The Clearinghouse on Reading's Children's and Adolescent Literature Resources
Presented below are links to available online resources regarding children's and adolescent literature.
Mei-Yu Lu
Literacy Specialist
The Clearinghouse on
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Author and Illustrator Information-- General Information
Authors
From Scholastic Inc. Information includes author's biography, booklists, and visit kit.
Authors and Illustrators
From Children's Literature Association of Utah. Links to author's websites.
Author/Illustrator Information and Links
From Fairrosa Cyber Library; a collection of links on children's and young adult authors, as well as birthdays of children's and YA a uthors/illustrators.
Author Signatures & Illustrator Signatures
From Purple House Press. Providing more than 600 signatures of children's authors and illustrators.
Authors & Illustrators on the Web
From Children's Literature Web Guide; authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.
Award Winning Authors
From Literature-Awards.com. Information about authors who have won multiple literature awards (books only, short stories are not included in this list).
Children and YA Authors' Birthdays by Date
Complied by Donnie Curtis; information on dates of birth of children's authors/illustrators.
Children's Book Authors Who Visit Schools
Links to the web sites of children's book authors who visit schools.
de Grummond Collection of Children's Literature at The University of Southern Mississippi
From The University of Southern Mississippi; a list that contains more than 1,200 authors and illustrators whose original materials are held by the de Grummond Collection.
EPA's top 100 Authors
From Educational Paperback Association. Abstracted information from "Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators." Mostly award winning authors and illustrators.
Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators
From James Mason University; a meta-site designed to foster easy access to curriculum related sites for teachers, school librarians, parents and students.
Learning about the Authors and Illustrators
By Kay E. Vandergrift. Collection of links to children and young adult authors/illustrators. Arranged alphabetically by authorís last names.
Newbery Authors
From The Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication; list of citations abstracted from ERIC database regarding biographical information and teaching materials on Newbery authors.
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Author and Illustrator Information-- By State/Province
CANADA, British Columbia: Children's Books by Authors and Illustrators from British Columbia: a Selective List
Compiled by Judith Saltman, University of British Columbia. This site presents information about Canadian children's literature, listed by author, title, illustrator, and publisher.
CANADA, Canadian Literature for Children
By B. Macabee's Booksellers. Introducing Canadian children's authors and annotation of their work.
UNITED STATES, Arkansas: Arkansas Authors Index for Children and Young Adults
From University of Central Arkansas; a list of fiction and nonfiction books written by authors who were born or who have lived in Arkansas. The entry under each author is subdivided by grade level.
UNITED STATES, California Authors of Children's Literature
By Elisabeth Sherwin, A list of California children's authors and information about their works
UNITED STATES, California: San Diego County Authors and Illustrators
From San Diego County Office of Education; a list of San Diego County authors/illustrators, their books, and their contact information. Suggestions for making a school author visit are also included.
UNITED STATES, Indiana: Directory of Indiana Children's Authors & Illustrators
From Indiana State Library; a list of books by authors and illustrators who were born or who have lived in the State of Indiana. Geographic and Author/Illustrators' Indexes are also included.
UNITED STATES, Iowa: Some Children's Books by Iowa Writers
In the Iowa Authors Collection at The University of Iowa Library are works by more than fifty individuals who have written books for children. Sixteen Iowans have here been chosen to represent different types of writing and literature for pre-teenagers and to illustrate a half-century in the development of literature for children.
UNITED STATES, Kansas: Kansas Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books
From Kansas State Library; A list of children's book authors and illustrators who have lived in Kansas.
UNITED STATES, MID-ATLANTIC: Mid-Atlantic Authors and Illustrators
By Mona Kirby. Information about authors who live in Mid Atlantic Region. Including lists of books, audio clips of the authors, and authors' contact information.
UNITED STATES, Minnesota: Minnesota Author Biography Project
From Minnesota Center for the Books; a database provide biographical sketch of past and present Minnesota authors..
UNITED STATES, Nebraska: UNITED STATES: Nebraska: Readings for Children and Young Adults by Nebraska Authors
This list was compiled by staff in the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors. It is a representative sample of titles, so some authors may have written many more books than appear here.
UNITED STATES, North Carolina: North Carolina Children's Authors
From Greensboro Public Library; A list of North Carolina children's authors and some basic information about their life and work
UNITED STATES, North Carolina: Directory of North Carolina Children's and Young Adult Authors and Illustrators
This Directory of North Carolina Children's and Young Adult Authors and Illustrators has been created by the State Library of North Carolina to help bring writers and readers together.
UNITED STATES, Utah: Utah Children's Authors and Illustrators
By Carolyn Klatt and Chris Crowe; a list of children's authors who live in or have spent significant parts of their lives in Utah.
UNITED STATES, Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Collection
From Cooperative Children's Book Center; a comprehensive collection of books written and illustrated by current and former Wisconsin residents.
UNITED STATES, Wisconsin: Books by Wisconsin Authors and Illustrators
From Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison; a list of books (including title, publishing year, and publisher) written or illustrated by Wisconsin authors.
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Resources for Writing and Illustrating Children's Books
Children's Literature - Resources for Writers and Illustrators
From Children's Literature Web Guide; links to sites, organizations, publishers, and discussion lists for children's authors/illustrators.
Children's Writing Resources Center
This site provides links to information, exclusive Special Reports, messaging and live chat, and the latest children's bestsellers.
Authors and Illustrators for Children Webring
Links to publisher's current submission guidelines, answers to frequently asked questions, and recommended books that are favorites of seasoned writers and illustrators.
Writer's Tips
From Vera Kat's Homepage; this site provides resources for writers of children's books, including agents, step-by-step guide, and online discussion groups.
Awards and Notables
From Association for Library Service to Children (a division of American Library Association); this site links to children's and adolescent literature awards in the United States, including Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King Awards.
Awards for Children's and YA Literature by State
Compiled and maintained by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Links to children's literature awards by states.
Children's Book Awards
From Children's Literature Web Guide; a collection of sites on major children's and adolescent literature awards, both in the United States and throughout the world.
Caldecott Medal Homepage
From Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) of American Library Association; links to a list of Caldecott winners and honors since 1938, as well as terms and criteria associated with this award.
The Coretta Scott King Award
From Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) of American Library Association; Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."
Newbery Medal Homepage
From Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) of American Library Association; links to a list of Newbery winners and honors since 1922, as well as terms and criteria associated with this award.
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
From Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) of American Library Association;The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
The National Council of Teachers of English, through the Committee on the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, has established an annual award for promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.
Parent's Choice Award
Parents' Choice offers hundreds of on-line reviews and resources for parents, teachers, grandparents, and others who are involved in the lives of children.
Winning Titles
From Young Adult Library Services Association of American Library Association. Links includes information on the award or list, a nomination form (when available), and links to current and previous award winners or lists of titles.
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Book Reviews
Authors and Their Books
Reviews and analyses of a list of children's books.
Book of the Week
From Cooperative Children's Book Center; reviewing recently published children's books each week since 1997. Archives are categorized by titles and genres.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Children's book review journals for school and public librarians.
Canadian Review of Materials
By The Manitoba Library Association; an on-line journal, featuring children's authors/illustrators profiles and reviews of currently published children's and young adult books as well as media (audio tapes, video tapes and CD ROMs).
Children's Bookwatch
From Midwest Book Review; short book reviews arranged by genre.
Featured Children's Books
From Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site; each featured book page includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Multicultural Book Review Homepage
By Joe Mele; links to multicultural literature for K-12 educators, and also featuring "Review of the Month" section.
Notes from the Windowsill
An electronic Journal of Book Reviews; reviews of recent children's and young adult books.
Reviewed Children's Books
From Carol Hurst's Children' Literature Site; reviews of lists of children's and young adult books, arranged by titles, authors, type of books, and grade levels.
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Instructional Activities: Lesson Plans
Doucette Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas
From Children's Literature Web Guide; providing access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books.
Featured Children's Books
From Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site; each featured book page includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Newbery Authors
From The Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication; list of citations abstracted from ERIC database regarding biographical information and teaching materials on Newbery authors.
Sample Book Ideas for Literature Based Reading Enthusiasts
From The Handbook for the Young Reader's Choice Award; containing a description of each book and suggestions for student activities.
Schools of California On-line Resources for Education Cyberguide Language Arts
CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. They are designed for the classroom with one online computer. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards.
TeachersViews
A searchable database for K-8 language arts to use with particular titles, authors, and themes/topics.
Instructional Activities: Literature/Reading/Study/Reading Guides
Book Discussion Guides
From Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. A list of discussion questions for books for children and young adults.
Literature Discussion Guides
From Scholastic. Book-by-book discussion guides for children from preschool to middle school. Arranged by grade level.
Literature Study Guides
From Glencoe McGraw-Hill. Each study guide includes background information, reading strategies, and guided questions, and reproducible activity pages for students.
SparkNotes: Literature Study Guides
A list of book discussion questions for high school and college students. Each guide includes overview and summary of books, chapter-by-chapter discussion, and study questions.
Study Questions for Books Previously Taught in Young Adult Literature and in Children's Literature
Book discussion questions for elementary, middle, and high school literature classrooms.
Teacher Guides
From Random House Children's Books. Each guides includes background information, pre-reading activities/discussion questions, and thematic connections. Guides are arranged by title, grade, theme, discipline and time period.
