nine through twelve in Illinois.
Read For A Lifetime promote the enjoyment of reading, by encouraging students to read both classic and contemporary literature, and rewarding them for their effort.
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Annual Events
Teen Read Week
National Library Week
Banned Books Week
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Children's Books and Resources
Children's Books that Build Character
Scholastic
- Kids
Fun Online
Children's Lit Center
Seussville
You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer
You
Wouldn't Want to be a Roman
Gladiator
You wouldn't Want to be an Egyptian Mummy
You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Whaling Ship Essex
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