Children's Literature Recommended Book Lists

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= Recommended Book Lists =

Eighteen Highly Recommended Books for Girls
A Sampler from the Ballantine book, Great Books for Girls by Kathleen Odean. Publication date of listed titles ranges from 1955 to 1995. http://www.randomhouse.com/BB/promos/greatbooks/booklist.html

= Banned Books =

American Library Association
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

OCLC Online Computer Library Center
OCLC Top 1000 list http://www.oclc.org/research/top1000/banned.htm

Wikipedia Banned books list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_books

= Subject Bibliographies =

Rainbow Reading: gay and lesbian characters and themes in children's books.
http://www.armory.com/~web/gaybooks.html

Children's Books about Jewish Religion and Culture (including interfaith stories)
http://deeptht.armory.com/~web/jbooks.html

Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature focusing on Latino people, history, and culture
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/Latino_Bibliography.html

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Young Adult Library Services Assocition http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/popularpaperback/popularpaperbacks.htm