Books

All of SFU's children's literature in print is located in the Curriculum Collection. Books about children's literature are located in the general stacks.

Children's literature

For print books, search the Library Catalogue and limit by Location: "Curriculum Collection." For e-books, limit by Availability: "Online Access" 

• For novels, search subject juvenile fiction OR fiction
• For picture books, search subject pictorial works OR stories without words
• For graphic novels, search subject graphic novels OR comic books
• For primers or beginning readers, search subject readers
• For nonfiction, search juvenile literature

Books about children's literature

Search in the Library Catalogue, using keywords like juvenile literature OR children* literature OR young adult literature

 Journal articles

Find articles by journal

See Reviews + Awards for journals and magazines dedicated to book reviews.

• Bookbird
• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• Children's Literature
• Children's Literature Association Quarterly
• Children's literature in education
• International Research in Children's Literature Journal
• Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
• Journal of Children's Literature
• Language Arts
• The Lion and the Unicorn
• The Reading Teacher
• Research on Diversity in Youth Literature
• Young Adult Library Services

Find articles by database

MLA International Bibliography
Covers language, literature, linguistics, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, printing and publishing.

Project MUSE Search
Includes articles on literature and criticism.

Literature Criticism Online
Full text access to six major Gale literary criticism series, including the publication Children's Literature Review.

See all our Children's Literature databases

 Dissertations & theses

Dissertations and Theses Abstracts and Index
Most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. To get the full-text, request it by Interlibrary Loan (click Get@SFU, then sign in to the catalogue to access the request form).