Selected Children’s Collections and Children’s Literature Web Sites
Libraries and Curriculum Laboratories
Iowa
Youth Collection, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa.
http://www.library.uni.edu/youth/ [January 2002].
Curriculum Laboratory Collection. IRTSweb. Instructional Resources and Technology Services, College of Education, University of Northern Iowa.
http://www.uni.edu/coe/irtsweb/catalog/clc.shtml 7 April 2003.
Curriculum Resources Laboratory. College of Education, The University of Iowa.
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/crl/ 2008.
United States
About the Youth Collection. Peabody Library, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/about/currlab/aboutyouth.html 31 October 2002.
Alden Library’s Children’s Collection. University Libraries. Ohio University.
https://www.library.ohiou.edu/childcoll/ 22 April 2008.
Children’s and Young Adult Literature Resources. University Libraries. University of Washington.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Childrens/ 26 March 2003.
The Children’s Collection. Bank Street College of Education.
http://www.bankstreet.edu/ccl/ 22 April 2008.
The de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/ 18 September 2003.
"One of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature. Although the Collection has many strengths, the main focus is on American and British children's literature, historical and contemporary."
On-Lion for Kids. New York Public Library.
http://kids.nypl.org/ [2003].
International
A. Pushkin Central Children’s Library.
http://www.pushkinlib.spb.ru/
Russian State Children’s Library.
http://www.rgdb.ru/ 2007 - 2008.
Children’s Literature Centre. Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania . http://www.lnb.lt/clc/clc.php 1998 – 2006.
Internationale Jugendbibliothek Munchen. International Youth Library.
http://www.ijb.de/ 12 October 2003.
Svenska barnboksinstitutet. The Swedish Institute for Children’s Books.
http://www.sbi.kb.se/
"A special library open to the public and an information centre for children's and young people's literature."
Association Web Sites
Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/ALSCTemplate.cfm?Section=ALSC [2003].
Young Adult Library Services Association. American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/yalsaTemplate.cfm?Section=YALSA [2003].
Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s10/index.htm 9April 2008.
RLA – Russian Library Association.
http://www.rba.ru:8101/english.html
Other Sites
Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media. University of Reading.
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/circl/ 12 October 2003.
"The centre aims to promote and coordinate international and interdisciplinary academic research in childhood, focusing particularly on research in children and culture, children's literature, and children and the media. "
Children’s Picture Book Database at Miami University. Valerie A. Ubbes, Miami University, and Miami University Libraries.
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/ 14 February 2003.
A "bibliography for designing literature-based thematic units for all disciplines, including health education." "Database contains abstracts of over 5000 picture books for children, preschool to grade 3."
Cooperative Children’s Book Center. School of Education. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ 1 October 2003.
A "noncirculating examination, study and research library for adults with an interest in children's and young adult literature." Web site provides access to bibliographies, reviews, Web cats, and variety of other resources for librarians, teachers, and students of children’s literature.
General Children’s Literature Resources. Frank G. Rogers.
http://frankrogers.home.mindspring.com/general.html 24 November 2002.
Directory of diverse resources related to children’s literature, including Web directories, awards, organizations, journals, and mailing lists.
International Children’s Digital Library. University of Maryland-College Park and The Internet Archive.
http://www.icdlbooks.org/ . [2003].
A "5-year research project to develop innovative software and a collection of books that specifically address the needs of children as readers." "ICDL is building an international collection that reflects both the diversity and quality of children's literature. Currently, the collection includes materials donated from 27 cultures in 15 languages."
Vandergrift’s Children’s Literature Page. Kay E. Vandergrift. School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/ChildrenLit/index.html 29 October 2003.
Includes a number of topical essays and bibliographies.
Selected Awards in Children’s Literature
United States
Individual Awards
Caldecott Medal Home Page. Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm [2008].
The National Book Awards. National Book Foundation. http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html [2003]
Has made annual award for best books in Children’s or Young People’s Literature category since 1969.
Newbery Medal Home Page. Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association.
http://ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm [2008].
General Sites
Children’s Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes. Internet School Library Media Center.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm May 2002.
Provides links to Web sites containing information about awards and best book lists in children’s and young adult literature as well as awards for non-print media.
Literary and Related Awards. Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/literaryrelated.cfm [2008].
International
Individual Awards
Book Awards. Canadian Library Association.
http://www.cla.ca/awards/bookaw.htm [2003].
Awards include the Book of the Year for Children Award, Young Adult Canadian Book Award, and Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award.
Children’s Book Awards. International Reading Association. http://www.reading.org/association/awards/childrens.html c. 1996-2008.
"Given for an author’s first or second published book directed toward a children/young adult (ages preschool to 17) audience. Two awards will be given for fiction and nonfiction in each of three categories: primary, intermediate, and young adult. Books from any country and in any language" are eligible.
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards. The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals [Great Britain]. http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ [2002].
The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Germany). new books in german.
http://www.new-books-in-german.com/info5k.htm [Autumn 2003].
"Awarded to German and foreign authors of children's and teenage literature for outstanding individual works and lifeworks." Sponsored by the Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend.
International Board on Books for Young People. Switzerland.
http://www.ibby.org/ September 2003.
Awards include the Hans Christian Andersen Award for authors ands illustrators (bi-annual), known as the "Little Nobel Prize," and the IBBY Honour List.
The Österreichischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis (Austria). new books in german. http://www.new-books-in-german.com/info5f.htm [Autumn 2003].
Awrded for works for children and young people. Sponsored by the Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst, Vienna. Multiple prizes are awarded in the following categories: children's fiction, teenage fiction, illustration, translation, and children's non-fiction.
General Sites
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature. Compiled by Lisa R. Bartle. http://www.dawcl.com/ 2003.
Provides links to Web sites identifying recipients of more than 50 awards in five English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom).