Children's Literature

"The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers."

ALAN "promotes communication and cooperation among all individuals who have a special interest in adolescent literature, presents programs and conferences on this subject, promotes and increases the number of articles and publications devoted to it and integrates the efforts of all those with an interest in this literature."

"The Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) is a non-profit association of scholars, critics, professors, students, librarians, teachers and institutions dedicated to the academic study of literature for children."

CCBC "is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature" that is based in Wisconsin.

Supports the children's literature community in Vancouver.

Journal that reviews "contemporary English-language materials of interest to children and young adults."

Digitized historical children's books free to read online

Journal about children's literature, including academic papers and commentary.

100 Best Books for elementary and secondary students as chosen by BC Teachers

1997 exhibition on illustration in Canadian chidren's books.

Use "to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards."

"features reviews of books and other materials that are authored, illustrated and/or published by Canadians and that are produced for/of interest to children and adolescents"

Collection of children's books from around the world in many different languages.

"a collection of picture book abstracts searchable by topics, concepts, and skills for building content area reading across all academic subjects."

Blog about children's books

From Cooperative Children's Book Centre. Several booklists of children's books and other resources.

"Guide to the history, criticism & publishing of Canadian children's literature." List of resources and links about Canadian children's literature.

Brief, informal reviews of children's books.

USA-based. "American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society."

From Library and Archives Canada. "Explore ABC books from a Canadian point of view" by exploring six different themes.

From Library and Archives Canada. Publication about children's literature from 1993-2006.