http://www.teenreads.com/ Teenreads.com brings teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. We are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!

Alex Awards
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex
Ten books published for adults with potential appeal for teens.

Printz Award
www.ala.org/yalsa/printz
First given in January 2000, the award honors the young adult book that best exemplifies literary excellence.

http://teenink.com/ Teen Ink is a monthly print magazine, website, and a book series all written by teens for teens. There are over 18,000 pages of student writing on this site. We're now entering 18th year of publishing and look forward to many more! Includes community service experiences by teens, examples of teen writing, college essays, college reviews, as well as movie, book and music reviews.

Best Books for Young Adults www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya
The titles are selected from the year’s publications and include significant adult and young adult books, fiction and nonfiction.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb
List provides reading guidance for college bound students and others looking for opportunities for independent and lifelong learning.

http://www.guysread.com/

Guys Read. A website devoted to reading by guys, about guys, for guys.

http://www.grouchy.com/angst/

Favorite Teen Angst Books. A celebration of teenage angst and personal discovery. Here, you'll learn about great books for teens, meet interesting authors and other creative folks, and join in honoring the joys and struggles of teenage years.

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper
To encourage teens to read for pleasure, one to five lists of paperbacks on popular or topical subjects are selected each year.

http://www.teensreadtoo.com/ and http://www.teensreadtoo.com/Opening.html Teens Read Too! Book reviews, author interviews, contests, and the largest young adult/teen author directory on the Web

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/quickpicks
This list is for young adults who, for whatever reason, do not like to read.

Sites that have funny things for teens to do online!

Chiff.com

Cartooning lesson 101

Cartooning

Political cartoons

How to draw cartoons

Shel Silverstein

Draw Southpark cartoons

Careers in comedy

Draw Snoopy cartoons

Chris Bliss Must See Juggling Finale

Draw Bart Simpson

Making Fiends

Draw Manga

Simpsonize Me

The original No Flying, No Tights, the graphic novel review site for teens. http://www.noflyingnotights.com/index2.html

Sidekicks , a site devoted to all those kids graphic novels out there. http://www.noflyingnotights.com/sidekicks/index.html

The Lair , featuring graphic novels for older teens and adults http://www.noflyingnotights.com/lair/index.html

Manga @ National City Library

Japanese manga, or Japanese print comics, are fast becoming the most popular comics for teens. Full of wacky humor, intense action, blossoming romance and true observations on everyday life, manga covers every kind of genre and taste. Manga tells their stories in their own unique combination of text, images and symbols (half the fun is figuring it all out). Aside from the stereotypical giant robots and cute schoolgirls, you'll find everyone from stealth government agents to spacey classical musicians to historical legends brought to life in these titles

D R A W I N G   T U T O R I A L S

The tutorials begin with the basics of drawing hair, faces, bodies and clothing. Once you've mastered those, you may want to try your hand at the tutorials focused on illustrating specific anime characters, including those from the celebrated Dragonball Z series. We are proud to present the entire series of tutorials here as an exclusive feature of the howtodrawmanga.com website. Other tutorials: Over 80 manga drawing instructions from basics to publishing http://www.mangatutorials.com/

General Tutorials:

Anime Style Hair

General Anime Faces   

Specific Characters

Female Figure Drawing

Clothing and Folds

Life in a Japanese School:
Introduction , The Subjects We Study , Events , Physical Education Class , Juku School , English Class , Ensoku , Bunkasai

Basics

Introduction
The Path of an Artist
Doodles: Junk or Goldmine?
Drawing Materials

Drawing Exercises

Color: Color Wheel
Shade and Shadow: Basic Shapes
Writing: Storymaking
Manga Basics: Making a Manga
Characters: Archetypes , Profiling , Character Creation System , Creating Names , Stereotypical Ren'ai Characters
Paneling: Basics , Transition

 Anatomy

Eyes: Basics
Emotional Expressions
Head: Front , Side , Quarter , Back , Down , Up , Misc , Lips , Eyebrows ,
Ear: Basics , Types
Nose: Basics , Types
Hair: Basics , Types , Colors , Movement , Bangs , Braids , Spiked , Curly , Straight
Hands: Flat , Nails
The Body: SDs
Torso: Basics , Wings , Male
Hips: Basics , Tail
Legs: Basics
Feet: Basics

Gear

Fantasy Clothes: Cape , Armor
Accessories: Glasses
Clothes: Folds , Skirts , Tops , Pants
Greek Clothing Reference
Shoes: Basics
School Uniforms: Boys , Girls , Gym , Misc
Weapons: Part I , Part II , Reference

Details

Sound Effects: Reference
Tones: Basics , Digital Toning

Publishing, CGing, & Beyond

Self-Publishing
Going to a Publisher
Digital Comics

CGing:

Eyes
CG and Original Lineart
Printing Comics
Model Painting

Emotional Background Effects
Weaponry Effects
Motion Lines
Screentone Depot
Effects: Fire , Smoke & Explosions
Forest: Trees , Grass , Shrubs , Rocks , Putting It All Together
Machines: Helicopter Profile
Mecha's: The Basics

|| Other References ||

Surviving the Artist Alley

YAPP Humor Booklists Links

YALSA What's So Funny

http://summerreading.cla-net.org/2008yaideas.html

The National Collaborative Summer Library Program is a grassroots consortium of 43 state agencies and associations working together providing high-quality summer reading program materials for children and teens at the lowest cost possible for libraries. Some libraries in California have participated in this program previously; and it has been quite successful and cost effective.

