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Best Books for young readers

Award Winners

Caldecott Award Books at JCPL 
Newbery Award Books at JCPL

The Caldecott Medal Home Page
 The Newbery Medal Home Page
Young Hoosier Book Awards Home Page

New Books at JCPL

New Non Fiction (JNF)
New Fiction (JFIC)
New Easy Readers (JER)
New Picture Books (JE)
New Non-Fic Picture Books (JENF)
New Read-Alongs and Books on CD

Accelerated Reading

Rensselaer Schools Accelerated Reading -- Renaissance Learning Quiz Store
Through this site quizzes and every AR title can be found. The print AR list, last provided to us in 2008, is still available at the Rensselaer Library.

St. Augustine Accelerated Reader Books at JCPL
Books in our catalog. The complete print St. Augustine Accelerated Reader List is available at the Juvenile Reference shelf at the Rensselaer Library.

Rensselaer Schools Accelerated Reader Books at JCPL
Books in our catalog.

The Lexile Framework for Reading

Suggested by patrons

The Best Children's Books
AR Book Finder
A Book and A Hug
What Kind of Reading Superhero Are You (A Book and A Hug)

Info Just For Kids

Read the Books - AR Lists

Many of the school districts in the library’s service area offer the Accelerated Reader program. Students earn points at school by reading from a list of pre-selected books, and then taking tests about the books.

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Read the Books - Book Reviews

ReadtheBooks.com also offers an innovative and entertaining solution to help libraries connect kids with books.

3D-animated book review videos are available in 50+ categories. Every book and video is linked to your online library catalog.

Book reviews are available in English and some in Spanish. Videos include closed-captioning for hearing-impaired readers.

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Tumblebooks

Interactive talking books for young and developing readers. Readers read along with the words on the screen. Selected books available in Spanish and French. Now, selected titles available for iPad! - Use the CHOOSE menu, and select Mobile to browse iPad titles.

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World Book

World Book is an easy-to-use encyclopedia with portals designed for all levels of learning.

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Searchasaurus

This kid-centered search engine featuring giant friendly lizards is a great resource for early learners.

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Kids Search

Search all of Inspire's newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, videos, photographs and more using this interface for young and first-time researchers.

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Duolingo

This free website allows you to learn Spanish, French, Italian, German or Portuguese in a game-like setting at your leisure, with graduated skills that build as you work through the different skill sets.

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