The University of British Columbia

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African and Diaspora Children's Literature Project (ADCLP)

An online, collaborative resource for children, parents, caregivers, librarians and teachers to explore African and Diaspora literature.

URL: www.africanchildrenslit.org

ALAN Review

Journal of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents from 1994.

URL: scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/

American Library Association - The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990/1999

(as found in Education Library)

Ask the Author

Links from the Internet Public Library to author sites and biographical information.

URL: www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/

Author Bank - BC BookWorld

Reference database for and about authors pertaining to British Columbia, Canada.

URL: www.abcbookworld.com/

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BC Books for Schools

Association of Book Publishers of BC Library Book Purchase Plan online catalogue to promote awareness of BC books.

URL: www.books.bc.ca/view_catalogue.php?id=8

Bibliotherapy Education Project (BEP)

From the University of Nevada

URL: library.unlv.edu/faculty/research/bibliotherapy/reviewsearch.php

British Columbia Library Association. Young Adult and Children's Services

Fosters the development and enhancement of library services to youth and to support youth services personnel.

URL: www.bcla.bc.ca/YAACS/default.aspx

British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association

Information about publications; bibliographies.

URL: www.bctf.bc.ca/PSAs/BCTLA/

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Canadian Children's Books, 1799-1930

Historical bibliography by Sheila Egoff of early Canadiana in UBC Special Collections.

URL: www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/egoffbib/

Canadian Children's Illustrated Books in English

URL: ccib.arts.ubc.ca/

Canadian Children's Illustrated Books (CCIB) Database

URL: ccib.arts.ubc.ca/CCIB/Database.html

Canadian Children's Book Centre

Online version of Our Choice Guides to Canada's Best Children's Books and Videos. Selections by picture books, fiction and nonfiction.

URL: www.bookcentre.ca

Canadian Children's Literature

Journal of criticism/reviews of Canadian books and media for children and young adults.

URL: ccl.uwinnipeg.ca/

Canadian Children's Literature Database (PIKA)

Canadian Children's Literature service.

URL www.collectionscanada.ca/pika/index-e.html

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

Review of Canadian picture books, fiction and videos from 1994-

URL: www.umanitoba.ca/cm/

Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers

Provides Canadian author information.

URL: www.canscaip.org/

Canlit for Kids

Outstanding recent Canadian children's books, K-7.

URL: www.canlitforkids.com/

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site

Reviews, teaching ideas and activities for kids books.

URL: www.carolhurst.com

Censorship

Censorship links.

URL: www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/k-12/cen.html

Children’s Book Council of Australia

Celebrating Australian children’s literature and its creators.

URL: cbca.org.au/Default.aspx

Children's Literature Association

Encourages serious scholarship and research in children's literature.

URL: www.childlitassn.org/

Children's Literature Research Unit (South Africa)

Promotes children's literature and reading through study, research, community programmes and other promotion activities.

URL: www.childlit.org.za/clruindex.html

Children's Literature Web Guide

Very useful connections to author, award winners and children's literature resources.

URL: www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Children's Picture Book Database

Indexed abstracts for over 4,000 picture books for children.

URL: www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks

Cooperative Children's Book Center

Web bibliographies of multicultural materials.

URL: www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/

Children's Books by Authors and Illustrators from British Columbia: a Selective List

A comprehensive list of BC authors and illustrators

CWILL BC

Children's Writers and Illustrators of British Columbia.

URL: www.cwill.bc.ca/

Cynthia Leitch Smith Children's Literature Resources

URL: www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/

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Danish Children's Books

A website introducing the magical world of Danish children's books in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Danish.

URL: www.childbooks.dk/childbooks/entrance.asp

Database of Award-winning Children's Literature

Search award books by theme and reader age.

URL: www.dawcl.com/

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

First full-scale museum in the United States devoted to national and international picture book art.

URL: www.picturebookart.org/

Fairrosa Cyber Library

Excellent source for author/illustrator information.

URL: www.fairrosa.info/

International Board on Books for Young People - IBBY

Lists the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1956-present.

URL: www.ibby.org

International Children's Digital Library

Read 3,887 books in 53 different languages.

URL: www.icdlbooks.org

Just One More Book Podcast

A podcast about the children's books we love and why we love them. Includes interviews with authors such as Barbara Reid, Dan Bar-El and Giles Tibo.

URL: www.JustOneMoreBook.com

The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Books

Journal from the Toronto Centre for the Study of Children's Literature University of Toronto from 1997.

URL: www.the-looking-glass.net/

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National Centre for Research in Children's Literature

URL: www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/ncrcl/

National Centre for Children’s Illustrated Literature

Book lists online--Read Up On it.

URL: www.nccil.org/

National Library of Canada - Canadian Children's Literature Service

Book lists online--Read Up On it.

URL: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/childrenliterature/index-e.html

Notes from the Windowsill

Reviews of children's books edited by W. Betts.

URL: www.armory.com/~web/

Novel Study Links

Grade 4 and up

URL: www.nt.net/~torino/novels3.html

Perry Nodleman's "Bibliography of Children's Literature Criticism"

URL ion.uwinnipeg.ca/~nodelman/resources/allbib.htm

PIKA: Canadian Children's Literature service.

Canadian Children's Literature service.

URL: www.nlc-bnc.ca/pika/index-e.html

Red Cedar Book Award

Kids choices of their favorite reads.

URL: www.redcedaraward.ca

The Scoop: Children's Book news

Reviews of children's books.

URL: friend.ly.net/users/jorban/

Stellar Award

B.C.'s teen readers' choice award.

URL: www.stellaraward.ca

Stepped Reading Lists from Burnaby Public Library

Lists from emergent readers to intermediate fiction.

URL: www.bpl.burnaby.bc.ca/gab/booklist.htm

Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable

Schedule of roundtable events, newsletter and information book award winners.

URL: www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/table/index.htm

WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom

URL: www.wowlit.org

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