Other Sources for Book Information

The Reading Club
Plenty of useful advice on starting and running a book club

The Children's Laureate
This official website has information on the current children's laureate and previous holders of the title.

The Children's Poetry Bookshelf
Run by the Poetry Book Society to support poetry for children. Encourages children to write their own poems and send them in.

The School Librarian
The quarterly journalof The School Library Association has penty of book reviews for a wide age range.

Books for Keeps
Full colour print magazine packed with news, reviews and background information on children's books. 6 issues a year. Some of the content is also available online.

Carousel
Produced in close association with the Federation of Children's Book Groups, this print magazine provides children's book reviews, news, articles and profiles. 3 issues a year. Available by subscription.
Phone 0121 622 7458 or e-mail carousel.guide@virgin.net

Armadillo
An independent review newsletter edited by children's author, Mary Hoffman. It's free of advertising and available by subscription. Phone 01993 841219 or email armadillo@worldash.demon.co.uk

Achuka
Magazine style website with news and reviews of UK children's books and interviews with authors

www.cool-reads.co.uk
This excellent website reviews books for 10-15 year olds and it's run by Tim and Chris Cross who are teenagers themselves. It features an extensive list of titles, both old and new, and all the reviews are written by Tim, Chris or other readers in that age group. You can point your children here with confidence - they may even end up submitting reviews themselves.

Books Unlimited
An interesting site about books in general which includes a section on children's books. There are articles and reviews plus a special report on building a library for your child. 

Federation of Children's Book Groups
Produces four free booklists to help you choose books for children.

Reading Matters
A useful review site that concentrates on fiction and divides it by type -  magic, time travel, adventure, etc. There's an intriguing search engine called the Bookchooser where you input the type of story you want (lots of magic, not too scary) and receive a list of suitable books. 

Mrs Mad's Book-a-Rama  
Friendly UK children's book site with reviews, a fun page and a good search engine.