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Children & Young Adult Literature 

Last update: Mar 11th, 2009 URL: http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/children-literature_en  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Associations & Societies

  • Children's Literature Association (ChLA)  
    Publishes two peer reviewed children literature journals, namely Children's Literature and the Children's Literature Association Quarterly
  • The Children's Book Council  
    Nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults.

Authors and Illustrators

 

Canadian Children Literature Websites

  • Library and Archives Canada's Children's Literature Service  
    Established in 1975, the Children's Literature Service now offers more than 141,724 items of fiction and non-fiction published in French, English and in other languages. The collection is meant for children and youth 16 years of age and under.
  • Canadian Children Book Centre  
    "A national not-for-profit organization and registered charity, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) was founded in 1976 to promote, support and encourage the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens.
  • PIKA: Canadian Children's Literature Database  
    The PIKA database provides a unique window on Canadian children's literature. Contained in the database are records for all children's books held in the National Library's Canadian Children's Literature Service Collection -- over 35 000 titles.
  • The Magic Suitcase  
    This Canadian website gives advice on selection of children literature for teaching in the content areas. It includes book reviews and you can order material online

Directories

Other Suggested Sites

  • Carol Hurst's children literature site  
    This is a collection of reviews, teaching ideas and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
  • Internet Archives (Children's Library)  
    The Internet Archive is a non-profit organizationthat was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
  • Library of Congress'Children Literature Center  
  • SurLaLune Fairytales  
    SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 47 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations.
  • Teachers@Random  
    There are biographies of authors, and teaching ideas for several novels. Novels are indexed by grade, theme, and curriculum subject.
 
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