The Recession

Impact of the current economic climate on children's book business.
http://www.underdown.org/the-economy.htm

Publishers Marketplace

Fee based site and database for publishing professionals to follow the writing market.
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/

Character Chart

Detailed sample chart to keep track of your characters' traits.
http://www.eclectics.com/articles/character.html

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

If you collect information on your website from children under 13 (name, email, etc.), you need to comply with COPPA.
http://www.coppa.org/

Promotional Emails

A bookseller's view on the correct way to use email to promote your book.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1380044738.html?nid=2788&rid=350446227

Librarians' Internet Index

An organized listing of internet websites you can trust.
http://www.lii.org/

Booklist Online

Children's book reviews from the American Library Assocation.
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=booksforyouth

Google documents

Save your manuscript online so you can work on it when you're away from your computer. http://docs.google.com/

Chicago Manual Of Style Online

Everything you ever wanted to know about grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html

Jewish Children's Book Award

Sugarman Award for children's books published with a Judaic theme between October 1, 2008-October 1, 2009.
http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/literary/sugarman-award.html

Last names

Frequency of U.S. surnames from the 1990 census.
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last

Websites for Writers

Writers Digest list of 101 best websites for writers.
http://writersdigest.com/article/101-websites-2009?p_PageAlias=101BestSites&m_sCategory=AgentBlogs&m_nYear=2008

Delacorte Press MG and YA Contests

First middle-grade novel (postmark deadline June 30, 2009)
First young-adult novel (postmark deadline between October 1 and December 31, 2009)
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/

Megablog

Search over 900 children's books blogs.
http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/index.asp

Blue Board

The most active message board for children's book writers.
http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php

Finding an Agent

Large, searchable database of literary agents.
http://www.agentquery.com/

Queries

Get your query critiqued. Read critiques of other people's queries.
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/

Publishing Terms Dictionary

Understandthe terms that editors, agents, and publishers use in the book business.
http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/06/publishing-dictionary-expanded.html

Fuse #8 -- School Library Journal Blog

A blog of all things kidlit, by the world's largest reviewer of books for children and teens.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html

Ask a Librarian

Online reference service from the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/

American Library Association 2009 Conference

Chicago, IL July 9- July 15, 2009. Over 300 educational programs, over 2000 committee meetings and events, exhibits, general sessions, and more.
http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/

Magazine Themes

Many children's magazines are themed. Find out what they're looking for.
http://www.lianamahoney.com/resources/theme+list.doc

Google to sell e-books

Google announced at BEA that it would sell e-books by the end of 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/internet/01google.html

Writing for Children and Teens

Crash course on getting your book published by author Cynthea Liu
http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/for-writers/

Strategies for Success

Free download-- The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success by Donald Maass.
http://www.2morrow.bc.ca/documents/career_novelist_DonaldMaass.pdf

Book Trailers

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a video promotion for your book.
http://summerfriend.blogspot.com/2009/06/courtney-summers-tells-us-how-to-make.html

First Book

Help provide books to children in need.
http://www.firstbook.org/

Purple Crayon

Information about writing, illustrating, and publishing children's books from editor Harold Underdown.
http://www.underdown.org/

Magazines

Links to websites and submission guidelines of magazines that accept work for the children's market.
http://www.kidmagwriters.com/

Educational Publishers

An up-to-date list for writers interested in the school/library market.
http://echristensen.atspace.com/markets.html