NIACC Library - Children's Literature

Children's Literature Author/Illustrator Resources

Author/Illustrator Reference Books

R 028.162 C536b	Children's Books and Their Creators.
R 028.52 C536c	Children's Literature Review.
R 809 A939b	Author Biographies Master Index. (Indexes most of these books)
R 809 C295o	Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.
R 920 B52	Biography Index.
R 920 K54I	Illustrators of Children's Books, 1967-1976.
R 920 S741f	Speaking for Ourselves: Autobiographical Sketches by Notable Authors of Books for Young Adults.
R 920.03 D384f	The Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators.
R 920.03 D384t	Third Book of Junior Authors.
R 920.03 F469b	Fifth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators.
R 920.03 F967	More Junior Authors.
R 920.03 H794	Books are by People; Interviews with 104 Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young Children.
R 920.03 I29 1946-56	Illustrators of Children's Books, 1946-1956.
R 920.03 I29 1957-66	Illustrators of Children's Books, 1957-66.
R 920.03 K96j	The Junior Book of Authors.
R 920.03 M647i	Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945.
R 920.03 M233a	Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults: a Selection of Sketches from Something About the Author.
R 920.03 S497b	Seventh Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators.
R 920.03 S625b	Sixth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators.
R 920.03 V573b	The Very Best of Children's Book Illustration.

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Children's Book Lists

R 011.62 B724f	Books for You: a Book List for Senior High Students.
R 011.62 N277a	Adventuring With Books: a Booklist for Pre-K-Grade 6.
R 011.625 Y81r	Your Reading: A Booklist for Junior High and Middle School Students.
R 016.3058 K14a	Kaleidoscope: a Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8.
R 028.52 B315n	Notes from a different drummer: a Guide to Juvenile Fiction Portraying the Handicapped.
R 028.535 N277h	High Interest Easy Reading: an Annotated Booklist for Middle and Senior High. 9; 9;

Children's Literature Web Sites

Children's Literature Web Guide/Authors & Illustrators on the Web (Mostly Personal Web Sites) http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children & Young Adults (Biographies, Teacher Resource Files) http://www.lib.jmu.edu/education/ReadingEducation/Authors.aspx

Internet Public Library-Author Biographies & Author Links (Biographies & Personal Web Sites) http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/

Yahoo Children's Authors (Biographies & Personal Web Sites) http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/

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The Author Corner (Biographies & Personal Web Sites) http://www.carr.org/authco/

Meet Authors & Illustrators (Mostly Biographical) http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai.html

Authors and Illustrators http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/index.html (Personal Web Sites & Biographies)

Children’s Authors on the Web (Personal Web Sites) http://members.tripod.com/~emu1967/caw.htm

Children’s Literature Association http://www.childlitassn.org/

Great Web Sites for Kids: Authors & Illustrators http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=16

Links for Book Lovers (Mostly Personal Web Pages) http://haemibalgassi.com/links.html

Children's and YA Literature Resources (Author Web sites, Interviews, Book Lists) http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/

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Related Periodicals at NIACC Library

Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries & Classrooms (Online version also available at http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklinks/archiveonline/archive_of_online_articles.cfm

Booklist

English Journal

Horn Book (Available full-text on EBSCO; web page http://www.hbook.com/magazine/default.asp

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Also available full-text on EBSCO)

Language Arts

Lion and the Unicorn (Online Journal http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/lion_and_the_unicorn/)

Mailbox: Intermediate, Mailbox: Grades 2-3 (Home page http://www.theeducationcenter.com/tec/)

Reading Teacher (http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/Journals/RT.aspx)

School Library Journal (Available full-text on EBSCO)

Teaching PreK-8 (Home page http://www.teachingk-8.com/)

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Other Resources

EBSCO Academic Search Elite (Access from Library Web Page - http://www.niacc.edu/library/ - Search this site for journal articles about your author/illustrator.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (Access from Library Web Page) - Search this site for journal articles and unpublished documents)

Online Library Catalog - (Access from Library Web Page or terminals in the library) - Search here for books about your author/illustrator.

To search for your author/illustrator on the Web, go to a Search Engine (Yahoo, Alta Vista, Hot Bot, Google, etc.) and type the author's name in quotes (e.g., "Judy Blume")

International Children's Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

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