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Youth Services

Resources

MOYAC (Missouri Youth and Children) listserv is a moderated discussion list for staff providing children's and young adult services in Missouri public and school libraries.

TeachingBooks and TeachingBooks for Schools is an engaging collection of resources that helps children and youth connect to books and authors that they love. It is free to all Missouri residents, and includes many tools for librarians, teachers, and parents looking for ways to promote high quality books to children. Resources include author and illustrator interviews, book trailers and readings, lesson plan and library programming ideas, book promotion tools, and much more.

The Missouri Collection Analysis Initiative, a component of TeachingBooks, helps Missouri librarians and classroom teachers ensure that their collections are meeting the needs of patrons and students. It helps professionals make decisions about collection management, programming, lesson planning, book displays and front-facing titles, and more. Ongoing professional development and personalized support is included.

The Collaborative Summer Reading Program (CSLP) is a grassroots consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer library program materials.

STEM Kit Lending Program provides a collection of STEM kits available for checkout by public and school libraries. 

 

Library Association Book Awards and Lists

 

American Library Association

• ALA Book, Print & Media Awards

Missouri Library Association

• Building Block Award

Missouri Association of School Librarians

• Gateway Readers Award
• Truman Readers Award
• Mark Twain Readers Award
• Hawthorne Readers Award
• Show Me Readers Award
• Denny O'Neil Graphic Novel List and Dogwood List