2008 Theme: Metamorphosis @ Your Library

Make-over activities (West Coast choppers/motorcycles, bikes, cars, room, self) concept of overhaul, and, of course the play on metamorphosis. Other transformations such as to one's first job-advice, etc., transform your body as in training, learning a new skill,etc.

Teen Read Week – October

http://www.ala.org/teenread

During Teen Read Week (October 14-20, 2007), all teen readers are encouraged to come to the TTT site & vote for their favorite titles.

TAGS (Teen Advisory Groups)

Helping teens make their mark on libraries

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/tags/spotlights/spotlights.htm

Bringing you the resources to help you create, maintain and expand your teen advisory group!

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/tags/spotlights/spotlights.htm

What advice do you have for someone starting a TAG?

Just jump in and start but have low numerical expectations. You don't have to split the atom at the first meeting and two in attendance is a success! Things will develop gradually. This list of things that our YAC does is really amazing, but Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was YAC! Any TAG will take off and create a life of its own if you give it the proper amount of sunlight (a "yes" attitude) and water (do your part and follow-up). You are the catalyst—all teens harbor the energy. You just bring it out!

Each group is unique and you can harness their energies and give them something positive and constructive to do with their time. Involvement in the TAG might be the only positive thing going for them and the TAG advisor is in a unique position to really make an impact. I still communicate with past members who have gone on and it makes me feel old, but it also makes me feel like it was all well worth it.

http://www.coolnurse.com/index.htm

Cool Nurse was created to help today's teen and young adult achieve and maintain a high level of health, fitness and well-being. Teenagers need to know the latest about health and about their bodies. Health and sex education has been cut from many school budgets. This site is a guide to assist teens in making intelligent, informed decisions

http://stopbullyingnow.com/index.htm

Stop Bullying. The links on this site will lead you through an exploration of interventions that work to reduce bullying in schools.

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/

TeensHealth was created for teens looking for honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships, and growing up. We offer a safe, private place that's accessible 24 hours a day to get the info you need to understand the changes that you (or your friends) may be going through - and to make educated decisions about your life. There's a lot of confusing, misleading, and just plain wrong health information on the Web. The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, TeensHealth and KidsHealth provide teens and families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

http://checkyourself.com/

A web site operated by Check Yourself.com and administered by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, in collaboration with a team of health and communication professionals

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/index.html

It’s My Life! Smoking. You may have already decided that smoking is not, and never will be, something you need to experience. Or, you may be thinking, "I'm dying of curiosity! Maybe I should try it!" That's normal. Either way, it's important to understand the whole truth about cigarettes and tobacco.

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/alateen.html

Alateen is part of Al-Anon, which helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Alateen is our recovery program for young people. Alateen groups are sponsored by Al-Anon members

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

Go Ask Alice. a health Q&A Internet service. It works to provide readers with reliable, accurate, accessible, culturally competent information and a range of thoughtful perspectives so that they can make responsible decisions concerning their health and well-being.

CU Succeed Resource Center

Here you will find information for colleges, credit, money, and jobs. Includes spreadsheets, calculators, articles, and other tools to help inform you about credit, buying a car, financing a college education, and more.

Guide to the Business of Babysitting

This handy online babysitting how-to covers all the essentials, including a template for a good flyer to advertise your business.

Job and Career Resources for Teenagers

Helpful job-seeking articles, job board and other resources from QuintCareers.com.

Guinness World Records

This official site includes a lot of world records to browse through. If you think you may have set a world record of your own, submit your application to Guinness here.

The Pyramid

Cool site from BBC History! Features several games based on mummies and the pyramids, plus multimedia presentations, articles, and historical background of ancient Egypt. Great for homework assignments, too!

Urban Legends Reference Pages

Check out all those stories that someone told you just HAD to be true -- and get the real facts! The mummy on the Titanic, those pesky alligators in New York's sewers, and lots, lots more. Browse through the categories or use the site's handy search engine.

Museum of Unnatural Mystery

A slightly bizarre, cyberspace science museum for all ages. Are there really flying saucers? What killed the dinosaurs? Is there something ancient and alive in Loch Ness? The Museum takes a scientific look at these, and other, questions.