Scholastic
Scholastic: Eloise Greenfield Biography
Discover how Eloise Greenfield became an author when you explore this biography of her. This site also features a booklist for this award winning author.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Number the Stars
This teacher resource includes a review of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Fly Away Home
This site on the book "Fly Away Home" by Eve Bunting, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about with students, activities related to the story, a list of related books, and links to other resources.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Great Kapok Tree
This site on the book "The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" by Lynne Cherry includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Ira Says Goodbye
This site on the book "Ira Says Goodbye" provides a review of the book, related activities and books.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Napping House
This site provides a review of the book "The Napping House" by Don and Audrey Wood. It also features ideas for activities and a list of related books.
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Writing a Book Review
A guide on the essential and non-essential elements of writing a book review (critical writing). Includes objectives, material, and information on planning and publication.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Curriculum Areas
This site has book reviews for literature for children Grades 9 and under. You can search the reviews by grade level.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: So What Do You Think? Writing a Review
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to write critical literature reviews after reading reviews of movies, music, restaurants, and books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
Other
Civil War Book Reviews
This site provides good examples of critical book reviews of Civil War literature.
Other
New York Review of Books Archive
At this site, you can conduct a search for critical reviews that have been published in the New York Review of Books. Currently (July, 2000), only reviews published since 1996 are available, but that is supposed to change. This is a good...
New York Times
New York Times: 'A Wrinkle in Time' and Its Sci Fi Heroine
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article from The New York Times, a reprint from 2012, provides a book review for A Wrinkle in Time.
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Skeletons in Closet Rattle a Trio: Sailor on Horseback: The Life of Jack London
A review of a book about Jack London written by Irving Stone. Find out about the "skeletons" in Jack London's closet and read what the reviewer thinks about Stone's research. Links to additional information.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creating a Book Review Using Google Books
Technology-based lesson for a High School English class, incorporating Google Books and Google Docs. Students will choose a book to review, read the book, research other reviews of the same book, and then use Google Docs to create their...
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Reviews
Use this webpage to find brief reviews of the newest children's books.
Other
Midwest Book Review
This site, which is provided for by the Midwest Book Review, is an internet site focused entirely on book reviews across all topics.
Other
Ralph: The Naked and the Dead
The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities provides an online edition of its Winter 2001 issue (vol. 24, no. 1), which includes a detailed article on Norman Mailer's first novel The Naked and the Dead (1948).Late, Late...
Other
Curtain Up Book Review: Edna Ferber and Her Circle
This site reviews the biography of Ferber written by her grandniece, Julie Gilbert.
Other
Resource Room: Review, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
A quick review of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by author Alvin Schwartz. Helpful hints for teachers.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Review Template
Use this book review template to help students communicate what they have read in a more efficient manner. Other ideas for its use are provided.
TES Global
Tes: Book Review Poster: Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
[Free Registration/Login Required] This TES poster shares a book review of a young adult novel, Ostrich Boys, a story written by Keith Gray. The topics of death and the bereavement process are issues handled in the novel.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Lightning Thief Review From the New York Times" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Polly Shulman's review of The Lightning Thief published in the New York Times. Quotations from the text are blue while summaries are red, and the reviewer's...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: The Book Review or Article Critique
This site presents a series of questions to ask yourself before writing a book review or article critique. Most appropriate for non-fiction works.