When you write them at school, your teacher calls them book reports. But when they are published, they magically become book reviews. Harness the power of the Internet to turn your book reports into published book reviews at these five sites.
Enter this British site through the door appropriate for your age: either eight to eleven, or eleven to fourteen.
In this five-part writing seminar from children's author Rodman Philbrick, students in grades three through eight learn how to write and edit a book review.
How do you decide what to read? Do you rely on friends, teachers or librarians? How about book reviews written especially for teens, often by teens themselves? Today's sites have thousands of book recommendations. You are bound to find one (or a dozen) yo
At Flamingnet, a father and son team from Baltimore manage a team of student reviewers that read current books and prepubs (books that are not out yet) for preteens and teens.
The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County has created a whopper of a "guide to enjoyable books.
Teen Ink is a website and print magazine "devoted entirely to teenage writing and art.
TeenReads is my pick of the day site because it is so comprehensive.
Although there's plenty to crow about at this teen reading site from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, what I liked best was that it publishes reviews from both teens and librarians, and they are cleared marked which are which.
My daughter is getting to that age where everyone else is more of an expert than dear old Mom and Dad. And books I was recommending were being summarily turned down. "Mom, that book is as OLD as I am!" But when this year's Newbery Medal winners were annou
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