http://www.geocities.com/~vlague/faculty/kidbooks.htm

It is amazing what books have been banned (and still are being banned) from Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen, to Judy Blume, The Chocolate War to James and the Giant Peach. Not a high tech site but lots of interesting information. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/web/people/spok/banned-books.html

An exhibition of children's books and illustrations from the San Francisco Public Library. With wonderful booklists and a fine collection of links. http://nick.sfpl.lib.ca.us/blg/blg.htm

A database of texts, images, information and bibliographies related to Arthurian legend. Sponsored by the University of Rochester and prepared by the Robbins Library. http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.htm

The materials on this site are available in both Spanish and English. The site is edited by Isabel Schon, who has included a vast array of quality books which are written for Spanish-Speaking children. There is information about workshops, and the center's conference. There are also links to related sites. http://www.csusm.edu/campus_centers/csb/english/center.htm

The documents provided here are chapters from the annotated bibliography "Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism" written by Linnea Hendrickson, published by G.K. Hall/Macmillan. http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr/ 

The on-line bookseller Shen's has created a site with hundreds of picturebook variants on the Cinderella tale. http://www.shens.com/

A bibliography of children's books collected by Sarah Vaughn http://www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/lists/dance.html 

A listing of books from 1989-1994. Created by National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities . http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/literature.html

Links and reviews. The stated purpose is to create a qualitative list of multicultural literature for K-12 educators with information from teachers who have actually used the books. http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/homepage.html

The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit international literary and educational organization for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantasy and mythic literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. Includes information on the annual Mythopoeic Conferences, Discussion Groups, the Mythopoeic Awards, three periodical publications and a Links page for the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature, mythic studies, and folklore. A great resource for those interested in Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Arthurian studies... http://home.earthlink.net/~emfarrell/mythsoc/mythsoc.html

Designed specifically for Native American students and teachers, this directory of educational books and A/V tools is quite extensive, though at the moment it is under construction and in dissarray. Includes a section called Big$ Baddie$, which examines popular children's books that many Native Americans find offensive, and provides reasoning behind objections to these books. Among other interesting features are stories written by Native American children. http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/books/bookmenu.html

An annual annotated book list created by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). The latest bibliography is for books published in 1996 written for children in grades K-8. http://www.ncss.org/resources/notable/home.html

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/slp/1998/pa_ref.html

Prepared by the Robbins Library this website includes texts, images, bibliographies and basic information about Robin Hood. Materials are listed by author, artist and bibliography, also includes a list of Robin Hood films. http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/rhhome.htm

A site discussing how top use informational books with children when exploring science. Created by Amy McClure as part of Project Primary. http://www.owu.edu/%7Emggrote/pp/child_lit/f_child_lit.html

Kay Vandergrift has created a page with critical information about the story of Snow White. She provides comparisons of the text and illustrations found in various versions. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/sw.html

A listing of female Children's writer's and their books, primarily from the 19th century. This list is part of A Celebration of Women Writers. http://www.writepage.com/others/unknown2.htm

Listing of books for children set during the WWII era. http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/22cnewsletters.html

Other sites which list books by theme

Children's Literature Themed Reviews

Numerous themes including Dinosaurs, Wordless books, Baseball... http://www.childrenslit.com/th.htm