Children's sites
Books, Reading and Writing is the new website dedicated to Scottish
children's books, with an online reading group and
fun
stuff, including bookmarks, for kids.
Childwriters
New subscription site where children's work can be posted, aimed
primarily at schools. It offers monthly competitions and is
'designed to raise the profile of literature written for children, by
children'.
Groovy Child Writer
Sophie and Emma's own site for children, this is the perfect place for
any child writer who wants to share their work with other kids. Poems,
stories, reviews and competitions, plus a list of groovy schools.
www.groovychildwriter.co.uk
Jacketflap
New American site which offers information about 10,000 publishers,
focusing particularly on what to submit where. You need to register to get
full use from the site, but it's free and does contain a huge amount of
useful information for children's writers
www.jacketflap.com/index.asp
Waterstone's Guide to Books for Young Dyslexic Readers
An excellent but little-known online guide which is enormously useful
for any parent or teacher trying to find suitable books to encourage
dyslexic children to read. It’s available as a free downloadable PDF from
this website.
