ALA Award Winners – The American Library Association’s lists of best of and award winners.

Brightly – At Brightly, we believe reading has the power to illuminate kids’ lives. But we also know how hard it can be to connect kids with the right books at the right time and keep them engaged with reading as they grow. We want to make it a little easier, and a lot more fun, for parents to raise children who love to read.

Caldecott Winners – The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Free Book Spot – Online source of free e-books in categories like scientific, engineering, programming, novels and many other books. No registration is required to download.

Free E-Books – Discover all-new, rising authors. Independent writers offer both entertaining fiction/romance for your enjoyment and non-fiction to help you find info from self-help to biz growth. You need to become a Free-EBooks.Net member to access their library. Registration is free.

GetFreeEBooks – A site that brings both authors and readers into the world of free legal ebooks. Authors with their ebooks will benefit greatly from the large community of readers and the readers will in return, of course, will have lots of materials to read to their hearts’ content.

Graded Lists – This list of titles has been compiled by librarians at member schools of the Houston Area Independent School Library Network (HAISLN). ? It includes both fiction and nonfiction books by some of the best authors for children and young adults. Books on this list are evaluated annually by grade level committees.

Internet Archive – Is a non-profit library of millions of free books, software, movies, music and more.

Many Books – Contains more than 33,000 free e-books formatted for Kindle, Nook and most other e-readers. You can also access an HTML version of the books to read online.

Newbery Winners – The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Obooko – Provides an opportunity for new and established writers from all parts of the world to self-publish and promote their work free of charge.

Open Ebooks – Open eBooks is an app containing thousands of popular and award-winning free titles. These eBooks can be read without checkouts or holds.

Project Gutenberg – Over 50,000 free e-books ‘previously published by bona fide publishers, digitized by us with the help of thousands of volunteers.’

Recommended Books from ALSC – The Association for Library Service to Children promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services.