LibGuides: *Education: Children's Literature

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Databases

NoveList K-8 Plus
Provides access to information on over 30,500 nonfiction titles designed to support the curriculum and kids’ pleasure reading. Created especially for kids (and the adults who work with them), it has a colorful, graphic-rich homepage.
TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks is a database of over 276,000 resources for children's and young adult books and their authors and illustrators. The collection includes short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more to identify books for readers and provide support for book assignments and author studies.

Select Education Journals

These are recommended journals related to the field of education, but this list is not comprehensive. Search the library catalog if you are looking for a specific journal not listed here.

Reference Books

The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature by Daniel Hahn
Publication Date: 2015-06-01

A reference guide to the world of children's literature. Its 3,500 entries cover every genre from fairy tales to chapbooks; school stories to science fiction; comics to children's hymns.
The Newbery and Caldecott Awards by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Call Number: Reference Collection; Z1037.A2 N49 2020

Publication Date: 2020-04-14

A trusted guidebook for quick reference and a useful resource for curriculum links.
The Coretta Scott King Awards by Carole J. McCollough (Editor); Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection; Z1037.A2 C67 2019

Publication Date: 2019-06-03

A guide to the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards, which have enlarged the prominence of literature for children and youth about the Black experience. Includes excerpts and color plates from many of the titles, a complete listing of the 1970-2019 Award and Honor Books, and a subject index, ideal for curriculum planning.

Web sources

ALSC Children's Notable Lists
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, identifies the best of the best in children's books, recordings, and videos.
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by ALSC to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Children's Literature Association: Scholarly Resources
Includes list of children's book awards, multiculturalism and international resources, theme and subject pages.
We Need Diverse Books
We Need Diverse Books™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.