Universal Book Discussion Questions
From Multnomah County Library. List of general questions that can be used in book discussion.
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Organizations, Associations, and Centers - National
Association of Library Service to Children of American Library Association (ALSC)
The mission of ALSC is to support the profession of children's librarianship, enabling and encouraging its practitioners to provide the best library services to our nation's children.
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
The Center endeavors to maintain strong ties with organizations interested in meeting the needs of young readers.
The Children's Book Council (CBC)
This is a site that provides information on and for Publishers, Teachers and Librarians, Booksellers, Parents, as well as Authors and Illustrators.
The Children's Book Guild Home
A permanent association of writers, artists, librarians, teachers, editors, publishers, and distributors dedicated to upholding and stimulating high standards of writing and illustrating for children, increasing knowledge and use of better books for children in the community, and cooperating with other groups having similar purposes.
Children's Literature Association (ChLA)
The goals of this Association are to encourage serious scholarship and research in children's literature, to enhance the professional stature of the graduate and undergraduate teaching of children's literature, and to encourage high standards of criticism in children's literature.
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
CCBC of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a noncirculating examination, study and research library for adults with an interest in children's and young adult literature.
The Internet Public Library Youth Division (YALSA)
This is a virtual library for youth and people who work with them, including Reference, Health and Nutrition, Art and Music, and Teacher's Corner.
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL)
NCCIL is a non-profit organization. It provides recognition of the artistic achievements of illustrators and gallery exhibition of their works. Additionally, the NCCIL designs educational and entertaining programming that relates to illustrations in children's literature in order to stimulate creativity, promote literacy and to increase appreciation for art.
Pacific Children's Literature Website
This project attempts to build a Pacific children's literature resource for all to use. Resources in this site includes (1) book reviews and teaching ideas, (2) Authors, Illustrators and Storytellers, (3) Voices of the Pacific: Original Works full text versions), and (4) teacher Exchange, and other related information.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
SCBWI is a professional organization dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children's literature.
Young Adult Library Services Association of American Library Association
The goal of the Young Adult Services Division is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service.
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Organizations, Associations, and Centers - International
AUSTRALIA: The Children's Book Council of Australia
The main objective of the Children's Book Council is the encouragement of children's reading by providing information on and encouragement to authors and illustrators, organising exhibitions and activities during Children's Book Week, supporting children's library services, and promoting high standards in book reviewing.
AUSTRALIA: OzLit for the Young
The aim of OzLit is to promote Australian books, writing and writers not only in Australia but across the world via the world-wide resources of the Internet. It hopes to foster, through Australian literature, a better understanding of Australia and its diversity of people, both within Australia and overseas.
CANADA: Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Canadian Children's Book Centre helps the creative talent of Canada - the writers, the illustrators - reach the people who count: the readers
CANADA: The Canadian Children's Literature Service
From The Canadian Children's Literature Service offers advisory, reference, and bibliographic services based on the Canadian Children's Literature Service Collection. The Service responds to questions made in person, by telephone, in writing, and electronically. As well, the Canadian Children's Literature Service provides and develops electronic products and services on specialized subjects relating to Canadian children's literature.
CANADA: Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
The Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers is a group of professionals in the field of children's culture with members from all parts of Canada.
CANADA: The L.M. Montgomery Institute
Established in 1993 with a three-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada, and with subsequent five-year funding from the Macdonald Stewart Foundation, the L.M. Montgomery Institute hosts events and projects that bring together those who wish to learn more about Montgomery's works, life, culture, and influence.
DENMARK: Centre for Children's Literature (Center for Bornelitteratur)
The Centre for Children's Literature opened in Autumn 1998. It is situated at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies in connection with the National Library of Education. It is the task of the Centre to create the most favourable conditions for the production and dissemination of and research on literature for children and young people.
FINLAND: The Finnish Institute for Children's Literature (Suomen Nuorisokirjallisuuden Insittutti)
The Finnish Institute for Children's Literature (SNI) established 1978, is a documentation, information and research centre. The institute serves as a connecting link for organizations, researchers and individuals active in the field.
FRANCE: Perrault Institute (L'institut International Charles Perrault)
The mission of Perrault Institute is to promote an international program of research in children's literature, to make known the ongoing childrenís literature research of other countries, to promote and disseminate information concerning research, and to collaborate with children's literature organizations around the world.
GERMANY: International Youth Library
Since its opening in September 1949 the International Youth Library has devoted itself to the promotion of international understanding by collecting, cataloging and facilitating communication about children's and youth literature published around the world.
JAPAN: International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka
The Institute attempts to integrate functions as a research institute and as a service institute in children's and adolescent literature.
