Research Guides: Children's Literature
- Comprehensive Web Pages
- Special Topics
- See also:
- Children's Literature Sources in the HSU Library
- Multiracial Families in Children's Literature (pdf)
- Native American Children's Literature in the Classroom: An Annotated Bibliography
- New Books about Children's Literature in the HSU Library
- Some Recent, Recommended Books for Children about California Indian Experience
Comprehensive Web Pages
- Children's Literature
- Reviews and links to Awards and Prizes are features of this site which also hosts the (subscription) Children's Literature Comprehensive Database.
- Cooperative Children's Book Center
- This is an extremely extensive and well organized site from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin.
- Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources
- A broad site with strength in the Native American area.
Special Topics
- A Fuse #8 Production
- NYPL children's librarian Elizabeth Bird authors this creative blog which has just moved to School Library Journal.
- American Indians in Children's Literature
- This blog by Debbie Reese provides a "critical discussion of children's books that contain images and content about American Indians."
- AJL New Jewish Values Finder
- The Association of Jewish Libraries presents this guide to values in Jewish children's books.
- California Young Reader Medal Official Website
- "The California Young Reader Medal program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state."
- Children's Literature Web Guide
- Although this older site is not currently being updated, it is recognized as the first great children's literature website.
- Curriculum Resource Center
- HSU's Indian Teacher & Educational Personnel Program supports this center and its emphasis on authentic Native American children's literature and curriculum. See also the Mashantucket Pequot Children's Library with its extensive bibliographies.
- Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
- Reading the Instructions first will help you perform successful searches of this database!
- Humboldt County Children’s Author Festival
- This biennial event occurs on October 21-24, 2009.
- I.N.K. Interesting Nonfiction for Kids
- This is a great blog written by award winning authors. While there check out the Ink Think Tank for a remarkably detailed database of quality nonfiction children’s literature.
- International Children's Digital Library
- This is a major grant-funded project to build a digital library of international children's books. See also the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature from the University of Florida Digital Collections, with its historical collections of Alice in Wonderland, Robinsonades, and St. Nicholas Magazine, and the Internet Archive Children's Library.
- Nineteenth-Century American Children & What They Read
- A treasure trove of information commentary and images maintained by a person with a passion for the subject.
- PaperTigers Blog
- Multicultural books for children and young adults in blog form.
- SDSU Children's Literature Program
- See especially the links on this page from another CSU campus; see also the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at CSU Fresno.
- Strong at the Heart
- Local author Carolyn Lehman does an outstanding job with the subject of child sexual abuse and its portrayal in children's literature.