For this round of posts, we are listing our favorite book-related websites. This turned out to be a harder topic than I thought. I have plenty of children's literature sites bookmarked on my computer, but to be honest, I don't visit them regularly. Part of me wants to appear "literary" and "in-the-loop," and list a site such as Read Roger from the editor of Horn Book, but in reality I haven't checked his site in months. So much for being in-the-loop. To be honest, the book site that I use the most is simply Amazon.com. Not very original, but it's a handy source for book synopses and reviews.
There is one other website which I've been visiting almost daily, and that is Extended Shelf Life, a blog by my dear friend and expert school librarian Julie Reimer. She writes daily musings on her experiences as an elementary media specialist. It's a great way to stay in touch with a good friend...and if I feel hard pressed having to come up with a blog entry every two weeks, I remember that Julie is blogging on a daily basis!
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Like you, David, I couldn't think of any book-related websites I visit regularly. I was stumped on what to post. I'll have to check out your friend's blog. It is impressive to be blogging daily.
Thanks for getting this round going, David! I, too, didn't realize it would be difficult to narrow down or to keep up with one in particular. Now I'll check out "Extended Shelf Life."
Like you David, I tend to go to Amazon for quick book synopsis and "Look insides!" ~ it works! I also have bookmarked many book blogs, but there are not enough hours in the day. Thanks for the reminder to keep up with Julie's blog though!
Thanks for bringing this site to our attention, Dave. Always nice to add a new source of information and inspiration to the bookmarks bar!
This blog seems to be really excellent, which have been helped me a lot. Thanks for sharing.
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