Children's Literature

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Subject Directories

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

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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 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

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Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Children's Literature Comprehensive DatabaseSearch or browse for information about children's and young adult books and media. Contains full-text critical reviews and cataloging information, including subjects and genre.
• WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch) 1994 - present.  All articles have full-text.  Includes U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines on a wide variety of subjects.
• Discovering CollectionReference content in subjects of literature, history, biographies, science, and social studies
• General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) 1980 - present. Contains either full-text or citations/abstracts of articles.  Key business, news, and general interest periodicals.

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Selected Ebooks

Read books at your computer! But first: Read about ebooks and how to set up your account in netLibrary. After you set up your account, you can return here to link to the books below. You may also search for books directly in netLibrary.

•  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.

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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

• 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, 2004. 
       RO Reference  PN 1008.5.157 2004
       AH  Reference  PN 1008.5 .I57 1996
• Lima, Carolyn W. A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books.  Westport, Conn.: Bowker-Greenwood, 2006.
       AH, HL  Reference  Z 1037 .L715 2001
       HL Reference  Z 1037.L715 2006
• 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

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OCC Departmental Web Pages

• R. J. Willey

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See also: Early Childhood Education

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