Thursday was ''Young Reader's Day'' to kick off Children's Literature Week running through next weekend.

Here are some excellent sites devoted to reading.

http://www.homeboundbooks.com. If you really want to get your little one involved in reading, you might consider joining the Kiddies Fun Download Club and let them help make their own books. This site has more than 30 original titles available with an additional 100-plus activity sheets and more coming every month. Choose one, print it out and create a book - an easy project you can do together. There are samples to try free of charge, and if you like what you see, membership is just $9.95.

http://www.carolhurst.com. Do you know what your children might like, but not how to find exactly the right book? Visit Carol Hurst's site for brief but informative book reviews on hundreds of titles.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/ramseyil/childlit.htm. The Internet School Library Media Center Children's Litera ture and Language Arts index page may not be the most exciting - OK, it's actually pretty dull to look at - but the information available makes it noteworthy.

http://www.bookloversden.com. I never read a Nancy Drew mystery. I was a Trixie Belden fan and didn't want to be disloyal. (Funny though, reading the Hardy Boys stories didn't bother me.) Find out about ''series'' books at this easy reading, visitor-friendly site.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html. There are no finer examples of good books for young readers than the Newbery medal winner selected each year. Named for18th-century British bookseller John Newbery, it is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, ''to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.''

Read about this year's recipient, ''A Year Down Yonder,'' by Richard Peck, and find out about this year's Honor winners and previous recipients. Then make the jump to:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html. Here you'll find similar honors to the artist of ''the most distinguished American picture book for children.'' This award was named in honor of Randolph Caldecott, a 19th-century English illustrator. The 2001 selection is ''So You Want to be President?'' illustrated by David Small with text by Judith St. George.

http://www.bluemountain.com/cdb/K/RDG. Show your kids that reading can be cool by sending them one of these great ''believe in books'' cards from Blue Mountain.

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