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Children's Lit Journals

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE JOURNALS
These journals available through our Project Muse subscription focus on the study of children's literature.

Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Published by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), Bookbird communicates new ideas in children's books, publishing work on any topic in the field of international children's literature.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Provides concise summaries and critical evaluations of current children's books. Reviews give an in-depth look at a selected book's content, reading level, strengths and weaknesses, and quality of the format, as well as suggestions for curricular use.
Children's Literature
Publishes scholarly and research based articles that address key issues in the field. The annual publication of the Modern Language Association Division on Children's Literature and the Children's Literature Association (ChLA).
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Children's Literature Association Quarterly publishes scholarship in children's literature studies.
Lion & The Unicorn
An international theme- and genre-centered journal. Coverage includes the state of the publishing industry, regional authors, comparative studies of significant books and genres, new developments in theory, the art of illustration, the mass media, and popular culture. It is especially noted for its interviews with authors, editors, and other important contributors to the field.

Ebooks

Phantom Tollbooth
Ebook available through our OverDrive collection. Download the Sora app to read on your mobile device. Use this brief guide to the Sora app to get you started.
Phantom Tollbooth (Audiobook available on YouTube)
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Ebook available through our OverDrive collection. Download the Sora app to read on your mobile device. Use this brief guide to the Sora app to get you started.
ESSO Diversity titles and Children's Award Winners
A curated list of 28 children's titles. Many of these titles were used as part of the ESSO Diversity group's work with Main Street School. Additional award winners have also been added to this collection: Caldecott, Pura Belpre, Asian Pacific Children's Lit, Coretta Scott King, American Indian Youth Lit., Steptoe, etc.)

Articles

"The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books"
Please note that this link may no longer work. If so please use alternative access via link below.
Green, Jesse. New York Times, Feb 07 2019.
Books mentioned in article
"The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books"
This copy of article is available without its original pictures through our ProQuest collections.
"Answering Kids’ Questions About the Coronavirus, in Free Picture Books"
Publishers and nonprofits are finding ways to get books and information to housebound children worldwide. -- From New York Times
Broken Kingdom: Fifty Years of the Phantom Tollbooth
New Yorker, October 17, 2011.
Mo Willem's Funny Failures
New Yorker, February 6, 2017. Extra reading & listening on Mo Willems:
Listen to New Yorker's Radio Hour segment on Mo Willems.
Mo Willems official website.

Resources for Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web (audio on YouTube)
White's letter to his editor
White writes to his editor Ursula Nordstrom from Harper & Row about Charlotte's Web. The letter dated September 29, 1952 is available on the Letters of Note site.
Some Book! 'Charlotte's Web' Turns 60
NPR piece on E.B. White and Charlotte’s Web.
An excerpt from The Story of Charlotte's Web
From Michael Sim's book, The Story of Charlotte's Web: E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic.

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