Children's Literature Sites
About the Craft of Writing
for Children
Professional
Associations For Children's Writers
Ergonomics for Writers
Miscellaneous Sites For Writers
Sites of Historical Fiction
Writer's Workshops
My Publishers
America Writes for Kids: Search for information about authors and their books alphabetically or by state. Then visit their links for more about young readers and writers, authors and books.
ALA: American Library Association' official web site.
CBC: The Children's Book Council's official web site.
CRA: California Reading Association's official web site.
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Books: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Books opened in Amherst, Massachusetts in November 2002. Visit its official web site to check out their bibliography, reading recommendations, and more.
IRA: The International Reading Association's official web site.
The Children's Literature Web Guide: A site that attempts to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Much of the information that you can find through its pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world.
Planet Ésmé: A wonderful world of children's literature.
Reading Counts: To motivate reading in kids—site by Scholastic's Reading Counts program.
Smart Writers: Loads of information for anyone who writes, reads, or teaches literature for kids.
About the Craft of Writing for Children:
ByLine Magazine: Official web site of the writer's magazine, ByLine.
Children's Book Insider: Web site of the founders of the well-respected newsletter for children's writers.
Kid Magazine Writer: Web site and e-zine for writer of children's magazines.
The Eclectic Writer: Great information on the craft of writing!
The Institute of Children's Literature: Web site of probably the best, most well-respected correspondence school for children's writing.
The Purple Crayon: This is a personal site, which was created and is maintained by a children's book editor. You'll find useful articles, mostly for writers and illustrators; selected links to online resources for writers, editors, teachers, librarians, parents, and other children's book people; children's book awards; and information about his book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books.
The Writer: Official web site of the writer's magazine, The Writer.
Writer's Digest: Official web site of the writer's magazine, Writer's Digest.
Professional Associations For Children's Writers:
SCBWI: Official web site of the Society of Children's Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI), a professional writer's association established to help children's writers get published.
NORCA: Official web site of the local chapter of the SCBWI in the three regions of Northern California (SCBWI Tri-Regions of Northern California).
Soma Ergonomics: Ergonomic Chairs and workstation equipment—great for writers' offices.
Miscellaneous Sites For Writers:
ACW Press: Information on self-publishing
Agents: What to beware of when hiring an agents; fees or no fees; what to look for in an agent.
BookSense: Shop online at your favorite independent bookstore.
Book Web: Directory of independent bookstores (sponsored by the American Booksellers Association (ABA)).
Bookwire: A wealth of information about the publishing and book-selling industry From Publisher's Weekly.
The Caldecott Medal: Ever wondered about the origin of the Caldecott Medal? Well, here's the story.
Don't: Up-to-date market facts for writers.
The Newbery Medal: The origin of the Newbery Medal.
Publicity Insider: If you're struggling to learn the ins and outs of getting publicity, there's a new site that will really help you. PublicityInsider.com is the brainchild of Bill Stoller, a public relations expert. It's filled with articles, advice and great tips that demystify the publicity process and offers real hands-on instruction on writing press releases, developing a newsworthy angle and pitching it to reporters.
Publishing Law: A web site for authors that covers the business and legal side of publishing; contains article and downloadable forms for use in collaboration or work for hire.
Rachel Simon: This is the site of Rachel Simon, writer and author of Riding the Bus with my Sister. It contains great writing tips and motivational information.
RhymeZone: Online Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus, as well as other great features like works by Shakespeare, famous quotations, Mother Goose rhymes, famous documents like the Old and New Testaments, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and more.
Self-Publishing: Free listing site for self-published authors and small publishers (intended to be a resource for people looking for books that may otherwise be difficult to find).
Subject Guides for Good Information: Instead of using a search engine and wading through thousands of irrelevant hits, consider a subject guide. The following can lead you to site that a qualified person has selected.
About.com
BUBL LINK
Digital Librarian
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Open Directory Project
WWW Virtual Library
Writers Market.com: This site provides comprehensive, up-to-date, market contact info available, with useful electronic tools such as Submission Tracker to help you manage submissions. It also provides complete contact information for hundreds of literary agents and agencies, standard pay rates and submission guidelines, links to research resources and writing sites.
Historical Fiction by Date: Lists several dozen historical novels in chronological order by the year in which they're set, starting with "prehistoric times" and moving to 1989.
Internet School Library Media Center Historical Fiction Page: A terrific site focusing especially on YA historical fiction. Links to many other sites, divided into sections on Awards, The Genre, Bibliographies, Unit and Lesson plans, and Some YA Authors of Historical Fiction. The section on The Genre includes links to many articles about the challenges of writing historical fiction.
Multnuomah County Library: From Multnuomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. One of many similar postings that are arranged by historical periods. Most of these sites, including this one, focus heavily on American history, jumping from the medieval period to American colonial history while bypassing the rest of the globe.
Scott O'Dell Award: A listing of all the books that have won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction since 1984, when it was first given.
Barnes and Noble Online Courses: A FREE online children's writer workshop is available on the Barnes and Noble web site. Just click on the "Online Courses" button on the horizontal bar near the top of the home page, then click on "Browse All Courses." Next click on the "Writing for Children" link under Literature and Language, and register. The course was designed by children's author Tracy Dils.
Children's Author's Bootcamp: A weekend-long fiction writing workshop, led by Laura Backes, Publisher of Children's Book Insider, and children's book author Linda Arms White.
Chautauqua Summer Workshop: For information on the annual on-week summer workshop at Chautauqua, New York, sponsored by the Highlights Foundation, Inc. (the publishers of Highlights Magazine), e-mail by clicking on this link and ask for a workshop information kit:contact@)highlightsfoundation.org
Highlights Foundation Workshops: For information on the various series of children's writer's workshops sponsored by the Highlights Foundation, Inc. (the publishers of Highlights Magazine), e-mail Maggie Ewain by clicking on this link: maewain@)highlightsfoundation.org
Harcourt Children's Books: Site contains publisher's catalog.
HarperCollins Publishers: Meet authors, check out your favorite fiction, enter contests, takes quizzes, and more.
Scholastic Children's Books: Fun and activities for families, kids, and teachers. You can meet the authors, too.