LINKS TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE RESOURCES

General Information
For Writers and Illustrators
Special Interests
Publishers and Booksellers

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Discussion Forums 

--This forums by Children's Literature Web Guide. (See next entry.) 
• Children's Literature Web Guide

--This is an extensive resources site maintained by David K. Brown. 
• Kay E. Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page

--Much scholarly information on children's literature and authors.. 
• Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism

--The 1987 edition by Linnea Hendrickson. 

• Cooperative Children's Book Center

--At School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Cinderella Project

--at Univeristy of Southern Mississippi. This site has been re-designed and the links to the actual images and the project are so hidden that it can be frustrating... ok, here's the link to the actual "inventory" ; and you can also choose to display "images only".
• Virtual History Exhibit / Horn Book
  -- great primary documents exhibited online in celebration of Horn Book's 75th Anniversary
• The Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack the Giant-Killer Project

-- at University of Southern Mississippi. This site has been re-designed and the links to the actual images and the project are so hidden that it can be frustrating... ok, here's the link to the actual "inventory" ; and you can also choose to display "images only".
• National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
  -- a museum in Abilene, Texas with a great web site
• The Little Red Riding Hood Project

--At University of Southern Mississippi.  This site has been re-designed and the links to the actual images and the project are so hidden that it can be frustrating... ok, here's the link to the actual "inventory" ; and you can also choose to display "images only".

FOR WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

• Children's Book Council

-- newsletter, showcase, memeber listing, lots of areas to explore.

• Children's Literature Network
  -- Organization with members from the Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Upper Michigan, and Wisconsin region.
• Children's Writing Resource Center

--Presented by Children's Book Insider 
John Clapp's "The Prince of the Butterflies" Process
--About the process of illustrating a picture book from step 0 to the finished work.
• The Purple Crayon

-- A Children's Book Editor's Site, compiled and maintained by Harold D. Underdown. 
• The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

-- Events, Awards, and other information for professional and beginning writers/illustrators of children's books.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• The Randolph Caldecott Society of America
• Aaron's Kidwriter Page

--Aaron Shepard's resources for children's writers 
• The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection
  -- at Penguin Putnam, USA 
• The Definitive Laura Ingalls Wilder Page
• Peter Rabbit Official Website
• The Moomintroll Homepage

--information about the author, Tove Jansson, about the books, and links to other related sites. 
• OZ fans:
• Piglet Press's page of The Wizard of Oz

--and their products 
• The Seamonkey Oz Home Page

--you will find Oz-related links, philosophical musings, creative writing, and lots of artwork by the inhabitants of Oz. 
• The International Wizard of Oz Club
• Tintin.com
  --a sleek looking site with lots of solid information.
• Betsy-Tacy Homepage
  --listserv info.; Maud Hart Lovelace bio.; MHL Society
• Book-Making Process Sites
  How a Book Is Made by Aliki at HarperCollins
  How a Book Is Made at Penguin / Putnam, UK
  John Clapp's "The Prince of Butterflies" Process
  Page by Page - Creating a Children's Book
  

PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS

• Children's Book Council Members Listing
  --Contact information for most children's publishers in the States (and some out of the States)
• Bilingual Books for Kids

--English/Spanish books, annotated lists, top-ten choices, on-line ordering.

• Bloomsbury USA / Children's
• Charlesbridge
• Chelsea House

--Entire catalog online. 
• Clarion Books
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) Young Readers
• HarperCollins Children's Books


• Houghton-Mifflin Children's Books
• Lerner Publishing Group
• Little, Brown Books for Children
• North-South Books
• Osborne Children's Books
• Penguin Putnam Inc. Young Readers:
• Scholastic
• The Book Safari

--This is an online bookstore selling series books from the early 20th century to 1990. You can also sell your old books to them. 
• Seussville

--all kinds of products, schedules, and some info. of Dr. Seuss, set up by Random House 
• SimonSays Kids (Simon & Schuster's Children's Division)