LITHUANIA: Children's Literature Centre (CLC)
CLC accumulates, processes, and stores children's literature, both original and in translation, as well as works on history, theory and literary criticism, informative and reference publications from various countries related to children's literature. The aim of CLC is to acquire, as full as possible, earlier Lithuanian and translated children's books and books published by Lithuanian exiles. CLC collection numbers approximately 97,000 volumes.
NORWAY: The Norwegian Institute for Children's Books (Norsk barnebokinstitutt)
Starting in 1979, The Norwegian Institute for Children's Books (NBI) is an information centre and document archive for literature for children and young people.
SPAIN: International Centre of Youth And Children's Books (Centro Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil)
Since 1985, the Centro Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil has tried to promote the love of reading in children as well as bring parents, teachers, librarians, publishers, and others to help children become life long readers and learners.
SWEDEN: The Swedish Institute for Children's Books (Svenska barnboksinstitutet)
The foundation Svenska barnboksinstitutet, SBI (The Swedish Institute for Children's Books), is a special library open to the public and an information centre for children's and young people's literature. The aim is to promote this kind of literature in Sweden as well as Swedish children's and young people's literature abroad.
SWITZERLAND: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
IBBY is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.
UNITED KINGDOM: Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media (CIRCL)
The CIRCL was established at the University of Reading in Reading, England, in October 1996. The centre aims to promote and coordinate international and interdisciplinary academic research in childhood, focusing particularly on research in children and culture, children's literature, and children and the media.
UNITED KINGDOM: The Federation of Children's Book Group
The Federation is a national, voluntary organisation concerned with children and their books. Its aim is to promote enjoyment and interest in children's books and reading, and to encourage the availability of a range of literature for all ages, from pre-school to teenage.
UNITED KINGDOM: National Centre for Research in Children's Literature (NCRCL)
NCRCL facilitates and supports research exchange in the field of children's literature, and is the headquarters of the UK branch of IBBY.
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Individual Homepage on Children's and Adolescent Literature
Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources
By Cynthia Leitich Smith. This site offers original articles, bibliographies, interviews, publishing community news, an online quarterly newsletter, and curriculum information related to children's literature.
Children's Literature Web Guide
Created and maintained by David K. Brown; The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world.
Fairrosa Cyber Library
Created and maintained by Roxanne Hsu Feldman; a cyber collection of materials found on the Web related to Children's Literature.
Greek Children's Literature Page
Developed and Maintained by Dominique Sandis. This is an academic page devoted to Greek Children's Literature.
Information Guide: Children's Literature
Created and maintained by Lea Carter; this guide is an introduction to the basic sources of information for Children's Literature, including specialist encyclopedias, bibliographical sources, indexes and abstracts, and bibliographies. Most of the items listed are held in the Reference collection.
Once Upon a Time
Created and Maintained by Mary Ellen Van Camp; links to authors'/illustrators' webpages, children's book awards, professional resources on the web, and more.
Reference Books in Children's Literature in the Library Science Library - A Selective Guide
From the University of Illinois. A brief guide intending to show the range of reference materials in the Library Science Library at University of Illinois.
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
Created and maintained by Kay E. Vandergrift; providing academic resources on children and adolescent literature.
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Publishers and Children's Bookstores
Children's Book Publishers
From Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page; links to various publishing houses of children's and young adult literature.
Children's Bookstores
Links to a list of publishers that publish children's/young adult books, educational materials, and toys.
Children's Publishers on the Internet
From Children's Literature Web Guide; links to bookstores that specialize in children's and young adult books.
Internet book store List
A list of e-mail addresses and web sites of bookstores on the Internet who either buy or sell new and used books or perform book searches.
Members List of Children's Book Council
By Children's Book Council. List of U.S. publishers of trade books for children and young adults and companies that produce related literacy materials for young people
Small Presses Owned and Operated by People of Color: Publishers of Children's Books
From Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison; a list of publisher owned and operated by ethnic minority groups.
Online Children's Stories
Story Art Online
Links to various stories and storytelling resources that teachers can use in the classroom.
Candlelight Stories
Links to children's stories and free educational services.
Children's Authors, Illustrators, and their Books
Links to stories written by Grimm brothers, Anderson, and other folktale and fairytale authors.
Children's Stories On-line
Links to a list of online stories, including stories for children of different ages, riddles, mazes, and coloring books.
Kidlit Short Stories
Links to a list of stories written by children.
Myths and Fables from Around the World
Links to myths and fables from different parts of the world.
Nursery Rhymes
Links to popular nursery rhymes.
Nursery Rhymes and Songs of All Nations
Links to nursery rhymes and children's songs from different cultures all over the world.
Ongoing Tales from the Past
Featuring old time fairy tales, stories, poems and more with new postings Monthly.
