I’ve been trying to identify some of the helpful blogs that review children’s and teen books (in addition to the wonderful YA review site Reading Nook that I previously mentioned). I know there are many such blogs out there, but here are a few that may be useful to check out. I welcome your suggestions of blogs that you follow regularly.
Nonfiction Monday identifies good, recently-published nonfiction titles for young readers. Hosted by Anastasia Suen, whose Booktalking blog is another good resource, Nonfiction Monday links to a nonfiction review on a different blog each week. This gives librarians a chance to not only read nonfiction reviews, but also discover new blogs.
Abby the Librarian, written by a youth services public librarian, offers regular reviews of children’s and teen books. In addition, this blog site covers many other topics of interest to children’s librarians: storytime, summer reading, crafts, and programming. Her book reviews are well-developed, and she helpfully includes read-alikes or links to other reviews of the title.
Originally begun when the blogger was 16, the Book Cellar reviews newly-published young adult literature as well as some adult books. This blog offers reviews nearly everyday and gives titles a rating. The reviewer prefers fantasy, and thus this genre dominates among the reviewed titles.
I looked at dozens of other blogs, but I will stop here and save some for another entry. So, which blogs do you follow?