Scholarly Resources

Censorship
Childhood Studies Programs and Centers
Children's Book Awards
Children's Literature Collections
Children's Literature Journals
Children's Literature Organizations and Centers
Folklore and Mythology
Genre
History of Children's Literature and Children/Childhood
Information about/for Authors and Illustrators
Internet Information
Multiculturalism and International Children's Literature
People, Programs, and Courses in Children's Literature
Pursuing a Degree in Children's Literature
Themes and Subjects
Various Research Tools
Young Adult Literature
Other Resources

• ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom

• ALA's Banned Books Week

• Children and Youth Studies, Brooklyn College (USA)

• Minor in Childhood Studies, Missouri Western State University (USA) 

• Rutgers University Center for Children and Childhood Studies (USA)

• Center for Children's Literature and Culture, University of Florida (USA)

• Master of Arts in Childhood Studies, Monash University  (Australia)

• Childhood Studies Minor, Christopher Newport University (USA)

• Childhood Studies Minor, Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University (USA)

• Children, Childhood, and Youth Program York University (Canada)

• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
  

• John Newbery Medal (American Library Association)

• Randolph Caldecott Medal (American Library Association)

• Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (American Library Association)

• Dolly Gray Award for Children's Literature in Developmental Disabilities

• Phoenix Award (ChLA)

• Americas Award (Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs)

• Orbis Pictus (NCTE Award for Nonfiction)

• Additional children's award information from David K. Brown (University of Calgary, Libraries & Cultural Resources Department)

• National Book Award

• The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)

• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (California State University San Marcos)

• The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature (California State University, Fresno)

• Children's Literature Research Collections (University of Minnesota)

• Extensive list of international collections (IRSCL)

• Children's Literature Research Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia

• Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature (University of Florida)

• Research on Diversity in Youth Literature
  
  

• Catalog listings for children's literature scholarly journals compiled by Wally Hastings

• Children's Literature Association Quarterly

• Children's Literature (annual journal of the ChLA)

• Children's Literature in Education

• The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

• The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Books

• The Horn Book and Horn Book Guide

• First Opinions, Second Reactions (Purdue University e-journal)

• School Library Journal

• International Research in Children's Literature (journal of IRSCL)

• The ALAN Review (academic journal on young adult fiction)

• The Lion and the Unicorn

• Jeunesse

• Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature

• Children's Literature Association (ChLA)

• The International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL)

• Children's Literature Associations on the Internet (David K. Brown, University of Calgary, Library & Cultural Resources Department)

• The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature

• International Forum for Research in Children's Literature (University of Worcester)

• National Center for the Study of Children's Literature (San Diego State University)

• Seven Stories: The Centre for Children's Books

• CIRCL (Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media)

• Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures (CRYTC)

• International Literacy Association

• International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)

• The Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature (ISSCL)

• The Children's Book Council

• Association for Research in Cultures of Young People (ARCYP)

• The Little Red Riding Hood Project (University of Southern Mississippi)

• Jack and the Beanstalk/Jack the Giant Killer Project (University of Southern Mississippi)

• The Cinderella Project (University of Southern Mississippi)

• Aesop's Fables (Traditional and Modern) " University of Massachusetts Amherst"

• Aesop's Fables Online

• Greek Myths for Kids

• Cinderella Stories

• Sumerian Mythology

• SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages

• The Complete Tales of the Brothers Grimm

• Mything Links: Creation Myths and Sacred Narratives of Creation

• Folklore, Myth, and Legend 

• "Fakelore, Multiculturalism, and The Ethics of Children's Literature" by Eliot A. Singer (essay)

• Fractured Fairy Tales

• Gustave Doré art collections (includes folktale illustrations)

• A Collection of Bedtime Stories and Fairy Tales from Around the World, compiled by Sofas and Sectionals

• Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550-1990

• Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

• Picturing Books: A Web Site About Picture Books

• Poetry Alive!

• The Rosetta Project (large collection of illustrated antique books online)

• Children's Literature as a Victorian Genre

• Society for the History of Children and Youth

• Phil Nel's Authors and Illustrators Page

• The Purple Crayon: Writing, Illustrating, and Publishing Children's Books

• Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

• Resources for Children's Writers (Aaron's Kidwriter Page)

• Authors & Illustrators on the Web (Compiled by David K. Brown, University of Calgary, Library and Cultural Resources Department)

• Highlights Foundation

• Stone Soup

• KidLit

• Copyright in an Electronic Environment

• Citing Electronic Resources

• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)

• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (California State University San Marcos)

• Oyate (Devoted to Accurate Native American Representation)

• Cynthia Leitich Smith's Multicultural Reading Bibliography

• Bibliography of African Children's Literature from Boston's Pardee School of Global Studies

• United States Board on Books for Young People

• International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)

• Mount Saint Mary College Collaborative for Equity In Literacy Learning (CELL)

People, Programs, and Courses in Children's Literature:

• E-Directory of Scholars of Literature For Children and Young Adults (Compiled by Michael Joseph)

• Eastern Michigan University

• Illinois State University

• San Diego State University

• Kansas State University

• Hollins University

• University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• University of Southern Mississippi

• University of Pittsburgh

• Simmons College

• Shiraz University, Iran

• University of British Columbia

• The Ohio State University

• Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College

Pursuing a Degree in Children's Literature:

Many students choose to pursue a degree at a college or university without a formal program in children's literature and go on to become academics and scholars of in the field. Here are the stories of two professors who teach and study children's literature without having earned a degree from a specialized program:

• Marah Gubar,  "All that David Copperfield Kind of Crap"

•  Philip Nel, "Professional Autodidact; or, How I Became a Children’s Literature Professor"

• Creative Jobs for English Majors

• Lesbian and Gay Themes in Children's Literature (Compiled by Wendy E. Betts)

• A List from Carol Hurst's Page

• Children's Books about Death

• Series Books (Listed by author)

• Children's Fiction Book Lists

• YA Fiction Booklists

• Subject Bibliographies on D. K. Brown's Children's Literature Web Guide

• International Children's Digital Library

• CanTeach (list of links and lesson plans)

• Maria Nikolajeva's Blog

• Recess! (children's literature on public radio)

• The Children's Literature Web Guide (University of Calgary)

• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

• Popular Children's Stories

• Review Site: "Children's Literature"

• StoryPlace (Children's Digital Library)

• Cedarville University's Children's and Young Adult Literature Database

• Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Literature Resources

• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

• Resources for YA Literature by Carol F. Goodson

• Edmund J. Sass's Lesson Plans and Resources for Adolescent Literature

• "No Flying, No Tights: A Graphic Novel Review Site" by Robin Brenner

• The Literary Link's YA page

• Essay: "Using Young Adult Problem Fiction and Non-Fiction To Produce Critical Readers" by Joan Kaywell

• Louisville Free Public Library's subject links

• Young Adult Books Central

• Picture Books for Older Readers (Louisville Free Public Library)

• "Picture Books for Young Adult Readers" by Sunya Osborn (The ALAN Review)

• Hand Hobbies: A Resource Guide to Writing Basics

• Free Children's Literature Online
  
  
• Online Therapy Resources for the LGBTQ+ Community