Children’s literature, books, children’s classic literature, book illustrations, poetry
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Organizations, online databases
Children’s Literature Network
Children’s Literature Network connects, informs, and educates those who have an interest in children’s and teen books, authors, and illustrators.
Children’s Literature Association
The Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) is a non-profit association of scholars, critics, professors, students, librarians, teachers and institutions.
International Research Society for Children’s Literature
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Project Gutenberg
Alice’s Adventures_in_Wonderland. PDF
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Literature.org Etext.
Authors
A list of notable children’s authors and their most famous works.
Wikipedia
Author list
Alcott, Louisa May
Louisa May Alcott.
HTML versions of most of Alcott’s works, biography, forums, and links.
Anderson, Hans Christian
Hans Christian Andersen, a website.
Barrie, J. M.
Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie. Free eBook Online
Peter Pan, by James M. Barrie. Search eText, Read Online
Belloc, Joseph Hillaire
Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, online poems.
Blackman, Malorie
Malorie Blackman. Wikipedia entry.
Blyton, Enid
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Etext from Project Gutenberg.
Carle, Eric
Dahl, Roald
Roald Dahl Museum. Archives
Roald Dahl’s unique archive is at the centre of the Museum’s collections, containing manuscripts, photographs, letters and mementoes from his eventful life.
Roald Dahl. The Poetry Archive
Hobbs, Will
Hobbs, Will. Will Hobbs Homepage
Lewis, C. S.
Lewis, C. S. The Bible and C.S. Lewis. Study guide.
Lofting, Hugh
Hugh Lofting
Biography and the e-text of “The Story of Doctor Dolittle”.
Mahey, Margaret
Margaret Mahy, Wikipedia entry.
Milne, A. A.
Muchamore, Robert
Robert Muchamore. The official site.
Robert Muchamore
Guardian article.
Robert Muchamore
Wikipedia
Munsch, Robert
The Official Robert Munsch Website
Ostow, Micol
Palatini, Margie
Margie Palatini official site.
Potter, Beatrice
Beatrice Potter. The Beatrix Potter Society
Explore the world of Beatrix Potter.
Pullman, Philip
Philip Pullman
Official site; with synopses, a biography and questions.
Philip Pullman, New York Times article.
Rowling, J. K.
J.K. Rowling
Official site about the author and the Harry Potter books.
J. K. Rowling. Wikipedia entry.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Wikipedia entry.
de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine
The Little Prince collection, in more than 170 languages.
The Little Prince, a list of different editions.
Dr. Seuss
Seussville
Official site of Dr. Seuss, with information on creator Theodor Seuss Geisel, as well as games, Cat in the Hat chat, prizes, and a look at his list of books.
Sewell, Anna
Anna Sewell
Wikipedia
Anna Sewell. Biography and Works
Spyri, Joanna
Heidi
Complete online text of the book, along with downloadable e-text and a discussion group.
Steig, William
Awards
Awards for children’s literature. Wikipedia entries.
The Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards
Children’s Book Council of Australia
Guardian Children’s’ Fiction Prize
The Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
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Barrie, J, M. J. M. Barrie. Peter Pan full text.
Bath Festival of Children’s Literature
Blogs
Read Roger: The Horn Book Editor’s Rants and Raves
This is a blog is written by Roger Sutton, the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc.
The Brown Bookshelf
The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of African-American voices writing for young readers.
Poetry for Children
About finding and sharing poetry with young people,” by Sylvia Vardell, a Professor at Texas Woman’s University.
Educating Alice
This is the blog of Monica Edinger, a teacher and author of several books about children’s literature.
Booktrust UK)
Book Trust is the largest reading charity in the UK. They work to inspire a love of reading in children. They give out over two million carefully chosen books to children throughout the UK. Every parent receives a Book Trust book in their baby’s first six months.
Books. Scholastic books for children.
British children’s writers, Wikipedia entries.
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Carle, Eric. Eric Carle homepage.
Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for children’s literature.
Children’s Books Central. Children and young adults.
A meta site for writers, readers, collectors, illustrators, librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, printers, storytellers and children.
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Dahl, Roald
Dahl, Roald. Official Roald Dahl website.
Dr Suess
Fairytales, well-loved tales. Wikipedia entries.
Cinderella
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Hans Christian Anderson
Hans Christian Andersen, a website.
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories
Hans Christian Andersen Museum
Harry Potter
Japanese official Harry Potter site.
Japanese official Harry Potter site
German official Harry Potter site
Harry Potter. All about the book and its author.
Scholastic.com.
Heidi
Heidi, by Johanna Spyri. Etext and ebook.
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY),
a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.
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My Home library, by Anne Fine.
Colour bookplates by top children’s illustrators, book reviews, books in Braille.
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Nursery rhymes
Nursery Rhymes, lyrics, origin and history.
The Nursery Rhymes of England, by James Richard Halliwell. An online ebook. Archive.org
Nursery rhyme, Wikipedia entry.
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Peter Pan
Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie. Free eBook Online
Peter Pan by James M. Barrie. Search eText, Read Online
Pinocchio
Pinocchio. A dedicated page.
A study produced and edited by the Carlo Collodi National Foundation.
The Adventures of Pinocchio. English text.
Poetry for children
Children’s Poetry Archive
A Children’s Poetry Bookshelf
Poems for Children, The Classics
The Children’s Poetry Bookshelf
Funny poetry for children
Children’s poetry by Meadowbrook Press.
Poetry for Kids
Funny kids’ poems guaranteed to make you giggle, by author Kenn Nesbitt.
KidzPage! Poetry and verse for children of all ages.
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy Poetry For Kids
Poetry and prose for children and kids from the United Kingdom.
Poetry for Children
About finding and sharing poetry with young people.
Barking Spiders and Other Such Stuff
A collection of poetry written from a child’s point of view. Levels 1–4
BBC Poetry lesson plan
An online celebration of poetry that includes poets reading their poems, tips on writing poetry, links to BBC shows about poetry, and a section that allows you to play with words as you write your own poem. Levels 1–8
The Children’s Laureate
Read about UK Children’s Laureates and take advantage of the video clips and other resources to create a poetry-friendly classroom.
English Poetry
“Skoool” presents multimedia readings of 12 well-known poems covering a broad selection of poets and themes. Each poem is accompanied by a lesson plan and learning intentions.
Potter, Beatrix. The Online Beatrix Potter Treasury
Online texts from Project Gutenberg.
Publishers
Colossal Directory of Children’s Publishers Submission Guidelines.
HarperCollins Children’s Books. A site for children and parents.
Children’s Book Publishers and Information on Getting Published
Wikipedia list of publishers of children’s books.
Ladybird. Nicole’s website for collectors.
Collectors’ site featuring Ladybird cover art, including editions in different languages.
Scholastic
A children’s book publishing company.
Lesson plans, activities
Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
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Teen fiction, authors of books for teens, books for young adults
Online books for teenagers.
‘Get involved . . . send us your stuff – audio, written, sung, drawn, snapped – it doesn’t matter how you created it, we want all your ideas!’
Teenlink. For teen writers, readers and dreamers.
Wikipedia entry on young adult literature.
Think Quest A library for children.
Tournier. Michael. Background and biography.
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National Art Library children’s literature collections – Victoria and Albert Museum
Wikipedia entries on children’s literature.
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh. A Winnie the Pooh website.
Pooh Corner
Peter Dennis’s recordings of the complete works of Winnie the Pooh.
Writing for Children. A resource centre.