Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture Links

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Young Adult Literature

• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
  
• Resources for YA Literature by Carol F. Goodson
  
• Thistledown Press page (curriculum guides, searches, teacher's guides, etc.)
  
• Teen Cybercenter
  
• YA Links from Henrico County, VA Library System
  
• Children's Literature Navigator (YA Links), compiled by Denise I. Matulka
  
• "No Flying, No Tights: A Graphic Novel Review Site" by Robin Brenner
  
• Young Adult Literature: Middle and Secondary English-Language Arts
  
• The YA Librarian's Homepage
  
• Reader's Club (Pictures and summaries of many young adult titles by genre)
  
• Asian American Literature for Young Adults-A Bibliography
  
• Susan Swords Steffen's Resources for the Study of Adolescent Literature
  
• Chad Osborne's Links Page
  
• Adolescent Literature Resources compiled by Indiana University's Clearing House on Reading, English, and Communication
  
• The Literary Link's YA page
  
• Essay: "Using Young Adult Problem Fiction and Non-Fiction To Produce Critical Readers," by Joan Kaywell
  
• The John Hughes Files
  
• Teen Space (Internet Public Library)
  
• VIRTUAL YA: PUBLIC LIBRARIES WITH YOUNG ADULT WEB PAGES
  
• Kay Vandergrift's YA page (links to many sites)
  
• Kay Vandergrift's "Readings about Young Adult Literature." (comprehensive bibliography of resources on the genre)
  
• Center for Adolescent Studies Home Page (Indiana University)  
• Links to Novels and Graphic Novels Sites (compiled by Steve Raiteri)
  
• Picture Books for Young Adults 
• ALAN-The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE
  

History of Children's Literature and Children/Childhood

• History of Children's Literature: Kay Vandergrift's Page
  
• Bibliography of Childhood in Antiquity (by Meir Bar-Ilan of Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
  
• Facsimilies of Historical Children's Books: Vandergrift's Page  
• History of Childhood Course (Prof. Margaret King at Brooklyn College)
  

Genre

• Science Fiction and Fantasy for Children: An Annotated Bibliography for Educators
  
• Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550-1990
  
• Poetry Alive! (Official Website for the organization. Poetry Alive! performs poetry for schools.)
  
• Poetry4Kids (created by Kenn Nesbitt)
  
• Picture Book Database
  
• Monroe County Public Library Children's Department's List of Popular Book Series
  
• Children's Series Books (From the Ability Project)
  
• Yahoo's Links to Children's Series Books
  

Folklore and Mythology

• The Little Red Riding Hood Project (U. of Southern Mississippi)
  
• Jack and the Beanstalk/Jack the Giant Killer Project (U. of Southern Mississippi)
  
• Aesop's Fables (Traditional and Modern)
  
• Aesop's Fables Online
  
• The Cinderella Project (U. of Southern Mississippi)
  
• Cinderella Stories: Versions of the popular tale
  
• Norse Mythology
  
• Sumerian Mythology
  
• Kay Vandergrift's "Snow White" Page
  
• SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
  
• The Complete Tales of the Brothers Grimm
  
• Mything Links: Creation Myths and Sacred Narratives of Creation
  
• Adult Versions of Traditional Fairy Tales (Vandergrift's Page)
  
• Folklore, Myth, and Legend (the original versions of Aesop's fables, various myths, and more!)
  
• "Fakelore, Multiculturalism, and The Ethics of Children's Literature" by Eliot A. Singer (essay)
  
• Fractured Fairy Tales
  

Children's Book Awards

• The John Newbery Medal (American Library Association Page)
  
• The Randolph Caldecott Medal (American Library Association Page)
  
• The Michael L. Prince Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (ALA)
  
• The John Burroughs Association Awards
  
• The Phoenix Award (ChLA)
  
• Awards Lists (www.childrenslit.com)
• Americas Award (Consortium of Lating American Studies Programs)
  
• DK Brown's links to other awards pages
  

Children's Literature Journals

• Journals that publish articles on children's literature theory and criticism (Compiled by Wally Hastings)
  
• Children's Literature Association Quarterly
  
• Children's Literature (Annual 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
  
• The Five Owls
  
• School Library Journal
  
• Signal: Approaches to Children's Books
  
• Signal (IRA's Young Adult Literature Journal)
  
• The ALAN Review (academic journal on Young Adult Fiction)  
• The Lion and the Unicorn (academic journal in Children's Lit.)
• Canadian Children's Literature (CCL)
  

Children's Literature Organizations and Centers

• The International Children's Literature Association (ChLA)
• The International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL)
  
• Children's Literature Associations on the Internet (DK Brown)
  
• National Centre for Research in Children's Literature (NCRCL)
  
• Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
  
• Child_Lit (e-mail discussion group dedicated to the discussion of children's literature criticism and theory)
  
• The Biennial Conference on Modern Critical Approaches to Children's Literature in Nashville, TN
  
• CIRCL (Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media)
  
• International Reading Association (IRA)
  
• International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
  
• Sevenstories: The Centre for Children's Books (UK)
  
• The Children's Book Council (Sites for booksellers, parents, teachers and librarians; sites for information on publishers, illustrators, and authors)
  

Censorship

• ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom
  
• Vandergrift's "Censorship, The Internet, Intellectual Freedom,and Youth." Page of links and resources
  
• Books A to Z: Banned Books and Censorship. Extensive links.
  
• The Fifty Most Frequently Banned Books of the 1990's (a list with links)
  
• Banned Books On-line. List of cases.
  

