Awards and Recommendations

Awards:

	Schoolzone 4 star rating. Highly recommended site. Some of the criteria: -- Website produced by a trusted source. --Material contained will be useful to students and teachers in reinforcing learning, presentations, research and lesson preparation. --Website is well designed and easy to use
	Encyclopaedia Britannica's Best on the Internet. Rated for quality, accuracy of content, presentation and usability.
	The Education Source - Top 100 Sites - Sponsored By: Looksmart One of the Two Best Sites for Reading.
	EdHelper.com Honor Roll Selected Site
	StudyWeb Excellence Award
	Library Spot: best library and reference resources on the Web
	Links to Go, Key Resource for Children's Literature
	A Password Pick.
	Scout Report for Social Sciences selection.
	SUNLINK Link of the Week
	Family Friendly Blue Ribbon Site by Ecity.
	"Best of the Net" by the Mining Company's Homeschooling site.
	Chicago Sun-Times Pick of the Week.
	We have been chosen twice as a featured Digital Dozen site by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse site for math and science.
	Winner of the Majon Web Select "SEAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD."
	The Education Index's Outstanding Education-related Site award.
	StudyWeb Excellence Award
	A Network Nugget site.
	Scholastic's 100+ Terrific Web Sites for Educators.
	Exemplary Educational Resource by NetTech
	Blue Web'n Hot Site of the week!

Recommendations:

There are currently (as of August 2010) over 5,940 web sites created by others on the internet which recommend Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site to their visitors.

Children's Literature Web Guide puts us at the top of their list of favorite sites and gives us the following recommendation "Answer to a teacher's prayers. One of the best sites yet for reviews, teaching ideas, and creative groupings (by theme, by curriculum area, by grade level) of children's books." and rates us as "particularly valuable."

See the Praise for Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site page for more personal recommendations.