Blogs Galore!

This fabulous blog list was compiled by Judith Ridge and through her generosity is published here. I will continue to add to it and welcome comments for your favorites. Tell me what category they go in, too

Blogs by writers & illustrators for children and young adults

An Awfully Big Blog Adventure (UK collective)
http://awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/

Anderson, Laurie Halse (USA)
http://halseanderson.livejournal.com

Asher, Jay
http://www.discomermaids.blogspot.com/
blog by three children’s book writers, one of whom is Jay Asher.

Black, Holly (USA)
http://blackholly.livejournal.com/

Blume, Judy (USA)
http://judyblumeblog.blogspot.com/

Cabot, Meg
http://www.megcabot.com/diary/

Carter, Ally (USA)
http://www.allycarter.com/blog.html

Clark, Becky (USA)
http://beckyland.wordpress.com

Codell, Esme (USA)
http://planetesme.blogspot.com/

Cohn, Rachel (USA)
http://blogs.myspace.com/rachel_cohn

Dulemba, Elizabeth O (USA)
http://dulemba.com/blogger.html

Green, John (USA)
http://www.sparksflyup.com/weblog.php

Howell, Simmone
http://simmone.livejournal.com/

Johnson, Maureen (USA)
http://maureenjohnson.blogspot.com

Krishnaswami, Uma
http://www.umakrishnaswami.blogspot.com/
the blog of Uma Krishnaswami, children’s author and creative writing teacher at Vermont college which has a great MFA program in children’s writing

Lanagan, Margo (AUS)
http://amongamidwhile.blogspot.com

Larbalestier, Justine (AUS/USA)
http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog

Lawrinson, Julia (AUS)
http://julialawrinson.livejournal.com/

Moriarty, Jaclyn (AUS)
http://jaclynmoriarty.blogspot.com/

Pfeffer, Susan Beth
http://susanbethpfeffer.blogspot.com/

Russon, Penni (AUS)
http://www.eglantinescake.blogspot.com/

Smith, Cynthia Leitich
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/

Szymanik, Melinda (NZ)
http://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/

Taylor, Laini
http://growwings.blogspot.com/

Westerfeld, Scott (USA)
http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog

Wiles, Deborah (USA)
http://deborahwiles1.blogspot.com/

Wilkinson, Lili (AUS)
http://thinkingsofalili.blogspot.com/

Yee, Lisa
http://lisayee.livejournal.com/

Yolen, Jane
http://www.janeyolen.com/journal.html

General children’s and youth literature news and reviews blogs

ACHOCKABLOG (UK children’s and YA books)
http://www.achuka.co.uk/achockablog

agnew reading (NZ)
http://agnewreading.blogspot.com/

Alltop
http://kidslit.alltop.com/
All the top children and youth literature news

Between the Lines (Penguin Books Australia youth directed site and blog)
http://btl.typepad.com/

Blog Central: Anastasia Suen’s children’s and youth lit blogroll
http://www.asuen.com/blog/

Bookwitch (UK)
http://bookwitch.wordpress.com/

Big A little A (USA)
http://kidslitinformation.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

A chair, a fireplace and a tea cozy (USA)
http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/

Chicken Spaghetti (USA)
http://www.chickenspaghetti.typepad.com/

Collecting Children’s Books
http://collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/

Confessions of a Bilbiovore (USA)
http://bloodyyank.blogspot.com

Cybils (USA)
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/

Fairrosa’s Reading Journal (USA)
http://www.fairrosa.info/rj/

Inside a Dog (Website of the Centre for Youth Literature features YA writers guest blogging) (AUS)
http://www.insideadog.com.au/

Intergalactic Playground (UK)
http://farah-sf.blogspot.com/

Kids Lit (USA)
http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/

Life or books? (AUS)
http://lifeorbooks.blogspot.com/

Misrule (AUS)
http://www.misrule.com.au/s9y/

Read Alert (Centre for Youth Literature) (AUS)
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/services/education/youthlit/readalert/

Read Plus (AUS)
http://www.readplus.com.au/blog.php

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast (USA)
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings

Young Adults (& Kids) Books Central
http://yabookscentral.blogspot.com/

literati cat
http://literaticat.livejournal.com/
blog of the owner of a well-known indie children’s bookstore in san francisco

Queer theory and sexuality in children’s and young adult books

Avenging Sybil (USA)
http://avengingsybil.typepad.com/avengingsybil

Dicey Tillerman’s livejournal (Rebecca Rabinowitz) (USA)
http://diceytillerman.livejournal.com/

I’m Here. I’m queer. What the hell do I read? (USA)
http://www.leewind.org/

Worth the Trip (KT Horning) (USA)
http://worththetrip.wordpress.com/about/

Industry blogs

Notes from the Slushpile (UK)
http://notesfromtheslushpile.co.uk/

Publishers Weekly children’s bookseller blog (USA)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266.html?nid=3340

Read Roger (USA)
http://www.hbook.com/blog

editorial anonymous
http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/
blog by an anonymous but respected editor of children’s books

Library blogs

Librarilly Blonde
http://blogs.bccls.org/carlie/

Practically Paradise (Diane Chen on SLJ) (USA)
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/practicallyparadise

Something Different Every Day
http://blogs.nsls.info/different/

fuse# 8
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blogger/2856.html
blog by a well known children’s books librarian in NY

Classroom blogs

Curriculum Materials Information Services (CMIS), Department of Education and Training, Western Australia blogs:

Fiction Focus
http://cmisevalff.edublogs.org/

Primary Focus
http://cmisevalpf.edublogs.org/

Technology Focus
http://cmisevaltf.edublogs.org/

educating alice (USA)
http://medinger.wordpress.com/

Literacy, families and learning (AUS)
http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/

Comics and graphic novels

Word Balloons:
http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/

Kids Love Comics
http://kidslovecomics.blogspot.com

The Graphic Classroom
http://graphicclassroom.blogspot.com

Toon Books
http://www.toon-books.com/blog

First Second
http://firstsecondbooks.typepad.com/mainblog/>>

Graphix at Scholastic
http://community.scholastic.com/blog?blog.id=Blog_Graphix

Poetry blogs

Poetry for Children (USA)
http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/

Foreign language children’s and youth literature blogs and websites

Portuguese from Brazil
http://www.resumodocenario.blogspot.com
http://www.dobrasdaleitura.com/index.html

Parenting/family book blogs

The Book Bench
http://thebookbench.blogspot.com/

We Heart Books (AUS)
http://weheartbooks.com/

Reviews by teens/children blogs

3 Evil Cousins
http://3evilcousins.blogspot.com/

Toad Hill Reviews
http://www.toadhillreviews.com/