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Children's Literature: Home

Guide to beginning research in children's and young adult literature

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Starting Points: Articles

Academic Search Complete
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Indexes some literary criticism and education journals and some of the Children's/Young Adult review periodicals.
MLA International Bibliography
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Covers some of the literature & folklore journals of interest to scholars of children's literature.

Starting Points: Book Reviews

CLCD Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
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Information about pre K-12 books/media (including reviews), authors, and illustrators from around the world.

Children's Literature Librarian

Kathleen Collins

Contact:

Office hours::
By Zoom appointment only

206-685-2771

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Last Updated: Mar 3, 2021 6:13 PM
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Subjects: English, Humanities, Literature

Tags: chapter books, picture books, YA literature, young adult