Children's & Adolescent Books

[MrsPinecone]

American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/

Book Lists:

Caldecott Medal Winners
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Newbery Medal Winners
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Bestselling Children's Books of All Time

Guys Read
A web-based literacy program designed to help boys and men find things they might like to read.

Books for Boys
17 highly recommended books for boys

Authors:

Gary Paulsen http://www.randomhouse.com/features/...ulsen/library/
Hatchet, Brian's Return, Brian's Winter, The River, Brian's Hunt, many more...

Cynthia Voigt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Voigt
The Tillerman Series: Homecoming, Dicey's Song, etc.

Madeleine L'engle http://www.madeleinelengle.com/
A Wrinkle in Time Series

Laura Ingalls Wilder http://www.littlehousebooks.com/books/books.asp
Little House on the Prairie Series

Lucy Maud Montgomery http://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/
Anne of Green Gables Series and many others

C.S. Lewis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
Chronicles of Narnia

Frances Hodgson Burnett http://www.online-literature.com/burnett/
The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy

Susan Cooper http://www.thelostland.com/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Cooper
The Dark is Rising Sequence

Marguerite Henry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Henry
The Misty of Chincoteague Series

Beverly Cleary http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html
The Ramona Books, among many others

Katherine Paterson http://www.terabithia.com/
Bridge to Terebithia, Lyddie, Park's Quest, The Great Gilly Hopkins

E.L. Konigsburg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._L._Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth; A Proud Taste for Scarlet & Miniver

Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows