Children's Literature

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Subject Directories

• Internet Public Library > Kidspace Reading Zone
• KidsClick! > Literature 

Internet Sites

• Association for Library Service to Children/Awards and Scholarships - links to Newberry, Caldecott, and other children's award-winning books
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - children's books and activities by theme or subject
• Children's Book Council
• Children's Literature Web Guide 
• Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University - abstracts of picture books you can search by subject or concept
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center - Lists of children’s books, including ones for toddlers, beginning readers, and subjects

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Children's Comprehensive Literature Database
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Discovering Collection (Gale)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• General Reference Center Gold (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Selected Ebooks

Read books at your computer!  Read some FAQs about ebooks and how to set up your account. Here are some ebook titles:

•  Cianciolo, Patricia J.  Informational Picture Books for Children.  Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.
• McArthur, Janice and Barbara E. McGuire.  Books on Wheels: Cooperative Learning Through Thematic Units.  Englewood, Colo.:  Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
• McElmeel, Sharron L.  100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors and Illustrators.   Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. 2000.  
• Rand, Donna, et. al.  Black Books Galore: Guide to Great African American Children's Books.  New York: Wiley, 1998. 
• Silvey, Anita, ed.  Children's Books and Their Creators.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
• Volz, Bridget Dealy, et. al.  Junior Genreflecting: a Guide to Good Reads and Series Fiction for Children.  Englewood, Colo.:  Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • children -- books and reading
  • children's literature
  • children's stories
  • picture books for children
  • storytelling
     
• Finding Books for Middle School Readers - Try this to locate lists of recommended books for middle school readers, as well as for younger children
   
• Selected Reference Books
  • Carpenter, Humphrey. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.  New York: Oxford, 1984. 
        OR, RO  Reference  PN 1008.5 .C37 1984
  • Hunt, Peter, ed.  International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature.  New York: Routledge, 1996. 
         AH  Reference  PN 1008.5 .I57 1996
  • Lima, Carolyn W. A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books.  Westport, Conn.: Bowker-Greenwood, 2001.
         AH, HL  Reference  Z 1037 .L715 2001
  • Watson, Victor, ed.  Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English.  New York: Cambridge University Pr., 2001.
         AH, RO  Reference  PR 990 .C6 2001
  • Zipes, Jack, ed.  Oxford encyclopedia of children’s literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006
    AH, OR  Ref PN 1008.5  .O94 2006
     
  • Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
    • PN 1009  History of Children's Literature
    • PR 990    Children's Literature -- History and Criticism
    • PZ 7        Picture Books
    • PZ 8        Fairy Tales and Folklore
    • Z 1037     Bibliography of Children's Literature

    OCC Departmental Web Pages

    • R. J. Willey

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    See also: Early Childhood Education

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