Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets' "Themed Booklists" page includes recommended books on a wide variety of topics or concepts. The "Ancient Gods and Goddesses" booklist was especially helpful for finding Greek mythology resources.
CCBC Choices
Published annually, CCBC Choices includes materials recommended by the expert staff of the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Materials concerning Greek mythology can be found in the "Folklore, Mythology and Traditional Literature" section.
Novel List K-8 (Database available through BadgerLink):
Includes book reviews and recommendations for more than 200,000 materials. This site helped us learn more and make final decisions about resources we learned about through other resources. Users are able to limit to certain age groups or specific grade levels (in the advanced search option).
BookHive from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library:
Includes resources broken down by age group and reviews from librarians and child readers. Unfortunately, BookHive only allows users to search by author, title, illustrator, audience age, and select reading interest categories. To find books about Greek mythology, I had to browse through pages of age-appropriate books to find my specific subject.
Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition (EBSCOhost database available through BadgerLink):
Contains abstracts for 3,100 nonfiction titles appropriate for the middle school crowd. Through the advanced search option, users can search by subject or date. The "MYTHOLOGY, Greek" controlled vocabulary term was especially useful for our purposes.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database:
Includes book reviews by standard review sources such as School Library Journal, VOYA, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and Library Media Connection. The database also lists any awards or recognitions the book received. The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database also indexes reviews from CCBC Choices.
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