Resources for Librarians

101+ (Mostly Free) Online Resources for Educators: Deborah B. Ford's Livebinder with a collection of the best of the best in online resources for educators PreK-12.

Ask a Tech Teacher: provides a curation of resources to support K-12 digital learning.

ATN Reading Lists: Dr. Nancy Keane collected and curated thematic reading lists for over 20 years. Here you will find lists organized under the following categories: authors, focused reading, genre, online resources, professional reading, read alikes, readership targeted lists, school subjects, themes, TV show connections and values.

Bookworm for Kids: offers lists of highly recommended books to promote the love of reading. A sidebar menu provides quick access to award winners, books by age, by theme, by genre, by subject, etc.

The Book Wrangler: provides current and archived elementary and library resources. You can subscribe to a free monthly email newsletter.

CHILIS: Children's Librarians on New Hampshire: an active group of NH public and school librarians working to provide the best possible in library services to the children in our state. This site offers information about NH Award lists--The Lady Bug, Great Stone Face, Isinglass Teen Read and Flume Award information.

Cooperative Children's Book Center: Awards and Best-of-the-Year Lists: presents links to lists of annual awards and distinctions from the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the School of Education, U. of Wisconsin-Madison.

Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens: provides free resources for teaching copyright and fair use to students. Free professional development for educators is also offered.

CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries: a method of weeding your library collection from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Deb Logan.com: Deb's website was created to provide access to workshop handouts and resources of interest to librarians/media specialists.

Enchanted Learning: provides a plethora of free educational resources and activities to support student learning. Be sure to check out the Site Overview topics found at the bottom of the homepage. A site subscription will provide you with an ad-free version of the site plus extra printing capabilities (printer-friendly pages and the ability to enlarge images).

FabLearnFellows : an open-source library of curriculum, resources, information, to contribute to research about the "makers" movement and digital fabrication in education.

Follett TITLEWAVE Login: search for books and audiovisual materials, build and store lists, and order online.

Harper Collins Children's: Teachers & Librarians: connects children's literature resources to teachers and librarians, from book activities to author & illustrator info.

Horn Book: connects educators to book resources--includes book reviews, book awards, featured articles, authors and illustrators and more.

International Literacy Association: Children's Choices Reading List: a reading list in which children themselves evaluate the books and write the reviews. The project is cosponsored by the International Literacy Association and the Children’s Book Council.

Library Professional Development Opportunities: Looking for some free PD? This web page provides links to many free online options

McBookwords: State and Regional Book Awards: McBookwords, a literacy organization, sponsors this page of author links. Most of these sites focus on readers' choice awards, awards in which the readers, children or young adults, have a vote on the book chosen as the winner.

Mrs. Reader Pants: an avid reader and dedicated school librarian, Leigh Collazo, supports new and experienced librarians by sharing new book releases, book reviews, genrefication ideas, podcasts, library lesson ideas and more. Subscribe to her newsletter so you won't miss a post!

Nancy Keane's Booktalks: Quick and Simple: A database of over 1,400 short booktalks that are intended to be used primarily by school library media specialists and teachers to hook grades K-12 students on books.

National Council for the Social Studies: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People: provides a bibliography of K-12 annotated titles published in the previous calendar year.

National Science Teachers Association: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: lists of outstanding children's science trade books presented by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC).

New Hampshire State Library Services: For Librarians, Library Management, Youth Services: a resource for those who provide library services to children and young adults in public and school libraries in New Hampshire.

OCLC: Dewey Services: Dewey Decimal Classification resources for teachers, students and librarians.

Penguin.com: Common Core Lesson Plans: provides free children's books resources, Common Core lesson plans, new book news, reading guides, etc.

Picture This! Teaching with Picture Books: ideas for using high quality children's picture books to model the six traits of writing, reading strategies, motivation and nonfiction.

Pic4Learning: free photos and images for school projects

Storytime Stand Outs: download free printable Rhymes, Songs, Chants and Fingerplays for Preschool and Kindergarten.

Teacher Created Resources: free full color monthly calendars that are loaded with library programming ideas.