Children's Literature Association


 

Important new web site information

A new web site has been created for ChLA. It can be viewed at this link: The web site you are reading now is no longer maintained and is now quite out of date. The link to this web site will remain valid indefinitely (http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/), as this web server will be used to host special web pages such as the ChLA 2006 conference web pages (coming soon).

I hope you enjoy the look, functionality, and set of features of the new web site. Let me know if you have questions.

Jeff the web guy (jeffrey_a_meunier@yahoo.com).


About ChLA

Our goals are:
  • To encourage serious scholarship and research in children's literature.
  • To enhance the professional stature of the graduate and undergraduate teaching of children's literature.
  • To encourage high standards of criticism in children's literature through:
    • fellowships and scholarships to assist members in research
    • an annual award for the most significant critical article written about children's literature
    • an annual award for the most significant book of criticism, history or scholarship in the field of children's literature
    • the Phoenix Award, for the most outstanding book for children published twenty years earlier which did not receive a major award at the time of publication
    • an annual conference devoted to the discussion and exploration of children's literature
    • an annual award for the best undergraduate paper written about some aspect of children's literature