Flamingnet.com Book Reviews http://flamingnet.com
Students review preteen, teen, and young adult books for you. Who better
to tell you if a book is worth reading, than those for whom the book is
written. (from the site)
Alex Awards
These awards honor the top ten adult books for young adults published
during the award year.
Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award
is a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult
literature.
Margaret A. Edwards Award
The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author's
lifetime achievement for writing books that have been popular over a
period of time.
Teen Top Ten
Selected by teens - sponsored by The Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA)
The Will Eisner Awards
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the "Oscars" of the
comic book industry. The awards are given out in more than two
dozen categories covering the best publications and creators of the
previous year.
The Harvey Awards http://www.harveyawards.org/
The Harveys recognize comic book outstanding achievements in over 20
categories.
Magazines
http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/dbtw-wpd/periodicals.htm Search the library collection to see
the magazines we have at the different branches.
Type the name of the magazine you're looking for in the search box to
see which branches subscribe to it. Type an asterisk ( * ) into
the search box to see all the magazines in the library's collection.
Read something recently that you just love -- or hate?
Write a review and share it with other teens.
We may feature your book review on the main page of the Teen
Zone!
Thanks for your submission. Check back soon to see your review on our
website!
No time to read? You can listen to an audiobook
using your MP3, cassette or CD player. The library has books on
cassette, books on CD and downloadable audiobooks.
Search the
library's audiobooks.
To see the library's entire collection of comics/manga,
do a Subject search in our
Catalogfor "graphic novels."
Absolute Anime http://www.absoluteanime.com/
Hundreds of anime profiles, each containing information about anime
characters, movies, OAV (Originally Animated for Video) series, and TV
shows. There is also a section dedicated to anime that has been shown on
U.S. television.
Tokyopop http://www.tokyopop.com
The largest publisher of English language manga in the world.
eBooks
The library now has an eBook collection,
including electronic books for kids and teens. Download the book
with the free software Adobe Reader or Mobipocket and read on your
computer or PDA. All you need is a library card -- and you don't
need to worry about overdue fees. eBooks expire at the end of the
lending period, so you don't need to return them! Go to
ebooks.camdencountylibrary.org and click on "Browse All
Teens and Kids" near the bottom of the left column.
