Do you live in a big city, small town, or out in the country? Do you have a major children's bookshop just down the road, or do you have to travel for hours? Do book reps knock on your door day and night, or do you never see them? No matter where you live, you can have access to a large choice of children's books for your library, just by going online.

For example…

1. Want to find some award-winning fiction books for 7-9 year olds?
2. What are a few popular horror and ghost stories for teens?
3. How do I find a few good books for my class about the solar system?
4. I'd like to buy some graphic novels for early readers…

Wheeler's Books Online have recently revamped their website. It is now an easy-to-search site that can help you to locate some of the books that you are looking for. Wheeler's has a large number of books from a variety of publishers, so can be a good starting place for your search.

To answer the questions above from this site:

1. Go to Wheeler's. Go to the categories right at the bottom of the page, under the heading Children and Young Adults. Click on Award Winning. In the right-hand column, under "Filter results", choose your age group, and specify Fiction books. Lastly, click on Apply to see the books you have selected.
2. From the Wheeler's home page, go to the categories right at the bottom of the page, under the heading Children and Young Adults. Click on Fiction. From the list choose Horror & Ghost Stories, Chillers. Then choose your age group under "Filter results" in the right-hand column, and click on Apply.
3. From the Wheeler's home page, go to the categories right at the bottom of the page, under the heading Children and Young Adults. Click on Non-Fiction. Follow the links from Science to Astronomy & Space, to Solar System.
4. From the Wheeler's home page, go to the categories right at the bottom of the page, under the heading Children and Young Adults. Click on Graphic/Comic Strip. Then choose your age-group from the right-hand side and click on Apply.

You can also register with Wheeler's for free, and buy online. Follow the links under "Teachers and School Librarians".

There are also a number of other bookshops and publishers sites that are worth having a look at. Here are some more to try:

The Children's Bookshop, Kilbirnie

Jabberwocky Children's Bookshop

Scholastic

If you have used an online book-seller with success, please let us know in the comments.