Styling Librarian: Book Recommendation Resources Part 3:

Book Recommendation Resources: Redux:
I realized the other day that I had many friends back in the US/Oregon that were telling me they had a difficult time finding books for their students and children and missed my recommendations. Here’s my reaction: There are hundreds of resources for finding the next terrific book or a “good fit” book for children. I’m editing my two past blog posts on book recommendation resources and adding a few new sites I’ve learned about since I’ve moved to Hong Kong:

Here are my all time favorite book recommendation resources:

READ KIDDO READ: I’m quite the fan of this webpage. The biggest draw for me was that Judy Freedman provides reviews about books, she is one of my librarian heros. Additionally, I simply love the format and the ease of use! http://www.readkiddoread.com/home
If you want to post into a forum discusson on a book your child likes to get some expert advice, here’s a great place for that opportunity:
http://readkiddoread.ning.com/forum/topics/if-your-kid-likes

BOOK ADVENTURE: Really like Book Adventure.com- it provides students with age- genre book suggestions that usually are helpful for guiding students towards their next book. Sometimes I’ve wondered why a newer title isn’t on the list but overall, it is quite useful: http://www.bookadventure.com/book_finder.aspx

KIDS READS: I also like this webpage, it always keeps up with the great reviews on some of the new best books and also helps students keep track of their favorite series. Also, there’s some terrific trivia and other activities available:
http://kidsreads.com/

BOOK SEER: Book Seer takes your favorite read book and partners you with new titles, it draws ideas off of Amazon and Library Thing. Adults most often use this one:  http://bookseer.com/

LIBRARY THING: I love Library Thing-  I just click and search the site in the top right corner and look up a favorite book to see other book suggestions connected with a title. http://www.librarything.com/

LITERATURE MAP: Also, I found this webpage to be a smidge odd but fascinating. It takes an author and creates a connected map to a variety of other authors: http://literature-map.com/

BOOK WINK: A fun webpage with book movies: http://www.bookwink.com/

GOODREADS: I love keeping up with author blogs, logging my books, linking my lists on this blog in addition to my Facebook account and keeping up with friend’s book lists and recommendations. I was able to connect with a few authors after I reviewed their books which was quite the honor. I appreciate how I can get suggestions for books based on what I’ve read, sometimes GoodReads suggests other books I’ve read but haven’t reviewed yet, but overall, it is quite the useful tool!
http://www.goodreads.com/

Book Blogs: I love following numerous blogs, they provide me with hundreds of reading ideas. My favorite ones are on the blogroll on the right side of my site. This is one of my favorites, there is a new brilliant book shared every day by brilliant Anita Silvey: http://childrensbookalmanac.com

READ ALIKE RESOURCES:
Here are some terrific read-alike booklists: http://thereadingzone.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/read-alikes-and-booklists/
Really terrific question tips for choosing books with and for children here:
http://www.oldchildrensbooks.com/readers-corner/tips-for-choosing-books-with-children
Another great blog post on “what to read next” with details for each resource:
http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/4-sites-to-help-you-decide-what-book-to-read-next/
(More for adults) Here’s a fascinating Read-Alike webpage full of terrific tips: http://www.pbs.org/parents/booklights/archives/2009/12/read-and-read-alike-selecting-books-for-older-readers.html
Some fun read-alike lists: http://www.champaign.org/justkids/good_books/read_a_likes

http://www.guysread.com/ –  http://www.guysread.com/books/ I really love the categories they put the books into. Also, this group put out short stories collections a lot of reluctant readers enjoy, Guys Read: Thriller and Guys Read: Funny Business  – The books are written by wonderful, popular authors who write quality, entertaining books… so if he likes one of the short stories, it would connect him with an author that perhaps he’d enjoy reading.

Author Webpages, two terrific sites:

http://www.inkrethink.blogspot.hk

My past blog posts on this topic:
http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2012/03/19/styling-librarian-book-recommendation-resources-my-favorites/
http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2012/04/28/styling-librarian-book-recommendation-resource-part-2/

Here’s my personal bookshelf:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1941055-the-styling-librarian?shelf=read

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