The CCB will be closed on July 3rd due to the holida. Have a happy and safe 4th!!!

Attention current and future school librarians!  Looking for ideas and strategies to keep your school community informed and library-aware throughout the school year?  On August 7, 2009, the CCB is sponsoring "Keep Your Library In the Spotlight All Year," a morning workshop for K-12 school librarians facilitated by local school librarians Mindy May and Pat Mathews. For more information, check out our flyer. To register online, visit: http://www.lis.illinois.edu/programs/cpd/spotlight.html.

Read our most recent newsletter from May/June. Browse the CCB newsletter archives as well.

See our newest annotated bibliography: Fashion

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 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).

Good literature promotes literacy. The Center for Children’s Books is a crossroads for critical inquiry, professional training, and educational outreach related to literature for youth from birth through adolescence. 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. An integral part of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, 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.