Children's Literature
- ABC-Lit: an Index to Children’s Literature Scholarship: Indexes articles from 12 scholarly journals from the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia. Does not contain full-text.
- Amelia Bloomer Project -- The American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table’s Feminist Task Force’s annual list of recommended feminist literature for young people.
- American Juvenile Collection -- Long Island University’s searchable collection of American and British children’s literature published up to 1991.
- American Library Association Children’s Notable Books
- The Art of Illustration: a Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Children’s Book Illustrators --An online exhibit of Canadian children’s book illustrators.
- ATN Book Lists (Suggested Reading) -- Over 1,000 lists of children’s and adult books by subject, theme, genre, reading level, and interest age level, as well as lists of readalouds and readalikes.
- The Baldwin Online Children’s Literature Project: Includes full texts of classic children’s literature from the early half of the 20th century.
- Best Children's Books of the Year --Selected by the Bank Street College of Education's Children's Book Committee
- Between the Lions -- Click on “Parents & Teachers” and then on “Recommended books” for the list from this PBS reading-promoting television program.
- Big Universe: a World of Online Children’s Books -- Read full text children’s books, contribute to the blog, or create your own book.
- Bookbird: a Journal of International Children’s Literature -- Journal of the International Board on Books for Young People.
- Bookhive: Produced by the librarians of the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (North Carolina), this site includes children's book reviews searchable by age level, author, title, and illustrator, plus activities, digital books and stories you can listen to.
- Bookhooks --A Canadian web site where teens can publish illustrated book reports online.
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards -- Annual awards given since 1967 to the best authors of children’s or young adult nonfiction, fiction and poetry, and picture books.
- Caldecott Medal Home Page: Annual award to the best American illustrators of children's books.
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Lesson plan ideas, activities, book reviews, bibliographies and articles compiled by a children's author.
- Charlotte Zolotow Award -- Given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the previous year; established in 1998.
- Chatting About Books -- Podcasts for ages 4 to 11 discussing recommended reading and associated activities.
- CHILDE (Children’s Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe) Project: A database of digitized images from European children’s books largely published before 1890.
- Children's Book Council: About Authors and Illustrators: Includes information about and links to sites about children's authors.
- Children’s Books Online: The Rosetta Project -- Searchable by age/interest reading levels and includes audio files of children’s books.
- Children’s Literature Association -- Includes news and announcements and an index to all issues of the journal CLA Quarterly.
- Children’s Literature Index (Doucette Library of Teaching Resources) --Part of the Children's Literature Web Page .
- Children's Literature Web Guide: Provides links to resources for teachers (lesson plans!), parents, storytellers, and authors; links to web pages of children's authors and illustrators; links to lists of children's book awards in the U.S. and other countries.
- Children’s Literature: www.childrenslit.com -- Home page for the creators of the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database. Contains information on authors and authors’ birthdays, as well as articles.
- Children's Picture Book Database: A searchable database of some 4000 picture books, annotated and indexed with keywords, themes, and concepts.
- Coretta Scott King Award Home Page: Annual award to the best African American writers and illustrators of children's literature.
- Cotsen Children’s Library -- Princeton University Library’s special collection; includes virtual exhibits and book reviews.
- Culture for Kids -- Great source for bilingual children’s books and other resources on languages and countries.
- Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Children’s Literature Resources: Includes lesson plans, bibliographies, awards listings, and other resources for teachers, as well as links to children’s authors’ web sites.
- Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature: compiled by librarian Lisa Bartle, this is a searchable database of over 5,000 children's books representing 60 different children's literature awards.
- The Digital Librarian: Children's Literature: Links to many web sites dealing with children's literature.
- The Edge of the Forest -- A monthly online journal devoted to children’s literature.
- Electronic Text Center: Literature for Young Readers: Provides the full texts of selected 19th and early 20th century American and English children's books.
- Encountering Enchantment -- A guide to speculative fiction (ie, fantasy and science fiction) for teens.
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art -- Exhibitions of art from various children's book illustrators.
- Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature: contains online texts of children's classics, fairy tales and folktales, as well as links to authors' web sites, a list of authors' birthdays, articles, book lists and other links.
- Forms of Poetry for Children: Includes links to examples of many types of poetry.
- From Board Books to Fairy Tales: Sharing Literature with Preschoolers-- compiled by MVCC Librarian Krista Hartman
- Giggle Poetry: Web site of children's poet Bruce Lansky, including poems, activities, lessons in how to write different types of poetry, and more.
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens -- The American Library Associations’ annual list of recommended graphic novels.
- The Green Earth Book Award -- Annual award given by the Newton Marasco Foundation for the best books on environmental issues for children.
- Hands-On History of Books: Hornbooks --An illustrated history of hornbooks including a template to make your own.
- The Hans Christian Andersen Center: Includes research about Andersen’s life and works and the full text of his complete fairy tales.
- Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award -- Sponsored by Antioch University in Lost Angeles and given to children’s books for grades K-5 that depict a person who recognizes injustice and acts in a way to right the wrong.
- The Hornbook Exercise -- A brief history of hornbooks with directions and a template for making your own.
- In the Picture -- Web site to promote the inclusion of disabled children in picture books. Includes online stories and images.
- Index to Internet Sites: Children & Young Adult Authors & Illustrators: Maintained by the Internet School Library Media Center, provides links to author and illustrator information and web sites, including bibliographies, online interviews and lists of birthdays.
- The Intergalactic Playground -- Farah Mendlesohn’s blog dedicated to science fiction for children and young adults.
- International Board on Books for Young People -- Non-profit network of people from all over the world dedicated to bringing books and children together.
- International Children’s Digital Library: Online library of 10,000 children's books from 100 different cultures worldwide.
- Irma Simonton and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature -- Annual award started in 1972 for picture books that combine text and pictures excellently. Administered by the Bank Street College of Education and judged by children from the College’s first and second grades and 10 cooperating schools around the country.
- ISLMC Poetry for Children: A page designed for teachers, librarians, parents, and students by the Internet School Library Media Center, it includes bibligraphies, full-text poems, and teacher resources on forms of poetry and how to use poetry in the classroom.
- JacketFlap -- A social networking web site where you can connect with over 1,600 published authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults.
- Jane Addams Children’s
Book Awards --Annual award given since 1953 by the Jane Addams Peace
Association and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF)
for children’s books published the preceding year that effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting the conventional standards for excellence. - Just One More Book -- A thrice-weekly podcast featuring discussions of children’s literature and interviews with children’s book authors, illustrators, and experts.
- Juvenile Series and Sequels: Sponsored by the Mid-Continent Public Library, this site indexes over 850 children's series titles searchable by author, book title, series title, and subject, and classified into three age levels: young adult, juvenile, and juvenile easy.
- Kahani -- A literary magazine for South Asian Children in North America
- KidLit: the Children’s Literature Character Database -- Look up the character and find the book the character is in. Deals mostly with British books.
- KidLit Forum -- Discussion forum on children’s literature started by a librarian in London
- Kidlitosphere Central -- A community of reviewers, librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators, publishers, parents, and other book enthusiasts who blog about children’s and young adult literature.
- KidsReads.com -- Includes reviews, children’s books that have been made into movies, links to authors’ web pages, lists of children’s book series, and more.
- Knickerbocker Award for Children’s Literature -- Sponsored by the New York Library Association’s School Library Media Specialists Division, it is presented annually to a living author/illustratorcurrently residing in New York State.
- Landmarks in the History of Children's Literature -- A timeline of important events in the history of children's literature.
- Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award -- Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, the Penn State University Libraries, and the Pennsylvania School Librarians’ Association, and awarded annually since 1993 for the best children’s poetry books.
- The Lion and the Unicorn -- A theme- and genre-centered journal, international in scope, about children’s literature. Includes full text of articles from 1995 to the present.
- Literature for Children: The State University System of Florida has produced this full-text, searchable database of children’s literature published largely in the United States and Great Britain from the early 1800s to after 1950.
- Michael L. Printz Award: Annual award presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a branch of the American Library Association, for excellence in literature for young adults.
