Research Guides: Education: Children/YA Literature

Searching for Children's Books in Buswell

Children's books are found with the curriculum collection on the lower level of Buswell,

Fiction - call number 372.214
Non-fiction - call number 372.212

To find titles when not looking for a specific author or title, use the advanced search feature of the library catalog.

Use key words such as "juvenile," or "children's nonfiction."
Include a topic/subject or genre, e.g. "time travel," "magic," "poetry."
Do an exploratory search on a known title to see the topics/subjects used. For example, the title below would be retrieved by using the keywords "juvenile" and "poetry" or "children's poetry." If looking for as specific country, one could have included the keyword "mexico."

Author Name Pronunciation Guide
Book Adventure

Sponsored by Sylvan Learning, a free way to motivate your child to read! Find a book, take quizzes, and earn prizes.
Book Awards and Book Lists

Provides links to websites for book awards and book lists related to childrens/YA lit.
Center for Children's Books

Resources to inspire and inform adults who connect young people with resources in person, in print, and online. Located at the University of Illinois.
Chidren in the Picture

Resources to raise awareness of the need to include disabled children in the books children read.
Children's Literature Assembly

Part of the National Council of Teachers of English providing resources to identify books published for children and young adults.
Children's Literature Association

A non-profit association dedicated to the academic study of literature for children.
Children's Literature Network

An independent source of news, information, and book reviews, supported by members of CLN.
Cooperative Children's Book Center

Resources available from the Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Getting Boys to Read

A blog for parents, librarians, and teachers to provide information about getting boys to read.
Guys Lit Wire

Find books for teenage boys.
Guys Read

Web-based literacy program for boys to help them become lifelong readers.
Juvenile Series and Sequals

A database of over 28,000 books in 3,700 series titles.
Lexile Framework for Reading

Evaluate both reading ability and text complexity on the same scale and match readers with texts essential for growth and monitor their progress toward standards.
No Flying No Tights (Graphic Novels)

Reviews of graphic novels specifically written for teens.
Oyate

Reviews of children’s literature and advocating for Native Americans/American Indians' accurate historical portrayal without anti-Indian bias and stereotypes.
readergirlz

News and reviews to promote teen literacy.
Reading Rants

Out of the ordinary book lists for teens.
Reading Rockets

A national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how adults can help.
Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators

Network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, publishers, librarians, educators, and others involved with literature for young people
Story Snoops

Children's book reviews from a parent's perspective.
Teaching with Books

Discussion guides, lesson plans, and more from Scholastic Publishers.
Vandergrifts Children's Literature Page

Bibliographies of children's literature on a variety of topics.
VOYA Magazine

The leading library journal dedicated to the needs of young adult librarians and the promotion and advocacy of young adult literature and reading.
Worlds of Words

Resources for building bridges between cultures including authentic international children’s and adolescent literature as well as ways to engage students with these books in the classroom.
You Are What You Read

Sponsored by Scholastic, find shared “Bookprints.”

International Children's Digital Library

Collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.
Storyline Online

Screen Actors Guild Foundation members reading children's books aloud.
Children's Books Online

Largest collection of illustrated antique books online.
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature Digital Collection

300 editions of Robinson Crusoe, 100 editions of Pilgrim's Progress, fables, juvenile biography, 19th century science and natural history, 19th century alphabet books, moral tales, fairy tales, 19th century juvenile periodicals, 19th century boys' adventure stories, 20th century boys' and girls' series, Little Golden Books, and juvenile publications of the American Sunday School Union and other tract societies.
de Grummond Books

Selection of books from the holdings of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection in McCain Library and Archives.
Children's Literature Research Collections

Six core and several smaller collections."

The lists show Buswell Library's holdings of books in certain categories.

Newbery Medal Winners

Contains all the books in Buswell's collection that have won the Newbery Medal, which honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Caldecott Medal Winners

Contains all the books in Buswell's collection that have won the Caldecott Medal, which honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Printz Award Winners

Contains books in Buswell's collection that have won the Printz Award, which honors books that exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature.
Teaching with Graphic Novels

Contains books about teaching with graphic novels as well as actual graphic novels in Buswell's collection.

Located on the upper level of Buswell and in the Curriculum Collection:

Non-fiction - Upper level, call number 372.212
Fiction - Upper level, call number 372.214
Curriculum related materials - lower level northwest corner of the Nicholas Wing.

You can always search the library catalog by title and/or author.

Journals that contain reviews of children's and YA books: