Read+and+Review

Many schools require that resources be previewed before purchase or that their purchase be supported by authoritative reviews to ensure they will be suitable additions to the curriculum. Some teacher librarians also choose to create a database of just-in-case reviews. Create a spreadsheet with key curriculum areas and genres and copy and paste reviews of titles to consider purchasing as finances allow. Develop a code that identifies must-have, probable and possible resources at a glance.

Please add a link to your most-trusted review sources.

**Australia**
 * ** Inside a Dog ** || ** State Library of Victoria - Read Alert  ** || ** Boys Blokes Books & Bytes  ** ||
 * ** GGS Book Review Blog ** || ** Crash Solo - one minute reviews  ** || ** Magpies, The Literature Base and The Source ** ||
 * A** ussie Reviews ** (includes non-print resources) || ** AustLit ** || ** Young Adult Reader Reviews – Australia  ** (reader reviews and verse novels**)** ||
 * ** Readplus ** || ** Viewpoint ** (a journal from Division of Library and Information Studies, University of Melbourne) || ** Scan ** (quarterly journal produced by the NSW Department of Education and Training) ||
 * ** Resource Reviews ** - NSW DET School Libraries and Information Literacy || ** Fiction Focus ** || ** Classroom Resources Reviews ** ||
 * ** Kerry Neary's Blog ** || ** Splatt reviews ** || ** Classroom Resource Reviews ** then go to Quick links menu and click CRR ||
 * ** CBCA Reading Time Journal ** (subscription) || ** Persnickety Snark ** || **Kids Book Review** ||

**International**

Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit, Mich. 48226 || ** Publishers Weekly ** || ** School Library Journal ** ||
 * ** Children's Book Review Index ** (journal issued three times a year)
 * ** Booklist ** || ** Fantastic Fiction ** || ** A Book and a Hug ** ||
 * ** Children’s Literature Network ** ||  ||   ||

**Non-print resources** * ** Internet Movie Database **