Poetry Corner
Poetry written by children all around the world.
Online Children's Stories
From Children's Literature Website; Links to a collection of online children's stories having a multicultural focus.
Rebus Rhymes
Rhymes written in words and pictures.
Tales of Wonder--Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
Links to stories that represent a small sampling of the rich storytelling art that is the common heritage of humanity.
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Online Children's Magazines
Children's Express
A news service produced by kids reporting on the issues that affect their lives.
CyberKids
An online community for children age 13 and younger. Links to Contest Zone, Gallery, Games Launchpad, Reading Room, Theatre, and much more.
Cyberteens
An online community for children age 13 and older. Links to contest, games, reading room, cartoons, advice columnist, and more.
The Diary Project
A global multimedia resource that encourages teens to write about their day-to-day experiences growing up.
KidsNews
Children's news magazines written for and by children.
Kidworld Magazine
Resources for jokes, keypals, Java games, bulletin board, "Dear Ashley", stories by kids.
Kids' Space
A site created to foster literacy, artistic expression, and cross-cultural understanding among the world's children.
Kids on the Net
Kids on the Net is a trAce Online Writing Centre web site. Writing by children at home and at school all over the world.
MidLink Magazine
An online magazine that highlights exemplary work from the most creative classrooms around the globe.
National Geographic Magazine for Kids
A colorful monthly magazine created especially for curious kids.
Pauline Haass Public Library's Online Magazines for Kids
Links to a list of online magazines for children.
PBS for Kids
From Public Boradcasting Service, including funs and games, TV sites, and sites for preschool children.
Positively Poetry
A site designed for children from the ages 5 to 15 to share their artistic abilities in writing poetry with people around the world.
Scriptito's Place
A site created especially for and by young people ages 7-15.
Sports Illustrated for Kids
For children and adolescents who are interested in a variety of sports.
Time Magazine for Kids
An online news magazine for children.
Yak's Corner
An online current events magazine for children.
The Young Writers Club
A site that encourages children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pasttime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities.
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On-line Journals on Children's and Adolescent Literature
Achuka
A British on-line journal edited by Michael Thorn, containing information about children's and young adult literature.
The ALAN Review
By the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council for Teachers of English; reviews and articles about young adult literature from winter 1994 to present.
Booklist
By American Library Association;a selection of current reviews and feature articles.
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
By Manitoba Library Association; reviews of Canadian children's books and other materials, as well as news and feature articles, and archives that go all the way back to 1970.
Canadian Children's Literature
A bilingual (English and French) journal of criticism and review covering Canadian books and other media for children and young adults.
The Lion and the Unicorn
A theme- and genre- centered journal of international scope committed to discussions of literature for children.
The Looking Glass: New Perspective on Children's Books
An electronic journal about children's literature that combines an interest in the traditional with an eye to the modern.
School Library Journal Online
From School Library Journal; a site includes reviews of recommended CD-ROMs and computer software, Calendar of Events, the latest news from the world of youth services in libraries, and the monthly SLJ editorials.
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Special Library Collections
"Alice 100" Collection at University of British Columbia
The Alice 100 Collection celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the first publication of Alice in 1865.
The Art Gallery: Illustrations from 1870-1930 Children's Magazines and Books at Canadian University of Waterloo
This page contains illustrations from children's magazines and books from 1870 to 1930 -- from Kate Greenaway to Norman Rockwell to lesser known artists.
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature at University of Florida
Containing more than 93,000 volumes published in Great Britain and the United States from the early 1700s through the 1990s.
The Beatrix Potter Collections at National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum
The depth and scope of knowledge available today to students of Beatrix Potter has at its core the work of Leslie Linder (1904-1973). His major collection of Beatrix Potter material was bequeathed to the V & A Museum in 1973 and has laid the foundation for further acquisitions of individual items and groups of material.
Canadian Children's Books 1799-1930, The University of British Columbia Library
This catalogue lists approximately 850 items in the largest organized collection of early Canadian children's books outside Ottawa and Toronto.
The Children's Books Collection at the American Antiquarian Society
The Children's Books collection at the American Antiquarian Society is, within its scope, the world's finest. Extending from 1700, the date of Cotton Mather's New England supplement to James Janeway's "Token for Children," to nearly the end of the nineteenth century, the collection chronicles the emergence of an American literature for children.
Children's Book Collections at Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood
The largest special collection of children's literature in the U.K.
Children's Books at the Early Soviet Era at Rare Books and Special Collections Division, McGill University Libraries
Children's Literature, Chiefly from the Nineteenth Century, originally exhibited December 1996-February 1997, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina.
