Fiction reading and reviews for children

KidsReads. (2012). Retrieved May 28, 2012, from http://www.kidsreads.com/

With author biographies and interviews supplementing masses of reviews, this site also includes brief synopses of selected titles about to be published. The site is designed to appeal to children, with changing displays and giveaways of some featured titles. I found the series information particularly useful, especially as it includes many picture book series as well as novels.

 

Scieszka, J. (n.d.). Guys read. Retrieved May 29, 2012, from http://www.guysread.com/

Promotes ‘the appeal of reading’ to guys, and does it in ways which appeal to guys: reviews and information are brief, and titles can be accessed through various paths e.g. recommendations from famous guys or through the intriguingly-titled category lists which change around each time the home page is refreshed. Definition of ‘reading’ explicitly broadened to include audio books and comics.

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