Resources for Children's Literature

Created by Anne Pemberton

Books

Periodicals

Web Resources

Books  

Book Review Digest
Reference 051 B72 1905 - 1996

Best Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6
John T. Gillespie, editor
New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker, 1998.
Reference 011.62 B5614 1998
A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books
Carolyn W. Lima
New York: Bowker, 1986.
Reference 011.62 L732a
The Art of Children's Picturebooks: A Selective Reference Guide
Sylvia S. Marantz and Kenneth A. Marantz
New York: Garland Pub., 1988.
Reference 011.62 M311a
Wordless/Almost Wordless Picture Books: a Guide
Virginia H. Richey, Katharyn E. Puckett
Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1992.
Reference 011.62 R529w
The Best of Bookfinder: A Guide to Children's Literature About Interests and Concerns of Youth Aged 2-18
Sharon Spredemann Dreyer
Circle Pines, Minn.: American Guidance Service, 1992.
Reference 028.162 D778b 1992
The Best in Children's Books: The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1985 - 1990
Written and edited by Zena Sutherland, Betty Hearne, and Roger Sutton
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Reference 028.162 S9666 1985-90
The Elementary School Library Collection: A Guide to Books and Other Media, Phases 1-2-3
Louis Winkel, editor; assisted by Mary Virginia Gaver
Williamsport, PA.: Brodart, 1984.
Reference 028.5 E38
The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: a Guide to the Medal and Honorbooks Association for Library Service to Children
Chicago: American Library Association, 1992.
Reference 028.5 N534 1992
Children's Catalog
New York: H.W. Wilson Co.
Reference 028.5 W74c
Children's Literature Review
Detroit, Gale Research.
Reference 028.505 C53
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard
Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.
Reference 809.892 C295o
International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Edited by Peter Hunt; associate editor, Sheila Ray
London; New York: Routledge, 1996.
Reference 809.892I614 1996
One Hundred Years of Children's Books in America: Decade by Decade
Marjorie N. Allen; Foreward by Jane Yolen.
New York: Facts on File, 1996.
Main Stack 810.99282 A427o 1996

Periodicals

The Horn Book Magazine http://www.hbook.com
Contains book reviews and awards for books for children and young adults.

The Mailbox Bookbag  http://www.themailboxbookbag.com
The teacher's idea magazine for children's literature

Web Resources

CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide 
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

CVCO: Overbooked (Book Links): Children's and Young Adult Literature
http://www.overbooked.org/childlit.html

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html

Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture Links
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/morelinks.html

Children's Literature/Young Adult Literature Book Review Sources for K-12
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childbookreviews.html

The Children's Bookwatch
http://www.execpc.com/~mbr/bookwatch/

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/childlit.html

IPL Youth Collection: Reading Zone
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=rznoooo

ALSC: Association for Library Service to Children
http://www.ala.org/alsc
http://www.ala.org/alsc/librarians.links.html

Awards for Children's Literature
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/awards.htm

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Created by:  Anne Pemberton
Last Update:  September 2, 2001