Links for Parents

Encouraging Reading

• Caldecott Awards for Children's Literature. From ALA, including lists of past and present winners.
• Newberry Awards for Children's Literature. From ALA, including lists of past and present winners.
• NJ Reads
• One Book New Jersey
• Suggested Reading Lists (Great Books for Kids, and Bloomfield Schools Summer Reading Lists.
• KidsClick!. Search Engine for Kids by Librarians.
• YA Books in Series
• Teen Reads. Reviews of new books, author interviews, and reading group guides
• YALSA (Young Adult Library Services)
• Kids Reads.com

Links for Parents and other Grown-ups

• NJ After School
• Parents Guide to the Internet from the U.S. Dept of Education.
• FBI for Kids (and parents)
• Childsafe search engines by SafeKids
• TekMom
• Get Cyber Savvy
• Parenting-On-Line
• NetSmartz Workshop
• Internet Public Library Links for teachers and parents.
• NJ Family Care. New Jersey’s public health insurance program, provides free or low-cost health insurance for children whose parents do not have available or affordable employer insurance, and cannot afford to pay the high cost of private health insurance. There is limited coverage for certain low-income parents as well.