Research & Resources

The scholarship of children's literature is a growing field of study. The explosion of children and young adult literature in the last quarter of the 20th century may be attributed to any number of factors from baby boomer affluence and the environmental movement to feminist and multicultural responses to the children's literature canon. In conjunction with the increase in children and young adult publications is unprecedented access to the writing process of authors. Interviews, conferences, book publishing tours and personal memoirs abound. These reflections provide writers, educators, parents and students with insights into the creative process.

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Here is a link to our help guide: http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/clic/folktales_print.htm

 

Instruction & Tours

• To schedule a personal or group instruction session or tour please contact Sylvia Tag: sylvia.tag@wwu.edu
• Librarians serve as liaisons to colleges, departments and programs on campus. To schedule an instruction session or tour with the librarian who works with your academic discipline, consult our list of subject librarians: http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjects/index.html

Books, magazines, DVDs & More

• The best place to start when you are looking for a particular item is in the Library Catalog
• Journals that review children's literature: The Horn Book, Book Links, Reading Teacher, Multicultural Review and School Library Journal are all available in print or full-text online via the Western Libraries Web. Journal Title Search
• Government Information: Look for new publications on the New Children's Literature shelves
• Children's Reference materials are available on the first set of shelves when you enter the area.
• Author and Illustrator information is available in the main reference collection on Haggard 2
• Literature for Children & Young Adults: Resources at Western Libraries

Education Resources

• Cecilia Poon, Librarian for Woodring College of Education: http://www.library.wwu.edu/subjects/ed/index.html
• Center for Educational Pluralism: http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/CEP/Resources.shtml
• The Pacific Northwest Children's Literature Clearinghouse: http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/PNWCLC/

Scholarly Associations

• Children's Literature Association: http://www.childlitassn.org/
• The International Research Society for children's Literature: http://www.irscl.ac.uk/
• Center for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media: http://www.reading.ac.uk/circl/
• National Centre for Research in Children's Literature: http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/ncrcl/
• Overview article on the scholarship of children's literature in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_literature