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Reviews and digital media of current young adult books and more - multimedia sources for projects, edu-tech tools, book trailers for YA readers, YA publisher's sites, YA Booklists: Animot

"More specifically - do YA read young adult fiction? And if so, is it OzYA - aka Australian YA fiction?"

This is a blog dedicated to Young Adult (YA) and Junior Fiction with LGBTQ content written by Australian authors. A place to show what has been achieved, and what could be.

From the National Library of New Zealand, this section explores Chidlren's and YA literature with links to different forms, value, and library strategies.

"YALSA's Teen Book Finder is a free online database and app to help teens, parents, librarians and library staff, educators, and anyone who loves YA literature access nearly 4,000 titles recognized YALSA's awards and lists on their smartphone."

"Genres for young fiction, and in particular YA fiction (young adult, also known as youth or juvenile fiction), span most of those covered by adult fiction. What distinguishes them from adult fiction is that the main characters are usually children or teens dealing with teen issues."

"I do think it's beneficial to challenge yourself as a reader, whether that means reading poetry, the "classics," dense nonfiction, or literary fiction. I'm still surrounded by my YA TBR, and I look forward to getting to them, but this was a wake-up call to mix it up periodically. We can only grow as readers by stretching a little past what is comfortable."

Website dedicated to promoting YA fiction and to building teenagers love of reading. Includes numerous supporting resources.

Mirrors, Windows Doors (MWD) is ann online magazine whose aim is to draw attention to the riches of children's and YA books from across the world that highlight cultural and multi-cultural diversity. MWD promotes authenticity of voice, and writing that increases empathy through reading about different experiences within different cultural contexts - maybe next door, maybe across the globe - whilst tapping into a common bond of humanity and shared emotional response. MWD is a resource for librarians, teachers, parents and carers, as well as teens, who want to find out more about the kidlitosphere from a global perspective.

Five Steps to Responsibly Search for Images for Digital Projects

Slide presentation that introduces the genre, its key qualities and some representative titles and authors.

The ALAN Review (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) is a full text online journal from a special interest group of the US National Council of Teachers of English, and a site that teacher librarians should bookmark and visit regularly. Archived articles up to 2011 are included plus some selected columns.

Blog site devoted to celebrating children, books and reading with commentary about reading, great titles and links plus lots more.

Teen writer Alex Campbell on the rolling attraction of dystopia - still here, still big, despite predictions of its decline. Is it art imitating life that keeps it hot?

"Here are six handpicked examples of digital storytelling where we believe great writing is combined with great imagery to create authentic content, and a brilliant digital story." A selection of interactive documentaries that reflect literary non-fiction. Target audience is adult and senior secondary.

A data base of chidlren's literature that explores diversity maintained by the Canadian Children's Book Centre

"One teacher offers a guide to help students compare the freedoms lost in dystopian novels with the freedoms secured by the Bill of Rights."

"as kids get older and go to school, reading can be seen as work rather than fun -- and kids, especially teens, may stop reading for pleasure. Here are nine ways to get teens reading, either again or for the first time."

"Setting Readers Up for Success" - strategies to build reading interest and stamina