Welcome to the Children's Corner!

JBW links for Children’s Literature;

Jewish Children’s Books

You can find a huge list of Jewish Children’s books and they’re divided into categories (Like Bible stories or different festivals) so it’s pretty easy to find what you’re looking for.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/muljewhol.htm

Jbooks.com

Find out the latest Jewish children’s books from this Jewish Book website.

http://www.jbooks.com/children/index.htm

The Northern Children’s Book Festival

Details of the annual children’s book festival which takes place in Gateshead in mid-November.

http://www.gatesheadgrid.org/ncbf/

My Home Library

Tips for creating your own home library and you can even print out your own specially-designed bookplates.

http://www.myhomelibrary.org/

The Children’s Book Council

This site is filled with lists of great books to read (see the reading lists section).

http://www.cbcbooks.org/

UK Childrens Books

HUGE list of British children’s authors with links to their websites.

http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk/

About.com’s list of Children’s books about Jewish Religion and Culture.

http://childrensbooks.about.com

Joseph’s Books Picks.

Top 10 Children’s Jewish Books from Joseph’s Bookstore.

http://www.josephsbookstore.com/top%20ten%20children.html

Stories from the web

This site has two sections; one for 8-11 year olds, the other for 11-14 year olds. They have interviews with authors, tips on illustrating and loads of sneaky peaks at new books, and older ones too. There are also competitions and you can even find out about activities going on in a library near you.

http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm

In the 8-11 section look out for an interview with Francesca Simon.

http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/Stories/simon/interview.asp

Meg Rosoff talks about her new book

Hear Meg talking about her new book Just In Case, her follow up to the multi-award winning How I Live Now.

http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1189.html

Francesca Simon’s website

Francesca Simon is the author of the Horrid Henry series and more besides. She was at JBW 2006 and the ‘Fables and Bagles’ event at Simon Marks school in 2005. This site has details on all her books (including ones not yet in the shops).

http://www.francescasimon.com/

Adele Geras’ site

Adele was at JBW 2004 and the ‘Fables and Bagles’ event at Simon Marks school in 2005. Her site is filled with details of all the wonderful books she has written and a newsletter which tells you what kinds of projects she’s doing at the moment.

http://www.adelegeras.com/

Michael Rosen’s Top 10 books

Michael Rosen, a JBW favourite, reveals his Top 10 books (most, but not all written for children)

http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/top10/0,6109,906743,00.html

Joe Craig’s ‘Jimmy Coates’ Website

Joe Craig wowed our visiting schools at JBW 2006 with a creative writing workshop. This fantastic website gives you an insight into the Jimmy Coates books including interviews, competitions and downloads.

http://www.jimmycoates.co.uk/

Morris Gleitzman’s site

The wonderful website of Morris Gleitzman packed full of all kinds of things including: an online interview with some readers, an opportunity to get hold of an out of print book and you can even get to delve into Morris’ scrapbook.

 http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/