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Downloadable Lists and Links to Online Booklists   
Bibliographies developed by the Connecticut State Library and links to related online booklists.

 Connecticut

Connecticut Fiction - Children's and young adult fiction with a Connecticut setting.
Connecticut Authors & Illustrators - Children's and young adult book authors and illustrators who live in, or have lived in Connecticut at some point in their lives.

Books for Boys

Books for Boys on Michael Sullivan’s homepage
List divided into sections: Picture Books, Low, Moderate, Higher, and Advanced Levels.
A Booklist for Boys from Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Books About Boys from Youth Services Staff at St. Charles Public Library (IL)
Books for Boys from the Edmonton Public Library (Canada)
Seventeen Highly Recommended Books for Boys from Random House

Character Education

The Christopher Awards - established in accord with the principles of The Christophers to salute media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”
Character Education Books for Children from Michigan State University Extension
Character Education Bibliography from the Utah State Office of Education
Character Education: Selected Secondary Literature (.pdf) for grades 6-12 from the Montgomery (MD) County Public Schools.

Children's Classics
What makes a classic classic? Kidsreads.com definition, Education.com,

Children’s Classics : A Booklist for Parents (.pdf) from The Horn Book
Picture Book Classics from the Morton Grove (IL) Public Library’s “Kids Webrary”
Classic Children's Books from the Morton Grove (IL) Public Library’s “Kids Webrary”
Classic Reading Lists from Kidsreads.com
Includes links to lists for: Baby & Toddler (Ages 1-3), Picture Books (Ages 3-8), Beginning (Ages 5-8), Intermediate (Ages 8-10), Advanced (Ages 10-12)
The Yankee Magazine 100 : Classic New England Children's Books

Concept Books

Article: "Concept Books and Young Children" by Ann D. Carlson 
Concept Books from Horn Book
Concept Books from the Internet Library School Media Center
ABC, It's Easy as 123... Concept Books from Notes from the Windowsill

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered (GLBT)

Bibliography for Gay Teens from the GLBT Round Table of ALA
GLBT Resources for Children from the GLBT Round Table of ALA
Evaluating the Treatment of Gay Themes in Books for Children and Younger Adults: What to Do Until Utopia Arrives from the GLBT Round Table of ALA

Genre

Mysteries - A list of links to online mystery lists for children and teens.

Grief / Loss

Stories For Kids About Losing a Pet (2005) compiled by Linda Williams

Health & Fitness

Fitness
Human Body
Hygiene
Nutrition
Safety

Mathematics

Mathematics Resources K-12 megasite from the Internet Library Media Center
Math and Literature Idea Bank at Mathcats.com
Math Concept Books for Young Children from the Tippecanoe County (IN) Public Library
Mathematics & Literature (A List of Literature Books by Math Concept) from the Houston (TX) Independent School District (a .pdf)

Multicultural

Pathfinder: Multicultural Literature for Children from the Internet Public Library
Recommended Books in Spanish (searchable) - from the Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents, California State University San Marcos
Multicultural and Diverse Fiction for Children - from Waterboro Public Library, Maine
A categorized list which includes links to many other online multicultural bibliographies.
Literature for Young People Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures by Kay E. Vandergrift
Article "Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls " by Jean Mendoza & Debbie Reese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Early Child Research & Practice (2001)

Parenting

New Books for the Parenting Collection (2005-2006)
New Books for the Parenting Collection (2004)
New Books for the Parenting Collection (2003)

Science

Cloning : Fiction & Nonfiction  (2005)

Series & Sequels

Juvenile Series and Sequels from the Mid-Continent Public Library (MO) - Listed by Series TitleSeries SubjectBook Title, or Book Author.

Special Needs (2006)

Materials for and/or about Children with Disabilities - Linda Lucas Walling Collection
Professional Books for Librarians Working with Special Needs Children
Special Needs Children (nonspecific)
ADD/ADHD 
Autism / Aspberger Syndrome
Hearing Impairments / Deafness
Mental Retardation / Down Syndrome / Fragile X 
Physical Disabilities / Spina Bifida
Tourette Syndrome
Visual Impairments / Blindness

Compilations of Online Booklists

Recommended Book Lists from ALSC
Booklists for Children from the Waterboro Public Library (ME)

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