Harry Potter Alternatives

As a big Harry Potter fan, I put together a list of the books that I turned to once Harry was over.

Here are some other sites I like that have good post-Harry suggestions:

Baltimore County Public Library's After Harry Potter Page

Nancy Pearl's Harry Potter Alternatives

Reading Rocket's Beyond Harry Potter

Blogroll

I use Google Reader to follow my favorite blogs (you can see blog posts I like by clicking here, which takes you to a feed of my shared items).

And here's a list of the library-related blogs I follow and recommend:

ALSC Blog

In the Library with the Lead Pipe

King County Library System - Library *Talk*

Swiss Army Librarian

librarian.net

Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week

Shelf Talk

Push to Talk: A Blog For Teens

Welcome to my Tweendom

Library Stuff

Copyright Advisory Network

ALA TechSource Blog

Da Vinci Code Read Alikes

My grandma is gaga for Dan Brown, so I used Novelist, Fiction Connection, and an assortment of websites to put together this long list of alternatives for her.

I gave her the list several months ago and she's already plowing through it. Her favorite so far is Steve Berry's Knights Templar books.

GoodReads!

I keep track of everything I'm reading or want to read through a handy and FREE website called GoodReads. You can find my profile here. And you should totally join.

GLBTQ Books for Kids

The Rainbow List is an excellent source for kids' books that include gay characters.

I also created a simple pathfinder for one of my grad school classes that highlights some of my favorite picture books that have gay parents.