American
Library Association, Children’s Services Section
A wealth of information about library services for young people and listings of major awards to children’s books.
Library
Links
Links to dictionaries of multiple disciplines (i.e. medical, legal, etc.), specialized lists, references and much more.
Cynthia Leitich
Smith Children's Literature Resources
An eclectic site including reviews, topical bibliographies,
URLs for state children's book awards, and more.
Children's Literature Council of Southern California – an organization of librarians, teachers, authors and illustrators.
Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin/Madison – a wealth of information for people involved with literature for young people; one of the most complete collections of children's books in the country.
Children's Book Council – an organization of publishers of children's books; the sponsors of Children's Book Week.
Los Angeles Public Library – my extended family.
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators – the only professional organization for creators of books for young people.
Los Angeles Times Kids' Reading Room – a page in the paper solely for young people; I've written stories for it.
Bookfinder – a conglomeration of individual used book dealers; I've found a lot of hard-to-get books here!
The de Grummond Collection – an important research collection of children's books at the University of Southern Mississippi.
The Children's Literature Web Guide – internet resources related to children's literature.
Association of Booksellers for Children - lists children's bookstores all over the United States.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books – An important review journal for current children's books
The Bologna Book Fair – An annual event where children's books are licensed to other countries for publication and given prizes.
Horn Book – Another important review journal for current children's books.
