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[edit] Databases
- ERIC Citations to education journal articles and non-journal resources including theses, dissertations, and reports (1966-present). Indexes critical theory articles from such journals as Children's Literature in Education, Journal of Children's Literature, Horn Book Magazine, ALAN Review, and The Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
[edit] Websites for Children's Books and Book Reviews
- American Library Association Award Winners - Children and Young Adults
Assortment of children's literature resources including the winners of the John Newbery Medal, the Randolph Caldecott Medal, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award and Other Awards & Notables which include the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award and the Pura Belpré Award for a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator. - Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
Gateway to hundreds of sites on children’s literature including some full text of children’s books including illustrations. Includes links to many digitized primary collections of children's book. - Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Collection of reviews of books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
- Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
Database of over 7,000 books which allows you to search for specific, multiple characteristics, such as age of reader, historical period, ethnicity and multicultural nature (two or more cultures interacting).
- The Children's Book Council
Website of the trade association of publishers of children's books and media. Provides links to websites of authors and illustrators of member publishers. Their periodical, Perspectives, highlights topics relevant to children's books and children's book publishing and illustration techniques from the publishers' and authors' points of view.
[edit] Periodicals -- Book Summaries and Reviews -- Children's and Young Adult Books
These journals are available full text online for the dates listed. To access full text, use E-Journal Locator on the LNDL homepage. Type in the name of the journal and click on the links displayed. You may browse current or older issues or search for specific articles.
- The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books (Full text electronic, 2000 tp present) Brief reviews of "every children's and young adult hardcover book published in the US" every six months. Signed reviews including references to more extensive reviews in The Horn Book Magazine.
- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (Full text electronic, 1998 to present) Summaries and critical evaluations of newly published and forthcoming children's books.
[edit] Scholarly Journals
Sources for Critical Articles on Issues Related to Children's Literature
These journals are available full text online for the dates listed. To access full text, use E-Journal Locator on the LNDL homepage. Type in the name of the journal and click on the links displayed. You may browse current or older issues or search for specific articles.
- The Horn Book Magazine (Full text electronic, July 1990 to present) Source of critical information on contemporary children's and young adult literature, including reviews as well as feature articles on issues in children's literature.
- Children's Literature (Baltimore): Annual of the Modern Language Association Division on Children's Literature (Full text electronic, 2003 to present) Scholarship and research, theoretically based articles that address key issues in the field of children's literature.
- Children's Literature Association Quarterly (2005 to present) Research and scholarship in children's literature studies, including articles, essays, and book reviews.
- theme-and genre-centered international offering critical analyses of literature for children. Includes interviews with authors, editors, and illustrators and articles on developments in theory, the art of illustration, the mass media, and popular culture.
[edit] Biographies -- Authors and Illustrators
ONLINE
- Literature Resource Center Biographical and critical information on authors, including full-text and excerpts from critical articles.
- The Children's Book Council Website of the trade association of publishers of children's books and media. Provides links to websites of authors and illustrators of member publishers. Their periodical, Perspectives, highlights topics relevant to children's books and children's book publishing and illustration techniques from the publishers' and authors' points of view.
[edit] Some Unique Sites
- Seussville Includes activity books and games.
- Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project Collection of illustrated antique books online, translated into about 15 languages. Most of the books may be downloaded for a price but the site does contain some free books and books that are read out loud. (Click on Books with Audio.)
