• Library Catalog (Find Books & Other Materials at Palomar College Library)

• Child Development Department (Palomar College)

Publications (Databases/E-Journals)

• Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Literary Reference Center, JSTOR, and Professional Development Collection all contain articles from journals or magazines on Children's Literature.  Such titles include BookBird; Children's Literature in Education, BookList, School Library Journal, and Horn Book Magazine.  These databases are available online to Palomar College students, faculty, and staff-passwords required off-campus.

• Children's Literature (Univ. Calgary)

• Online Children's Literature Journals

• Primary Search (EBSCO) provides full text for popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is available online to Palomar College students, faculty, and staff-passwords required off-campus.

Authors & Illustrators

• Finding Information about Authors (Palomar College)
• Authors & Illustrators on the Web (Children's Literature Web Guide)
• Fairrosa Cyber Library of Authors & Illustrators

Book Award Sites

• Caldecott Medal Home Page
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Newbery Medal Home Page

Organization and Associations

• The Children's Book Council (CBC) Online
• Children's Literature Assembly (CLA)
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

General Interest

• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
• ChildrensLit.com
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Children's Reading Connection
• Folklore, Fairy Tales, Mythology & Customs
• Horn Book
• Merrycozy.org: Works for Children and Adults, 1800-1872
• Reading About Children's Literature: A Bibliography of Criticism

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