Multiculturalism

• Multicultural Web Links (includes Education Links)  
• Frank Rogers' Guide to Multicultural Children's Literature
  
• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
  
• Baharona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
  
• Powerful Hispanic-American Images Revealed in Picture Books (Vandergrift's Page)
  
• Native American Children's Literature
  
• Powerful Native American Images Revealed in Picture Books (Vandergrift's Page)
  
• Bibliography of Native American Literature for Children and Teens
  
• Oyate (Devoted to Accurate Native American Representation)
  
• Native American Themes in Books For Children and Teens (Cynthia Leitich Smith)
  
• Culture, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Children's and Young Adult Books (Cynthia Leitich Smith)
  
• Bibliography of Southeast Asian Children's Books (Dr. Michael Levy's page)
  
• Powerful Asian-American Images Revealed in Picture Books (Vandergrift's Page)
  
• Powerful African-American Images Revealed in Picture Books (Part I) (Vandergrift's Page)
  
• Powerful African-American Images Revealed in Picture Books (Part II) (Vandergrift's Page)
  

Themes and Subjects

• Lesbian and Gay Themes in Children's Literature (Compiled by Wendy E. Betts)
  
• A List from Carol Hurst's Page
  
• Children's Books on Death and Dying
  
• Children's Books about Death
  
• For Children: Books about Death and Dying
  
• The Official Website of Nancy Drew
  
• A Guide to Children's Literature and Disability 1989-1994
  
• The John Burroughs Association List of Nature Books for Young Readers
  
• Ravenstone Press bibliography of children as writers of letters
  
• Male Coming-of-age Stories (Vandergrift)
  
• Boys' Series Books (BookLoversDen.com)
  
• Female Coming-of-age Stories (Vandergrift)
  
• Girls' Series Books (BookLoversDen.com)
  
• Gender and Culture in Picture Books (Vandergrift)
  
• Subject Bibliographies on D. K. Brown's Children's Literature Web Guide
  
• Great American Landmarks Adventure: Books for Young Persons to Read (Long bibliography of supplemental non-fiction reading on various subjects, including Art and Communication, Architecure, Home and Community, Science, Politics, Recreation, etc.)
  

Information About/For Authors and Illustrators

• Kay Vandergrift's Authors Pages
  
• Phil Nel's Authors and Illustrators Page
  
• The Purple Crayon: Writing, Illustrating, and Publishing Children's Books
  
• America Writes for Kids
  
• Cynthia Leitich Smith's Authors and Illustrators Page
  
• Fairrosa's Authors and Illustrators Page
  
• Resources for Children's Writers (Aaron's Kidwriter Page)
  
• DK Brown's Authors Pages
  
• Ask the Author
• Writing by Children (ALA links)
  
• Stonesoup.com (for young writers and artists)
• Children's Writing Resource Center (site dedicated to writing for children)
  
• The Purple Crayon (a help site for would-be children's writers and illustrators)
  

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
  
• Missouri State University
  
• Illinois State University
  
• San Diego State University
  
• Rutgers University
  
• Hollins University 
  
• The University of Pittsburgh
  
• Simmons College
  

Children's Literature Collections

• The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection (U. of Southern Mississippi)
  
• Baharona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (Cal State San Marcos)
  
• U. of Washington's Collection of Children's and YA Literature
  
• The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature (Fresno State)
  
• The Kerlan Collection (U. of Minnesota)
  
• Extensive list of international collections (IRSCL)
  

Childhood Studies Programs and Centers

• Brooklyn College (USA)
• Missouri Western State University (USA) Minor in Childhood Studies
  
• John Moores University (UK)
  
• Rutgers University Center for Children and Childhood Studies (USA)
  
• The Center for Children's Literature and Culture (U. of Florida)
  
• Monash University's Master of Arts in Childhood Studies (Australia)
  
• Plymouth State College (USA)
  
• Christopher Newport University (USA)
  
• Case Western Reserve University (USA)
  
• The University of Birmingham (UK)
  
• The University of London
  
• The University of Greenwich (UK)
  
• University College Chichester (UK)
  
• Childhood Studies Information Sources (John Moores University, Liverpool)
  

Various Research Tools

• ALA's Great Sites Page ("700+ Sites")
  
• Yahoo Search Engine for Children's Literature  
• CanTeach (list of links and lesson plans)
• Maria Nikolajeva's List of Links
  
• ABC-Lit: An Index to Children's Literature Scholarship
  
• Frank Rogers' Guide to Children's Literature on the Web
  
• Susan Swords Steffen's Internet Resources for the Study of Children's Literature
  
• The New York Public Library  
• Children's Literature Navigator (Denise I. Matulka)
  
• Child_Lit Discussion Group Archives on Various Subjects
  
• Linnea Hendrickson's On-line Book: Children's Literature: A Guide To Criticism
  
• Perry Nodelman's Web page (Includes information on the author/scholar's work as well as a useful bibliography of children's literature criticism)
  
• Kay Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
  
• Recess! (Children's Literature on Public Radio)
  
• The Children's Literature Web Guide (U. of Calgary)
  
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
  
• Bookhive (Guide to children's books for children)
  
• PlanetEsme.com
  
• Newbery Classroom (links page)
  
• Resource page entitled "Children's Literature"
  
• Bibliography of Criticism on Children's and Adolescent Literature
  
• Katherine L. Schlick Noe's Children's Literature Links Page
  
• Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Literature Resources
  
• The Scoop--Children's Book Reviews and Much More (Cindy Orban, Publisher)
  

Internet Information

• Copyright in an Electronic Environment
  
• Citing Electronic Resources
  
  Many thanks to Mike Cadden for compiling this list and keeping it current.