Center for Children's Books

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This Month's Newsletter

December/January Newsletter

This Month's Bibliographies

Picture Books about Imagination and Play

Wanted: Books about the West

Check out more annotated bibliographies sorted by topic or date.

Youth Lit Book Club

Thursday, January 26
5-6pm

Spring 2012 Hours

Monday - 10am-5pm
Tuesday - 10am-7pm
Wednesday - 3pm - 7pm
Thursday - 10am-7pm
Friday - 10am-5pm

Mark Your Calendars: 11th Annual Book Sale

The Center for Children's Books will be holding its 11th Annual Book Sale over President's Day weekend this February. For more on the Book Sale, including pre-sale information, sale schedule, and directions and parking, please see our Book Sale page.

Just Announced: The Bulletin's 2011 Blue Ribbons!

The staff at the Bulletin is happy to announce the 2011 Blue Ribbons, their choices for the best of children's and YA literature for the previous year. Blue Ribbons are chosen annually by the Bulletin reviewers and represent what we believe to be outstanding examples of fiction, nonfiction, and picture books for youth. Take a look at the 2011 Blue Ribbons, and see who made the list!

New CCB Facebook Page

To stay connected with what’s going on at the CCB, be sure to ‘like’ our brand-new Facebook page. We’ll remind you of upcoming events and programs in the CCB, like the Galley Giveaway or Youth Lit Book Club meetings. You’ll be the first to hear when new bibliographies and interviews are posted to the CCB website. We’ll also announce special volunteer opportunities with CCB Outreach events.

Upcoming Events

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Links

University of Illinois Library Catalog
The Center collection is searchable through the University of Illinois catalog. Searches can be limited to only the CCB. In the CCB, fiction is shelved alphabetically by the authors' last names, not by the University Library assigned call numbers. Nonfiction and biographies are shelved by listed call numbers.

The School Collection (S-Collection) at UIUC
Find circulating children's and young adult literature at the School Collection located in the Education and Social Science Library of the University of Illinois. Also find more bibliographies of children's literature on their blog.

The Children's Literature Database
Looking for book reviews? This resource includes reviews from the Bulletin, Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, Kliatt, VOYA, and more! If you need help using this database, see our new User Guide!

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
The Bulletin is a children's book review journal. The web site includes Bulletin Dozen (themed book lists) and Blue Ribbons (yearly best books lists).

Center Mission

The Center for Children’s Books (CCB) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is a crossroads for critical inquiry, professional training, and educational outreach related to youth-focused resources, literature and librarianship. The Center’s mission is to facilitate the creation and dissemination of exemplary and progressive research and scholarship related to all aspects of children’s and young adult literature; media and resources for young (age 0-18) audiences; and youth services librarianship.

In partnership with The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books—an authoritative analytic review journal—the Center aims to inspire and inform adults who connect young people with resources in person, in print, and online. The Center sponsors activities and hosts interdisciplinary research projects involving both theory and practice. In its dual role as research collection and educational community, the Center has national impact on the future of reading and readers.