Self-Selected+Reading

=Author and Illustrator Learning Resources=

**Amazon.com Author Pages**

 * [|Amazon.com's Alvin Schwartz Page] (Schwartz is best known for his //Scary Stories// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Andrew Clements Page] (predominantly RF stories, some science fiction stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Anthony Horowitz Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Avi Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Betty Ren Wright Page] (mysteries, ghost stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Bill Brittain Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Blue Balliet Page] (RF stories packed with action/adventure, mystery, and suspense)
 * [|Amazon.com's Carl Hiaasen Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Carolyn Keene Page] (mysteries)
 * [|Amazon.com's Christopher Paolini Page] (F stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Christopher Paul Curtis Page] (HF stories featuring African-American characters)
 * [|Amazon.com's Cornelia Funke Page] (Funke is best known for her //Inkheart// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's C.S. Lewis Page] (Lewis is best known for his //The Chronicles of Narnia// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Cynthia Rylant Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Dan Gutman Page] (sports stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's E.L. Konigsburg Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Elizabeth George Speare Page] (HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Eoin Colfer Page] (predominantly F stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Eva Ibbotson Page] (F stories, some involving ghosts)
 * [|Amazon.com's Franklin W. Dixon Page] (mysteries)
 * [|Amazon.com's Gail Carson Levine Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Gary Paulsen Page] (adventure and survival stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Gary D. Schmidt Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Gary Soto Page] (RF stories featuring Hispanic characters)
 * [|Amazon.com's Gennifer Choldenko Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Gordon Korman Page] (RF stories packed with action/adventure and suspense)
 * [|Amazon.com's Harry Mazer Page] (predominantly HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's H.G. Wells Page] (predominantly SF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Jacqueline Woodson Page] (RF and HF stories featuring African American characters)
 * [|Amazon.com's James Dashner Page] (Dashner is best known for his //The Maze Runner// trilogy.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Jane Yolen Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Jean Craighead George Page] (predominantly HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Jean Fritz Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Jeanne DuPrau Page] (SF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Jenny Nimmo Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Jerry Spinelli Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's J.K. Rowling Page (F stories)]
 * [|Amazon.com's John Bellairs Page] (mysteries)
 * [|Amazon.com's Jon Scieszka Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Joseph Bruchac Page] (HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Karen Hesse Page] (predominantly HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Kate DiCamillo Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Lemony Snicket Page] (realistic fiction stories packed with action/adventure, mystery, and suspense)
 * [|Amazon.com's Lois Lowry Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Louis Sachar Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Lynne Reid Banks Page] (Banks is best known for her //Indian in the Cupboard// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Madeleine L'Engle Page] (predominantly SF/F stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Margaret Peterson Haddix Page] (predominantly SF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Mary Downing Hahn Page] (mysteries, ghost stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Mike Lupica Page] (sports stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Mike Venezia Page] (Venezia wrote the //Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists//, //Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers//, //Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists//, and //Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Mildred D. Taylor Page] (HF stories featuring African-American characters)
 * [|Amazon.com's Nancy Farmer Page] (predominantly SF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Natalie Babbit Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's N. D. Wilson Page] (Wilson is best known for his //100 Cupboards// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Neil Gaiman Page] (Gaiman is best known for his books //Coraline// and //The Graveyard Book//, which won the Newbery medal.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Pam Munoz Ryan Page] (HF stories featuring Hispanic characters)
 * [|Amazon.com's Patricia Polacco Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Peg Kehret Page] (predominantly RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Pseudonymous Bosch Page] (Bosch is the author of the //Secret// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's R.A. Montgomery Page] (choose your own adventure stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Richard Peck Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Rick Riordan Page] (Riordan is best known for his //Percy Jackson & the Olympians// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Roald Dahl Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Roland Smith Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Scott O'Dell Page] (HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Scott Westerfeld Page] (Westerfeld is best known for his //The Uglies// series.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Sharon Creech Page] (RF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Susan Beth Pfeffer Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's Susan Campbell Bartoletti Page] (predominantly HF stories)
 * [|Amazon.com's Suzanne Collins Page] (Collins is best known for her //The Underland Chronicles// series and //The Hunger Games// trilogy.)
 * [|Amazon.com's Tonya Hurley Page]
 * [|Amazon.com's William Sleator Page] (predominantly SF stories)

Author and Illustrator Blogs

 * [|Mo Willems Doodles!] (children's book illustrator Mo Willems' blog)

Other Author- and Illustrator-Related Learning Resources

 * [|Houghton Mifflin Reading: Authors and Illustrators Page]

=Award Lists=

**American Library Association (ALA)**

 * [|ALA: Batchelder Award Winners and Honor Books: 1968–present] (This award is for an outstanding children's book published in a **foreign language** and translated into English.)
 * [|ALA: Belpre Medal Winners and Honor Books: 1996–present] (This medal is awarded for outstanding children's literature and illustration that celebrates the **Latino/a cultural experience**.)
 * [|ALA: Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books: 1938–present] (This medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American **picture book** for children.)
 * [|ALA: Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners and Honor Books: 1970–present] (Recipients are authors and illustrators of **African descent**. Notable winners include **Christopher Paul Curtis**, **Virginia Hamilton**, **Patricia McKissack**, **Toni Morrison**, **Walter Dean Myers**, **Mildred D. Taylor**, and **Jacqueline Woodson**.)
 * [|ALA: Newbery Medal Winners and Honor Books: 1922–present] (This medal is awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to **American literature for children**.)
 * [|ALA: Notable Children's Books]

=Book Lists=

National Education Association (NEA)

 * [|NEA: 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Read]
 * [|NEA: Bilingual Booklist] (This list includes books that have both Spanish and English editions.)
 * [|NEA: Celebrity Book Picks]
 * [|NEA: Kids' Top 100 Books]
 * [|NEA: Native American Booklist]
 * [|NEA: Teachers' Top 100 Books]

National Public Radio (NPR)

 * [|100 Must Reads for Kids 9-14]
 * [|100 Best-Ever Teen Novels]
 * [|Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Novels]
 * [|Top 100 'Killer Thrillers']

Other Book Lists

 * [|Al's [Roker of NBC's The Today Show Book Club for Kids]]
 * [|Children's Literature Assembly: Notable Books]
 * [|International Reading Association (IRA): Choices Booklists: Children's Choices]
 * [|Oprah's Book Club: Kids' Reading List: 10 to 12 years]
 * [|Publishers Weekly (PW): All-Time Bestselling Children's Books]
 * [[file:Top 100 Picture Books.pdf]] (according to readers of [|A Fuse #8 Production], a [|School Library Journal] blog)
 * [[file:Top 100 Children's Novels.pdf]] (according to readers of [|A Fuse #8 Production], a [|School Library Journal] blog)

=Booktalks and Book Trailers=
 * [|Bookwink.com: Video Booktalks]
 * [|List of online booktalks]
 * [|Scholastic.com: The Stacks for Kids]

=**Library Web Sites**=
 * [|East Chicago Public Library Locations and Hours]
 * [|Hammond Public Library Locations and Hours]
 * [|Lake Co. Public Library Locations and Hours]

=**Mr. Morrison's Lists**=
 * [|Mr. Morrison's Classroom Library Inventory] (Find books by author, title, and Lexile.)
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Book Recommendations by Genre]
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Book Recommendations by Title]
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Books That Teach Tolerance, Compassion, and Empathy]
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Books to Read—Children's/YA Fiction/Nonfiction]
 * [|These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Books]

=What should I read next?=
 * [|The Book Seer]
 * bookleads wiki
 * [|LCPL Book Synopses]
 * [|The Lexile Book Database] (Use this database to look up the Lexile measure for a particular book, find Lexiled books by a particular author, or find books that match your Lexile measure.)
 * [|Literature Map] (Use this Web site to find authors with similar writing styles.)
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Book Recommendations by Genre]
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Book Recommendations by Title]
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Books That Teach Tolerance, Compassion, and Empathy]
 * [|Mr. Morrison's List of Books to Read—Children's/YA Fiction/Nonfiction]
 * [|Scholastic: The Stacks]
 * [|Scholastic: Teacher Book Wizard]
 * [|TasteKid] (According to the company Web site, "TasteKid is a discovery engine that provides on spot, relevant, music, movies, shows, books and authors recommendations, based on one's existing preferences.")
 * [|These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Books]
 * [|What Should I Read Next?]