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Children's Literature

with a special section of collections and exhibits on the History of Children's Literature

Association for Library Service to Children

Book Links

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

CCBC
Cooperative Children's Book Center

Centro para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles y Juvenilese en Espanol

Children's Literature Web Guide

Children's Software Revue

childrensbooksonline.org
A collection of scanned full text antique children's books from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Titles include the Peter Rabbit books, Grampa in Oz, Pinnochio and dozens of others. Many are translated into various languages including Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, German, Greek, Maori and other languages.

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature

Horn Book Magazine

IBBY
International Board on Books for Young People

International Children's Digital Library
The goal of ICDL is to create a digital library of more than 10,000 books in at least 100 languages that is freely available to children, teachers, librarians, parents, and scholars throughout the world via the Internet.

NoveList K-8
Find fiction titles for students in grades K-8. Teachers can use thousands of subject headings to find titles on any instructional topic for every grade level. Students can use favorite authors or titles to find more books that they will enjoy reading. Includes full-text reviews from trusted sources such as School Library Journal and Booklist.

Pura Belpré Award

Recess! Radio
Recess! is a daily 3-minute public radio program about children's literature and culture. The site has audio and transcripts for over 1,000 programs.

School Library Journal

A Concise History of Pop-up and Movable Books
An article and exhibit by Ann Montanaro.

Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature at the University of Florida

CHILDE: Children's Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe

Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University

de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi

Donnell Central Children's Room at The New York Public Library
Home of the original Winnie-the-Pooh toys.

Landmarks in the History of Children's Literature
Important dates from The Department of English at San Antonio College site.

Literature for Children
Scanned copies of about 400 historical children's books are available from the Baldwin Library at the University of Florida.

Nineteenth-century American Children and What They Read
An anthology of works for children, from 1800 to 1872.

Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550–1990

Social History of Children's Literature
An article by Kay E. Vandergrift

World of the Child: Two Hundred Years of Children's Books
An online exhibit from the University of Delaware Library.

Yesterday and Today: Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era

On-Lion for Kids!

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