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New
Zealand Book Council - the Author pages provide comprehensive
information about New Zealand's best-known children's writers; you will
also find information about the Writers in Schools scheme.
English Online Aotearoa - Links to NZ Children's Writers
- access to a menu which provides links to writers' sites and information. The whole
site (for NZ English teachers) is worth exploring thoroughly.
Te Puna Web Directory - access to sites relating to NZ
children's books and writers.
Margaret Mahy Webpage
Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand
Inc. - you'll find lots of information about awards, events, and many
New Zealand children's authors and illustrators.
The
Official Joy Cowley Webpage.
Tessa Duder website.
LIANZA Children's Book Awards - select name of
award to
see the recipients.
Interviews With NZ Children's Authors - page created by
Christchurch City Libraries. This page is being updated frequently, and
now includes original stories by many of the authors interviewed.
School
for Young Writers - offers writing courses to children and teenagers,
as well as running a national competition for young writers.
Jabberwocky
Children's Bookshop is an excellent Auckland-based children's
bookshop.
Mallinson
Rendel, publishers of Lynley Dodd's beloved Hairy Maclary books,
have a website which includes a listing of their authors, a newsletter,
and lots of info about Hairy Maclary himself.
www.kiwiwrite4kidz.co.nz
is the website of a very active group of New Zealand children's writers. A
good site to visit if schools want to arrange an author's visit.
Website
of Brian Falkner - a New Zealand author, and a very interactive
website.
Information about Tania
Roxborogh - a popular New Zealand author for teens.
New
Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - full details
on their website.
Gavin Bishop's website is at www.gavinbishop.com
- he's arguably the top writer/illustrator of picture books in New
Zealand.
Visit www.illustration.co.nz
for samples of work and information about several of New Zealand's top
children's book illustrators.
A blog at http://createreaders.natlib.govt.nz
is about "children's and YA literature (especially New Zealand),
literacy research, and ways to get, and keep, kids reading". Well
worth subscribing or visiting often.
Insideadog
- produced by the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of
Victoria, this site is "for young people about books." It
focuses on YA literature, and includes reviews, interviews, a discussion
forum, and book news.
Australian Authors and Illustrators - "the aim of this
list is to make available official websites of authors who have had books
entered for the [Australian] Children's Book of the Year Awards."
Unfortunately this was last updated in 2003.
Authors
and Illustrators - list compiled by the Western Australian Dept of
Education and Training.
Children's
Book Council of Australia website - worth a look if you want info
about the Australian scene.
ACHUKA - tons of info about the best and latest
children's books, particularly British ones. I recommend you join the
mailing list.
Book
Trust - an independent educational charity founded to promote
books and reading; site offers a Parents' Pack, annotated booklists, list
of British publishers, news bulletin, lists of award winners, links.
Guardian Books - select By Genre, then Children and
Teens; offers lists, reviews and recommendations, book news and author
interviews.
ReadingMatters - an attractive site aimed at helping
children 7 and up choose their own books; in-depth reviews.
Cool
Reads is a site created by two teenage brothers, and includes reviews
of books "for 10 to 15 year-old readers by 10 to 15 year-old reviewers".
It's an exciting site, and very up-to-date.
Oxford University Press website contains information
about many top British children's writers.
Spaghetti
Book Club - hundreds of reviews written by children, listed by book
title (American emphasis). You can also subscribe to join the Club itself.
Mrs Mad's
Book-a-Rama - a zany website packed with reviews, book lists, links,
graphics, etc. Titles reviewed are not just new ones; some are favourites
that have been around for a couple of years.
Lisa Bartle's
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - a well-constructed
site listing award-winning children's books; you can search the site using
specifications such as age, genre, etc.
Carol
Hurst's Children's Literature Site - book reviews, curriculum ideas,
and professional topics of interest to teachers; quarterly email
newsletter available.
Kay Vandergrift's Special Interest Page - pages in essay
format which offer a journey of discovery as you explore the links - "a
means of sharing ideas and information with all those interested in
literature for children and young adults."
Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources
- a frequently updated site jampacked with news, author information,
interviews, awards, booklists, advice on writing for children; quarterly
online newsletter available.
Bulletin of the Centre for Children's Books - online
version of the journal; includes starred reviews of the month, selected
feature articles, and "Blue Ribbon" award lists.
Association
for Library Service to Children - information about the Association,
plus Children's Notables (recommended books), and lots of useful links for
parents, librarians, teachers and children.
Young Adult
Library Services Association - lots of themed reading lists, plus
links to sites for young adults.
Children's
Book Council - a real treasure trove, offering booklists, recommended
author and illustrator lists, guides for aspiring writers, latest books,
news, and lots more.
http://www.childrenslit.com/ - promotes the Children's
Literature Newsletter: booklists, themed reviews, teaching materials,
access to a subscription-based database, author links plus other useful
links.
The Picture Book Database - abstracts of over 4000
picture books (mainly American), preschool to grade 3, in a searchable
database organized by topic, concept, and author/title.
Sharyn
November's website - Sharyn is an editor who knows a lot about books
for young people and includes many useful links on her personal website.
It's well worth exploring.
Teenreads.com - attractive site aimed at teenagers, set
up by the Book Report Network - contains reviews, features, author
profiles, interviews, and lots of chances for teens to send in their
opinions.
Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults'
Authors and Illustrators - very comprehensive index; looks
up-to-date.
Reading Rants!
Contains reviews - recommended for
teenagers.
ATN
(All Together Now) Booklists - an amazing site with children's novels
categorized into nearly 1000 lists - every topic you can think of. (Thanks
to Bill Siddells for this reference). Last updated Nov. 04, but still
worth visiting.
And now for an international site: IBBY (International Board on
Books For Young People) - runs the Hans Christian Andersen Award,
produces Honour Lists of titles, promotes International Children's Book
Day (2 April), publishes Bookbird,
etc.
Another valuable international site is the International
Children's Digital Library, which currently contains 48 entries for
New Zealand books in various languages. | 
In each of the categories I have tried to limit the
recommended sites to those which are particularly comprehensive, useful,
and up to date - and relate in some way to children's literature. They
will mainly be of interest to librarians, teachers, parents, and students,
particularly if you're looking for information about children's books and
children's authors.