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award Home Page: Award to publisher for best translation into English of a foreign children's book.
- The Multicultural Children’s Book Database -- Searchable database of multicultural books including bibliographic information, plot summaries,reviews, and interest levels. Co-created by the Cleveland State University Library and its Department of Teacher Education.
- Multicultural Children’s Literature: Creating and Applying an Evaluation Tool in Response to the Need of Urban Educators --A full-text article by Jennifer Johnson Higgins on how to evaluate multicultural children’s books, followed by an annotated bibliography of some recommended titles.
- National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature -- Tour the exhibitions and find information about the artists and children’s art activities.
- NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Award for Excellence in Poetry: Awarded annually from 1977 to 1982 and every three years until 2009, when it was changed to every other year, to a living American poet for his or her body of work for children ages 3 to 13.
- NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children --Awarded annually to one book and up to 5 honor books.
- Newbery Medal Home Page: Annual award to the best American writer of children's literature.
- Nineteenth-Century American Children and What They Read: An illustrated history of 19th century American children's literature.
- No Flying, No Tights -- Explore children’s and young adult graphic novels at this site that features Top Ten lists, book reviews, definitions, and links, all of which show the classroom application of graphic novels.
- Page by Page: This National Library of Canada site takes the reader through the writing and publishing of two children's picture books.
- Picturing Books -- Denise I. Matulka’s web site to accompany her book A Picture Book Primer (c2008)—includes a glossary of terms, reviews, and activities
- Plays for Young Audiences-- Online catalogue of play scripts for children.
- Poetry for Kids: Provides many links to sites that help children write a wide variety of types of poetry.
- Poetry Place: an Internet Hotlist on Poetry: Created by a school librarian from Massachusetts, this site has many links to the web sites of children's poets, e-texts of children's poems, curriculum resources for teachers, and more.
- Pura Belpre Award Home Page: Annual award for best Latino/Latina writer and illustrator of children's books.
- The Purple Crayon -- Articles on how to write, illustrate, and publish a children’s book, compiled by children’s book editor Harold D. Underdown.
- Raising Rebels: an Exhibition of Radical Children’s Literature -- View Syracuse University’s exhibit of children’s authors who strove to expand racial, ethnic, class, and gender portrayals in children’s literature.
- Reading Rainbow home page: Contains a complete list of all the books used and recommended, activities for teachers to use to accompany those books, and more.
- Robert
F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Home Page -- Annual award given
by the American Library Association to the author(s) and illustrator(s)
of the most distinguished informational books published
in English. - The Schneider Family Book Award -- Established by the American Library Association in 2003, this award goes to the best author or illustrator of a book portraying a person with a disability
- Seussville -- Includes word puzzles, matching games, and other activities based on the books by Dr. Seuss; kids can also write a story.
- Teenreads.com -- Includes reviews of young adult books, author biographies and interviews, advice on starting a book club, and discussion guides.
- Teens Read Too -- Many reviews of young adult books.
- Telling Stories With Pictures: the Art of Children’s Book Illustration -- A 1997 online exhibition of American children’s illustrators by the DeCordova Museum.
- Text Messages -- Podcasts for ages 11 to 18 including recommendations for teen reading, films, and audiobooks.
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: Home page for this new award, created in 2004 and given out for the first time in 2006, for the best authors and illustrators of beginning reader books published in the United States.
- Web English Teacher: Children’s Literature: Contains hundreds of links to teacher resources on children's literature and specific children's authors and their books
- Welcome to Classic Fairy Tales -- Keenesaw State University’s page of links to many fairy tales and lesson plans for them.
- Welcome to Multicultural Children’s Literature: Celebrating Cultural Diversity Through Children’s Literature -- Contains links to annotated bibliographies of children’s multicultural books for grades K through 6.
- What Kids Are Reading: the Book-Reading Habits of Students in American Schools -- 2008 report by Renaissance Learning.
- World of the Child: Two Hundred Years of Children's Books (University of Delaware Library): An online tour of the special children's book collection at the University of Delaware Library.
