Children's Literature journals and databases

There are some worthwhile tools for learning about children's literature, both from the libraries shelves and electronic resources. Join a discussion list such as Childlit, which is an international discussion list moderated through the hard work of Michael Joseph from Rutgers University.

Other opportunities abound including worthwhile electronic journals such as the Lion and the Unicorn and The Looking Glass: new perspectives on children's books.

There are a number of excellent journals held in Curriculum and Fisher relating to the study of children's literature. They include

Children's literature at 809.89282 93 at Fisher

Children's literature abstracts at 028.5205 4 at Fisher Ref

Children's Literature Association quarterly at 809.89282 87 at Fisher

Children's literature in education at 028.505 3 at Curriculum

Horn book at 028.5 90 at Curriculum

Language arts at 372.605 5 at Curriculum

Magpies: talking about books for children at 028.55 6 at Curriculum

Papers : explorations into children's literature. at 809.8928205 1 at Curriculum

Reading teacher at 372.405 3 at Curriculum

Reading time at 028.505 5 at Curriculum

Signal : approaches to children's books at 809.89282 31 at Fisher

There are a number of databases which can help in any research into the field of children's literature. These can be found by accessing the library's database pages. While none are exclusively based on children's literature, there are a number to choose from.

There are a list of databases relevant to Curriculum Studies. These include:

• AustLIT which gives great access to information on Australian children's authors and illustrators.
• MLA with search capacity for literary theory, literature, criticism and linguistics internationally