Children's Literature, Chiefly from the Nineteenth Century
The Historical Children's Literature Collection at Thomas Cooper Library is primarily a teaching collection. The collection covers children's literature up through about World War I, charting the growth and transformation of books for children during the golden age of the genre in the nineteenth century.
Children's Literature Collections at The John Rylands University Library
The collection of late 19th-century and early 20th-century titles emphasize the work of such artists as Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway.
Children's Literature Collection at the Lilly Library, Indiana University
The emphasis of this collection is English language books of the 18th and 19th centuries, but also includes a large number of 20th century books and representative works in French and German.
Children's Literature Collections at Milner Library, Illinois State University
Milner Library's Special Collections is home to several noteworthy children's literature collections. In addition to these children's literature collections, there are numerous children's titles contained within the Harold K. Sage Lincoln Collection and the Circus and Allied Arts Collection.
Children's Literature Collections at State Library of Victoria, Australia
Including a collection that would replicate Australian nursery bookshelves through time and also early to mid 20th century Australian children's books, pamphlets, music, songs, games and ephemera.
Children's Literature and Education from The National Library of Canada
Information of Children's Books published in Canada from 1850 to present.
Children's Literature Research Collections at University of Minnesota
Containing more than 70,000 children's books, primarily by twentieth-century American writers, as well as manuscript and illustration materials for more than 9,000 titles.
Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University
The home to several noteworthy children's literature collections.
de Grummond Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi
More than 1,200 authors and illustrators whose original materials are held by the de Grummond Collection.
The Dromkeen Book of Australian Children's Illustrators
The Dromkeen Book of Australian Children's Illustrators, published in March 1997, profiles and showcases the work of 79 of Australia''s most notable illustrators, past and present.
Elizabeth Nesbitt Room at the University of Pittsburgh
The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room is located in the Information Sciences Library at the University of Pittsburgh and houses several special collections related to the history of children and their books and media. The volumes in this collection include more than 12,000 books and magazine titles of interest dating from the 1600's through today.
The European Picture Book Collection
The European Picture Book Collection (EPBC) was facilitated by a grant from the European Union and created by European colleagues working in the field of children's literature and teacher education.
Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550-1990
More than four centuries of illustrated books, drawings, movable and pop-up books, toys, and games from selected University of California collections.
Foreign Language Children's Literature Collection, Middleton Library, Louisiana State University
French, German, and Spanish children's books at Middleton Library. Information includes history, access, application forms, and links to the catalog records of books available in the library.
From A to Z: An Exhibition of ABC Books Selected from the John O.C. McCrillis Collection at The Watkinson Library, Trinity College
The nearly 70 ABC books on display in this exhibition are selected from the collection of over 350 alphabet books given to the Watkinson Library in 1996 by John O. C. McCrillis.
Lois Lenski Collection, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Information on Lois Lenski, her work, and her life.
The Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children's Literature, University of Canberra
The Lu Rees Archives is a collection of resources encouraging the study and research of Australian children's literature.
The Miriam Snow Mathes Historical Children's Literature Collection, University at Albany Libraries
Including over 8,500 children's books and periodicals published from the 19th century and up to 1950.
Morgan Collection of Children's Books in the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
The Morgan Collection has its strength in English children's books from the 18th and 19th century. There are books from other parts of Europe, and there are earlier and later books, but the collection gets its character from the English children's books of an era seminal to children's literature and to the growth of the concept of childhood.
National Art Library Children's Special Collections
Collecting children's publications from the mid-nineteenth century, and now holds a major collection of ca. 6,500 books dating from the sixteenth century to the present day.
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books of Toronto Public Library
The Osborne Collection encompasses the development of English Children's literature.
Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550 1990
This Exhibition features more than four centuries of illustrated books, drawings, movable and pop-up books, toys, and games from selected University of California collections.
Selected Children's Literature Special Collection
From Kay E. Vandergrift Children's Literature Page; The collection in this website reflects the current availability of Children's Literature Special Collections on the Internet.
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America
This collection presents 163 Sunday school books published in America between 1815 and 1865, drawn from the collections of Michigan State University Libraries and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University Libraries. They document the culture of religious instruction of youth in America during the Antebellum era.
World of the Child at the Hugh M. Morris Library University of Delaware Library Newark, Delaware
A Collection of books for children in the Western World in the past 200 years.
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Teaching Children's and Adolescent Literature in College Level Programs
AUSTRALIA: Macquarie University, M.A. in Children's Literature
the M.A. in Children's Literature offers prospective students an opportunity to learn more about the filed of children's literature in an environment internationally recognised for its innovative and rigorous contribution to the field.
AUSTRALIA: University of New South Wales: M.A. in Children's Literature, Language and Literacy
The program aims to provide an opportunity for further coursework study of current critical issues or special interest areas in children's literature, language and literacy.
