Great Kids Book Blogs and Websites to investigate:
 
 
Wondering how to prepare a team?
 
Get training!
 
Get your book club kids to read, read, read!
Have them come up with topics and questions.
Their enthusiasm will inspire their peers!
 
See all the details on the Kids’ Lit Quiz web site at:   www.kidslitquiz.com  
See the ‘Tips for Schools’ section.
There are plenty of questions from previous years on the website.
 
Remember to review fables, fairy tales, myths and legends, nursery rhymes, poetry, graphic novels, author biographies, book and publishing details, sports, picture books, early readers, classics and award winners.
 
Have the students come up with questions about
the books they are reading.
Have them do Book Talks.
Consider guiding themes .... sports books, biography, nursery rhymes, authors.
Talk about common themes. Brainstorm!
Books with bears? Feasts? Vehicles?
Books to movies? Aliases?
How about a  book Scavenger Hunt?
 
Visit the public library.
Visit the Osborne Collection at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/osborne/
at the Lillian H. Smith Library in Toronto.
 
Wondering what to do with all those great books your student/child is finished with?
Donate them!
From its store-front location in the Regent Park neighborhood, The Children’s Book Bank collects, recycles and distributes free books to children who need them across Toronto.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Children’s Book Bank takes
gently used books and puts them into the hands of children who need them.
 
 
 
Training tips from teachers 
for teachers....
Be sure to review book award winners
such as:
Governor General’s Book Awards at: www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla
Canadian Children’s Book Centre:
www.bookcentre.ca
New Zealand Book Sites and Awards:
www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards
www.bookcouncil.org.nz
UK Book Awards and Sites:
www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk
www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site  
USA Book Awards:
Learn about  Caldecott, Newberry and other prestigious book award winners.
Visit school websites in other countries to see what their kids are reading. http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/gglahttp://www.bookcentre.cahttp://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awardshttp://www.bookcouncil.org.nzhttp://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-siteshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5
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