CANADA: University of British Columbia, Master of Arts in Children's Literature
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, with the participation of the departments of English, Language Education, and Theatre, Film and Creative Writing, offers a multi-disciplinary Master of Arts program in Children's Literature. The program provides specialized education for graduate students in the study of children's literature using a multi-disciplinary approach.
TAIWAN: Graduate Institute of Children's Literature (in Chinese)
The master's program of the Institute intends to provides students opportunities in teaching, creating, and research in the field of children's literature.
UNITED KINGDOM: Warwick Institute of Education: MA in Children's Literature Studies
The programme regards literature for children as a specific genre of literature for critical debate and enquiry and aims to establish a poeticus of Literature for Children.
UNITED KINGDOM: University of Nottingham: MA in Children's Literature
The MA in Children's Literature course is designed for: primary and secondary school teachers from the UK and overseas, those in professions connected with young children's development e.g. educational psychologists, those working in children's publishing, and mature students, not in full-time employment, who have an interest in children's literature.
UNITED KINGDOM: University of Reading: An International MA Course in Children's Literature
The MA in Children's Literature offers students a chance to explore and contribute to an exciting and expanding area of international academic study and research.
UNITED KINGDOM: University of Surrey Roehampton: MA, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate in Children's Literature
This programme not only involves the study of children's books, in all forms (including stage, film and television adaptations), but also their influence within our culture.
UNITED STATES, Chatham College: Master of Arts in Children's and Adolescent writing
Curriculum for Master of Arts in Children's and Adolescent Writing a Chatham College.
UNITED STATES, Eastern Michigan University: Children's Literature Program
This program is designed not only for teachers of elementary, middle, and junior high schools, but also for librarians, scholars, reading specialists, recreation supervisors, editors and representatives of publishing houses, authors of children's books, youth workers, and book store managers. It is an in valuable preparation for prospective college teachers of children's literature.
UNITED STATES, East Tennessee State University: Master's Degree in Storytelling
East Tennessee State University offers a variety of unique Master's Degree Program Option in Reading/Storytelling through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. This site also includes information on the program, storytelling resources, and online registration.
UNITED STATES, Framingham State College: Certificate in Children's Literature (undergraduate program)
A program for Educators, Librarians, Child Care Providers, and Parents . Information on current course schedule, cost, and degree requirement.
UNITED STATES, Hollins University: M.A. in Children's Literature
Hollins offers a unique summer master's program in children's literature. One of the few in the country to offer a humanities graduate degree in children's literature at all, we are, we believe, the only one to offer it in the study and writing of children's literature.
UNITED STATES, San Diego State University: The Children's Literature Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature
This site provides the information on the syllabi, faculty, and course offering at the Children's Literature Program in San Diego State University.
UNITED STATES, Simmons College (Center for the Study of Children's Literature): Master of Arts degree in Children's Literature
The masters program provides specialized study of children's books to those who are, or who intend to be, involved in teaching, library services, editing, publishing, or affiliated fields.
UNITED STATES, Southwest Missouri State University: Children's and Young Adult Literature
This program offers both undergraduate and graduate-level course work in all aspects of the field, the SMSU English Department can boast of the largest, most distinguished children's/young adult literature faculty in Missouri.
UNITED STATES, University of Georgia: Graduate Programs in Children's Literature and Language Arts
The Department of Language Education offers M.Ed., Ed.S. and Ph.D. programs for students interested in specializing in Children's Literature and Language Arts.
UNITED STATES, University of Pittsburgh: Children's Literature Certificate at the English Department
The University of Pittsburgh offers a certificate program in children's literature that allows students to combine courses from a wide range of topics to complement their academic interests and strengths.
UNITD STATES: University of San Francisco: Graduate Programs at Center for Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
Graduate Programs at Center for Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults provides a Masters of Arts in Literature for Children and Young Adults and a Doctor of Education in International & Multicultural Education Specialization in Children's Literature.
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Teaching Children's and Adolescent Literature in College Level--Syllabi
Adolescent Literature, Fall 1999
University of North Florida
Advanced Studies in Literature for Children and Young People
Bridgewater State College
Appalachian Literature For Youth
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Art of the Picture Books
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Books and Other Media for Children and Young Adults
East Carolina University
Books and Related Materials for Children
Southeastern Louisiana University
Children and Adolescent Literature
The University of Texas, Brownsville
Children and Youth Services And Literature, Spring 00
University of Arizona
Children and Youth Services And Literature, Spring 99
University of Arizona
Children and Youth Services And Literature, Spring 98
University of Arizona
Children and Youth Services And Literature, Spring 96
University of Arizona
Child_Lit and the College Classroom
University of Minnesota
Children's Literature
California State University, Fullerton
Children's Literature
California State University, San Marcos
Children's Literature
Eastern Illinois University
Children's Literature (1)
Elmhurst College
Children's Literature (2)
Elmhurst College
Children's Literature
Emporia State University
Children's Literature
Georgia Southern University, Spring 1998
Children's Literature
Georgia Southern University, Spring 1999
Children's Literature
Georgia Southern University, Spring 2000
Children's Literature
Indiana Wesleyan University
Children's Literature
Kirtland Community College
Children's Literature
Longwood College
Children's Literature
Princeton University
Children's Literature
University of Missouri, Columbia
Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Workshop
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Children's Literature
University of Texas, Arlington
Children's Literature
West Chester University
Children's Literature in Childhood Education
University of Florida
Children's Literature and Related Materials (1)
University of Kentucky
Children's Literature and Related Materials (2)
University of Kentucky
Critical Theories in Children's Literature
Illinois State University
Developmentally Appropriate Literature-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Birth Through Age 8
Nova Southeastern University
An Exploration of Literature for Children and Adolescents
St. Martin's College
Gender and Culture in Children's Picture Books
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Gender, Race, and Wellness in Children's literature
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
The Golden Age of Children's Literature
University of Florida
History of Children's Literature
University of Pittsburgh
History of Children's Literature
Clarion University
Juvenile Literature
Texas Woman's University
Libraries, Literature, and the Young Adults Course Syllabus
Clarion University
Library Materials for Children (1)
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Library Materials for Children (2)
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Library Materials for Children
University of Iowa
Literature and Other Materials for Children
University of British Columbia (CANADA)
Literature and Related Media Young Adults
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Literature for Adolescents
Missouri Western State University
Literature for Children
East Carolina University
Literature for Children
Missouri Western State University
Literature for Children
San Jose State University
Literature for Children
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Literature for Children
Virginia Tech
Literature for Children and Youth (1)
University of Maryland
Literature for Children and Youth (2)
University of Maryland
The Literature of Childhood Experience
J. E. Patten of San Jose University
Materials for Children
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Materials for Children
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Materials for Children
University of South Florida
Materials for Children
University of South of Carolina
Materials for Early Childhood
University of South Carolina
Materials for Young Adults
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Multicultural Literature for Adolescents
Western Michigan University
Multicultural Literature for Children
University of Texas, Arlington
Oral Interpretation of Adolescent Literature
Humboldt State University
Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature
Humboldt State University
Readings and Research in Children's Literature
Murray State University
Resources for Children
University of Pittsburgh
Storytelling
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Storytelling (1)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Storytelling (2)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Teaching Adolescent Literature
Indiana University
Teaching Children's Literature
Pennsylvania State University
Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools
Western Michigan University
Teaching Literature for Young Adults
The University of Texas, Brownsville
Teaching with Children's Literature
Seattle University
Young Adult Literature
Emporia State University
Young Adult Literature
S. E. Patten of San Jose State University
Young Adult Literature
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Online Children's Literature Discussion Groups
Online Discussion Groups
From Children's Literature Web Guide; various online discussion groups on children's and adolescent literature.
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Booklists: Databases that Generate Bibliographies for Children and Young Adults
Canadian Children's Literature Database
A searchable database, featuring about 1,000 books published in Canada.
Children's Literature Database
Developed and maintained by the School of Education at Appalachian State University. A search database for childrenís literature, arranged by title, authorís/illustratorís last name, date of publication, appropriate reading/age level, genre, and subject.
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
Created and maintained by Valerie A. Ubbes and her team; a website which gives teachers, librarians, parents, and students a place for designing literature-based thematic units for all subjects.
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
Created and maintained by Lisa Bartle; the purpose of this website is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's's literature.
KidLit.com
Kid-Lit is a searchable database for parents looking for books for their children.
MSM Libraryís Childrenís Literature Database
Australian based childrenís literature database. Created and maintained by Mount Saint Mary Campus Library at Australian Catholic University. This Childrenís Literature Database is designed to assist teachers and student teachers to incorporate childrenís literature.
Reading and Language Information Centre: Books for Primary Schools (Books published in United Kingdom)
There are approximately 17,000 children's books of various genres in this database. The database is a list of materials that have been donated by publishers to display. It should not be regarded as a list of recommendation but as a representative collection of what is recently available.
Science Fiction and Fantasy for Children: an annotated bibliography for Educators
Compiled by Linda Day; A searchable database for creating bibliographies for science fiction and fantasy for the use of educators, principally teachers and librarians. A simple keyword search for authors, titles, series titles, and text in the annotation is provided.
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Booklists: Thematically Arranged Bibliographies for Children and
Young Adults--Under Construction, Coming Soon
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